DESPONDENT MAN.
SAVED FROM " THE GAP." A despondent man was saved from death nl. t,he Gap, Watson's Bay, Sydney, one night last week by the timely inlor-H-ention of signalmen from t.lio Sotil-h Head signal si at ion Signalmen Gibson and Bruce noticed a man acting in a suspicious manner near tin; edge of the Gap. .Mr. Bruce accosted tin; man and offered him food and lodging at the station, also tobacco, hut tlio offer was refused. The man made an endeavour to reach the edge of the cliff, hnt he was caught by Mr. Bruce and detained until a constable arrived in response to a telephone message from Mr. Gibson. The man, who told the police that ho was very worried, and had intended to leap from the clilts, was taken to the Reception House.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20084, 23 October 1928, Page 12
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