MAN’S DEATH ON HILLS
VERDICT AT INQUEST A verdict that Thomas McHale, aged 81 years, of Linwood. Hied from injuries suffered in a fall over a cliff on May 8, when walking from Diamond Harbour to Okain’s Bay, was returned by the coroner, Mr E. C. Levvey, in an inquest concluded at Lyttelton yesterday. Evidence was given by Dr. B. H. Gilmour that an examination of the body had disclosed a fractured skull and other severe injuries, consistent with a fall from a height. Sergeant W. Leggett, of the coastal defence forces, described finding the body at the foot of a rock about 150 feet in height, about 2000 feet above
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23353, 12 June 1941, Page 8
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111MAN’S DEATH ON HILLS Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23353, 12 June 1941, Page 8
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