SENSOTIONAL LEAP.
i'» /ESp^P-E FROM LANDSLIDE,
.'■•*■' - '" '■'■- f> '• <" »■• • A resident of Mangaweka, Mr. J. Dawkins, was the' vietihT''£f "'a. sensational hccideitt/icaf the Cliff road, as the result of ah A 4mniense landstrdeiv under towering, cliffs', a few. hundred yard*^ from the Mangawharikiri '.Stream. * Mr; Dawkins, ahd Mr. V* Nettlefold, of Kawhatau','. had been conversing, and just* as they parted there was a .loud -report and' a' sharp, crackling noise as part of the; cliff --began to slip, aytay. Mr. Nettlefold made a dash and just escaped being covered by the falling "'debris. Mr, Dawkins, realising that he wits' exposed to danger of. being overwhelmed, took a sensational leap over 'the, driver bank, a; distance' ""oi roearly 40ft." When 'i'btitrhihg safely after such a^risk, he Avajj struck oil the head by a falling rqek and- knocked down again.. When the subsidence became apparently -settled, "Mr. Nettlefold- .seaTchetl' for r - Mr.; Dsuv> kins, finding him* in a somi-conscious state. The injured ..man had received a serious fracture of the skull, which necessitated , an. opeA*ati6h. ,/, ,'The slide was one of Hhe /lareest,. tlxat^jbas taken place in ; this . Tdcijifyty- for yefirs., . ."';
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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186SENSOTIONAL LEAP. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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