BOY’S FALL OVER CLIFF
RECOVERY OF BODY TRIBUTE TO SAPPER (PA) DUNEDIN, this day. At'the inquest this morning into the death of Robert Thomas Dow, a schoolboy, the evidence disclosed that he and several other boys were endeavouring to descend on 800 ft. cl d at Smaill’s Beach, near the cu> _ ana were only a short distance onn the edge when the deceased slipped. The coroner and police Pajd tributes to the courage of Sapper McFailane, who risked his life to recover tire body from the depths below. He was lowered over the cliff hy P and military and when 750 ft ' of ope llrad been paid out a further iengi had to be joined.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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