BOY FELL 45 FEET
“CORAL CAVE” EXPLORERS. LONDON. Tony Richardson, 15-year-old pupil at Sidcote School, Somerset, fell 45ft down a shaft into a cave in the Mendip Hills —and escaped with a shaking and minor injuries. He is now in Weston-super-Mare Hospital. This is his story: With two other boys, Alan Morgan, of Tenby, and William Stanton, of Street, Somerset, he went to explore Coral Cave at Compton Bishop. They had two lamps and a 120 ft rope. “We tied the rope to a tree and went down 60ft into the cave,” said Tony. “After collecting some coral we started to return.” “At a ledge about half-way up the lamp fell out of my belt, and I went down to fetch it. When I climbed the rope again 1 couldn’t pass the ledge, and Stanton came down to help me. “About three-quarters of the way up I was so exhausted that I let go of the rope, f think I fell on the ledge, rolled off, and fell another 30ft to the bottom.” When Tony fell Stanton ran half a mile and telephoned Dr. Norman Cooper, a cave explorer, and rescue squads arrived.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 86, 22 January 1946, Page 6
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