FALL OVER CLIFF
INQUEST INTO BOY’S DEATH (PA.) DUNEDIN, August 12. At the inquest this morning into the death of Robert Dow, a schoolboy, evidence disclosed that he and several other boys were trying to descend an 800-foot cliff at Smaill’s beach near the city, and were only a short distance over the edge when Dow slipped. The Coroner and the police to the courage of Sapper McFarlane, who risked his life to recover the body. He was lowered oyer the cliff by policemen and soldiers, and when 750 feet of rope had been paid out a further length . had to be joined.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23715, 13 August 1942, Page 3
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