CYCLIST FALLS SIXTY FEET.
A REMARKABLE ESCAPE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Paljierston North, Thursday. A.v accident of a remarkable nature occurred on the Gorge Road on Friday afternoon to ii, young man named Fowell. Powell, who is 20 years of age, was cycling through the gorge, and when attempting to get over one of the slips he lost his foothold and fell into the gorge beneath, a distance of about. 60ft-. On the following Monday the young man recovered consciousness, to find himself lying on a ledge of rock a little above the river. He. tried to attract attention, but failed, and being too weak to get up lie was forced to spend another night on the ledge. On Tuesday he managed to scale the brink and walk to the train at Wakaronga. His injuries are confined to skin wounds and bruises, and he is of course suffering from exposure.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13649, 17 January 1908, Page 6
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