PASS FATALITY
CORONER'S RIDER AT INQUEST,
(Per Press Association Copyright.)
CHRISTCHURCH, August 18,
The Owner (Mr E. D. Aloslgv), delivered his ‘verdict this morning concerning the death .of Samuel Edgar (Bussell, the , Training College student, Who was. killed on Avalanche Beak oil ■July 50, holding that death was due ■to suffocation, and. shock caused by being, accidently overwhelmed in a snow 1 slide.
In ii rider, Air. Alosley Raid : “The •evidence satisfies me that a mountaineering party .should always be limited a s to its numbers, and the individuals therein should be definitely ascertained before starting. Parties, where possible, should place themselves under the direction .of an experienced mountaineer, and parties are , recommended to keep to the ridges as. far as possible'.”
The following was added to the verdict: “To some people, the spirit of •adventure, calls very loudly, and mountaineering, with difficulties and dangers proves .an irresistible attraction, and mountaineering club 6 'should be encouraged so that people who desire it may gradually be educated in mountaineering, .and taught. to appreciate and avoid danger*.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1933, Page 6
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175PASS FATALITY Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1933, Page 6
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