TWO MEN SAVED.
FROM GAP AT AVATSON’S BAY.
ONE CRAZED AVTTH DRINK
Received February 28, 10.5 a.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 28. AVithin 15 minutes last night, Eire Station-Officer Menzies, assisted by a policeman and a South Head signalman, prevented two men from throwing themselves over the Gap, at AVatson’s Bay. Ono man, who was maddened by drink, was within a few yards of the cliff when Officer Menzies grabbed and managed to hold him until a policeman arrived.
The other man told a story of an unhappy life.
The Gap has been the scene of many suicides and attempted suicides.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 77, 28 February 1929, Page 7
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