FALL OF 150 FEET.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 12

FALL OF 150 FEET.

1 ■'. MINER'S FEARFUL; EXPERIENCE; ■ A man named Heslop -had a terrible fall at Clifton,. N.S.\V.,'tho other day,, which afterwards ended fatally. Whilst walkiilg near the edge. of the cliffs close to his resi- ! denco ho •• slipped , and fell over the edge. The cliffs at tliis,;spot. (says the • Sydney "Telegraph") are' very steep. ' Heslop fell a. distance of about 150 ft. His fall was evii dently iowbwhat broken by the stunted trees on the side of the-cliff. ; He.received [ severe injuries internally, and had several ' ribs fractui-ed. No one witnessed tlio accii doiit. The unfortunate man remained where ho had fallen'for'about nine hours.., Tho mishap occurred about 2 p.mi -Whon ho did not roturn his mates liecamo anxious, and reported; the' matter to the' police. First-class-constable Connor and , several miners commenced li search along the cliff, descending to' the water's edge.j The night being (lark, and. the cliffs ' precipitous; tho work was very ''difficult/and dangerous. Heslop , was found caught oil a bush on, tho brink of a sheer drop of about 60ft.' to the rocks below. He was conveyed.to Bulli Hospital, where he succumbed in: the night. _ Only for the prompt and plucky action of Constable Connor, J. Stott, George Kay, and a number of other miners, llcslop would have remained in ::his . awful prcdicament all night:- * '' An exceptionally brave act. in connection with the-rescue was that of a "miner, Robert Shordor,who had . just conio out of tha mine, and joined in tho search for ; the missing.man. ; As v soon as Heslop's position was located, Shordor, regardless of pdrson.il danger, with only a light line tied round him, was lowered oyer the edge of tho sloop perpendicular cliffs, to whore/Hesloip • was lying liolpless, and, as it transpired, fatally ■■■ ■ injured. Shorder did all in his;power f«'r the injured mail until Conftable .Connor. sui ■ the other rescuers, at great -.personal! risk. inado their way along: tno steep cliffs; am}. i assisted in removing him. to the top of tlm ' cliffs. Heslop was over 60 years of age, and an old resident of the South Coast