FISHERMAN SWEPT FROM ROCKS
(From Our Own Reporter) WESTPORT, July 31. Washed from his foothold by a big wave, while he was fishing off the Cod Rocks, near Westport, on Saturday afternoon, John Meek, aged 51, a painter, of Westport, was fortunate to escape death. He was cfirried into a deep crevasse among the rocks and suffered a fracture of the shoulder. With considerable difficulty, Mr Meek was able to climb up the rocks and reach his car on the road above. He drove about half a mile to a hotel, where medical assistance was called from Westport, and he was later admitted to the Buller Hospital. His condition last evening was reported by the hospital authorities to be “reasonable.”
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29271, 1 August 1960, Page 18
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