ORDEAL IN A CAVE
FARMER BADLY HURT COLLAPSE OF LEDGE As the result of a fall of 30ft. from a ledge in a limestone leave near Ilonokiwi on /Sunday, a farmer, Mr Thomas Higginson Bond, 52, married, Otorohanga, fractured his skull and suffered other minor, injuries. . .With &ipicnic.pa,rty ,of .neighbors, Mr' Bond,was exploring -the cave which is in, a gully at the rear, of his property. The partly was passing along a narrow ledge. alipvq r a deep ,-prcvice. several chaip'S from the ontfgnyej to the cave, W'jipm -the. ground collapsed under, ( Mg Bond/s,, feqt. ~. 'He fell, .down .a steep and rough slope .op tq.the rpeks at the, edge of an underground stream. .{■jix °f My Bond’s,, companions experienced gre,at, difficulty ip reaching the injured man, ami only,.after strenuous exertions were they able, to hoist hi,m q/y their .shoulders, up, the sheep rock faep. Daylight streaming through a .hole in. the roof of .the cave assisted, the resqufirs,,- , , , .. .....
(The task pf carrying Mr Bond, over a (boulder-strewn track to the mouth of •the cave, which is difficult of. access,: proved arduous,, but. the injured man,, who was semi-cpuscious throughout the ordeal, .was eventually, placed on a slodgot and conveyed, ,to his home., M l '.’Bond was admit ted.,to the .Wnikatp, dlqspi.tuk and,, although,, his in-, juries arp serious, his, condition is reported (os-hovi'airly'esHteiifefiactory.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17944, 23 November 1932, Page 11
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223ORDEAL IN A CAVE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17944, 23 November 1932, Page 11
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