A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.
DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. AUSTRALIAN GIRL'S FATE. Capetown, Aug. 4. Table Mountain’s heavy toll of life was added to on Monday’s bank holiday. The victim was Mary Catherine Perry, a school teacher, who was born at Muswellbrook, New South Wales. With a girl companion, Miss Perry started off early on Monday. She was reported missing yesterday, and during the night her companion arrived at a ranger’s cottage. The girl’s clothes were torn and she collapsed upon arrival. She said that Miss Perry had fallen off a ledge, but she was unable to give details. Despite a boisterous night, a rescue party worked unavailingly. This morning the Mountain Club turned out and found Miss Perry’s body on a ledge at a height of 2000 ft. Death had been due to exposure.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1926, Page 9
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132A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1926, Page 9
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