ACCIDENT ON THE MOUNTAIN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 149, 16 August 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENT ON THE MOUNTAIN.

Mr. S. Hall, a member of the clerical staff of the local post office, was the victim of a serious accident on tne Mountain yesterday, says Monday s Mrinaiai “Witness,’ ’though under tiio circumstances it was little less than providential that he had not lost his life. After arriving, at the Mountain in company with 1 a number of young fellows from Manaia, Mr. Hall and Mr. J. Duncan both went up as far as the snow’ line. Close by was a precipice or deep gully, and \yhile moving over some thin ice Mr. Hall lost control of his footing, slid rapidly to the edge of the gully, and was shot into mid-air. After striking the side of the gully in his fall the impetus carried him downward for about a hundred feet, ultimately getting •wedged between two rocks, where he remained. With much difficulty Mi. Duncan succeeded in getting down to him, and with the assistance of Mr. Cecil Allison, who had. come up the Mountain, thev managed after much labour to get him some distance along the gully, where the., reminder of Ahe party assisted in getting him down to the. Mountain House after three hours very hard work. On arriving at Manaia he was examined by Dr. Noonan, and found to be suffering from a slight concussion of the brain and also had his shoulder injured and a number of bruises on his body. Though somewhat better to-day, he remembers nothing of the accident 01 of any of the preceding incidents, including the journey from Manaia. Dr. Noonan, however, does not consider his injuries serious, and expects he will be all right in the course of a week. •