BOY DASHED ON ROCKS
FATHER’S TERRIBLE ORDEAL
Auckland, January 28. An inquest touching the death of Frederick Henry Free, the 15-year-old son of Mr W. R. F.- Free, supervisor of the Auckland Telegraph Office. was held before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M. The lad met his death at Mercer Bay. Karekare, on Friday evening, when in company with his father, he avus descending the treacherous cliffs there. -.When about. 70 feet from the bottom the boy suddenly overbalanced, and was dashed on to the rocks beknv. His father, who had the awful experience of witnessing his son’s tragic fall, descended, and after two hours dj; battling succeeded in getting the body on a ledge abovo high-water mark. On Saturday morning, Avith tin* assistance of Constable Hendrickson, Mr Free removed the body fiom the cliff and conveyed it to Auckland.
The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2689, 31 January 1924, Page 3
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147BOY DASHED ON ROCKS Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2689, 31 January 1924, Page 3
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