Saturday March 15, 1969. Long distance swimmer Herbert Voigt attempted to swim from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest. He was never seen again.

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ARREST AFTER LONG SWIM

Police were called to City Beach today after lifesavers failed to coax a lone swimmer back to shore.

The swimmer later came back to shore of his own accord. He was then handcuffed and taken away in a police car.

He was later charged with having refused to give his name and address, disorderly conduct by creating a disturbance on the beach; and resisting arrest.

He will appear in Perth Police Court on Monday.

Beachgoers became concerned when the man swam almost a half a mile out to sea from the groyne.

A lifesaver twice went out to him and returned alone.

When the man reached shore, three policemen handcuffed him and drove him away in a police car.

Before leaving , they put a yellow sticker on a battered Valiant with South Australian registration plates.

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Treacherous beach rips had lifesavers on their toes.

At Floreat a 14-year-old boy and a 20-year-old youth were pulled from the surf by lifesaver Dick Slattery.

They had been swept about 50 yards out by a strong rip. A man was rescued from another rip between City Beach and Floreat.

At Trigg, a man about 35 was rescued by a Trigg lifesaver after having been caught in the string rip and swept more than 100 yards out to sea.

 

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