FALL OVER CLIFF
YOUNG MAN INJURED ( Per Press Association. ] DUNEDIN, Dec. 14. Suffering from a fractured leg, abrasions and shock, Colin Melville, single, aged 24, living at 371 Main South Road, was admitted to hospital at 6 o’clock to-night. With a party of friends he was out tramping, and when attempting to scale the face of a cliff at Blackhead, facing Green Island beach, he slipped, losing hold of a rope, and fell 15 ieet, landing on a rocky ledge. It required the efforts of the police, ambulance, and several willing helpers before Melville was hauled up the cliff, the process taking over an hour and a-half.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 296, 15 December 1936, Page 8
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107FALL OVER CLIFF Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 296, 15 December 1936, Page 8
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