SLIP OVER WATERFALL
YQTJNCr GIRL KILLED At M picnic at'Cataract. Falls, near TentuMelil, Now South Wales, recently, Miss Jessie Kerinode,' 10, slipped over a 00ft waterfall' -while securing a drink. Tho accident happened so sndV denfy that no one was able to give assistance. Before the girl reached the bottom she was caught on a piece of jagged rock, and was held in that position for about three hours before assistance could be given. Several men tried to reach her bodv, but tailed owing to the force of the water. Eventually ropes were secured, and the girl was hauled to the surface. Death, a p pea red t o be instantaneous, the girl’s skull being badly fractured.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17454, 31 December 1930, Page 10
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