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Storm drain rescue. Michelle Worth, 12, is pulled from a flooded storm drain by local resident Mario Corradi during a torrential rainstorm in Sydney

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Tribune Newspaper

Wirephoto published in the Tribune newspaper in 1985. Purchased by David Hurn from MMG Photo Archives.

Full title: Storm drain rescue. Michelle Worth, 12, is pulled from a flooded storm drain by local resident Mario Corradi during a torrential rainstorm in Sydney Wednesday. The schoolgirl had been swept almost 1,000 feet before Corradi came to her aid. The girl was taken to a hospital for treatment.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 57346

Creation/Production

Unknown
Tribune Newspaper
Date: 1985 –

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:17.3
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:25.1
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:21.6
w(cm) paper size:27.9

Techniques

Wirephoto

Material

Newsprint

Location

In store

Categories

Papur papur newydd | Newsprint Deunydd archif | Archival material Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art Argyfwng | Emergency
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