FALL FROM A HIGH ROCK
YOUNG CLIMBER MISSING [Per United Press Association.} NEW PLYMOUTH, June 29. James Scanlon, aged 19 years, on the ‘Herald’ reporting staff, disappeared from near the summit at ParituUi yesterday afternoon. He and a companion named Stephenson had undertaken to climb the rock, ■which is sGol't high, and were quite dose to tho .summit when Seanlan. who was an experienced climber, decided to climb round a difficult rock, while Ste,phenson took the easier track. When the latter reached the summit a lew minutes later there was no sign of Scanlan, who apparently had missed liis fooling and fallen. Search parties wore sent out, and two young men climbed the ruck in the darkness, but there was no trace of Scanlan, The search was resumed this morning, when signs of a fall were found, indicating that the young man may have fallen into the sea at the base of the rock.
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Evening Star, Issue 18979, 29 June 1925, Page 8
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154FALL FROM A HIGH ROCK Evening Star, Issue 18979, 29 June 1925, Page 8
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