FALL FROM PIER
DROWNING FATALITY SOLDIER’S HEROIC ATTEMPT (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday A married man, Mr William Free, aged 37, was drowned when he fell off the New Brighton pier about 5 p.m. today. The body was recovered at 10 p.m. Mr Free was standing on the pier with his wife. When he fell into the water a soldier, Private Stanley Orr, of the third echelon, who was standing on the pier, threw a wooden seat and a lifebelt into the water and dived in. He tried unsuccessfully to rescue Mr Free, who soon disappeared. An attempt to find Mr Free was also made by two men who swam out well beyond the pier. They at first thought it was Private Orr who was in danger, but he directed them toward the spot where Mr Free had fallen in. Admiration was expressed for the action of Private Orr, who was not an experienced swimmer, and had some difficulty in reaching the shore with the aid of a lifebelt.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21195, 19 August 1940, Page 11
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169FALL FROM PIER Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21195, 19 August 1940, Page 11
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