FALL OF 150 FEET.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 April 1908, Page 4

FALL OF 150 FEET.

MINERS' FEARFUL EXPERIENCE, j A man named Hes!op had a terrible I fail at Uliftun, iV-S. Wales, the other j day, the a. ndiiit ending fatally. Whilst walking near the edge of the cliil's close to his residence he slipped . and fell over the edge. The cliffs at I this spot are very steep. Hislop fell a ! distance of about 150 ft. His fall was , evidently somewhat broken by the stunted trees on the side of the cliff. jHe received several injuries internally, and had several ribs fractured. No one witnessed the accident. The unfortunate man remained where he had fallen for about nine hours. The mishap occurred about 2 p.m. When he did not return his mates became anxious, and reported the matter to the police. First class-constable Connor and several miners commenced a search along the cliff, descending to the water's edge. The night being dark and the clitff precipitous, the work was very difficult and dangerous, Heslop was found caught on a bush on the brink of a sheer drop of about 50ft to the rockf below. He was conveyed to Bulli Hos pital, where he succumbed during the night. Only for the prompt and plucky action of Constable Connor, J. Stott. George Kay, and a number of othei miners, Healop would have remained in his awful predicament all night. Ar exceptionally bravo act in connection with the roscue was that of a miner, Robert Shorder, who had just come out of the mine, and joined in the search for the missing man. As soon as Heslop's position was located,' Shorder, re gardless of personal danger, with only a light line tied round him, was lower ed over the edge of the steep perpendicular cliffs, to where Heslop waslynic helpless, and, as it transpired, fatal!} injured. Shorder did all in his powei for the injured man until ConstabN Connor and the other rescuers, at great personal risk, made their way alon;. the steep cliffs, and assisted in remov ing him to the top of the cliffs. Hes lop was -over 60 years of age, and ai old resident of the South Coast.