Tourist’s Fatal Fall
TRAGEDY AT JENOLAN CAVES SYDNEY, Feb. 12. ( A well-to-do English tourist, Miss Matilda Ann Shaw, 73 : years of age, < fell 150 feet to her death from a cliff near Caves House, Jenolan, the famous i New South Wales scenic resort. No one saw Miss -Shaw fall, but sho was heard to scream, and her body was found } almost 'immediately. ; Miss Shaw, who was travelling alone, : booked in at the Caves House on Saturday, and during that night saw some of the caves. Sho was seen the next : day climbing a disused track to the top 1 of a cliff over the Lucas Cave. It is £ surmised that she slipped and lost her 1 balance. There was a sheer drop of 50 feet, then a slight slope and a further drop. Among her belongings was a large sum of money. Papers disclosed that sho camo from Reptou, Devonshire, England. Sho arrived in Sydney on December 23, and later went to Kurri t Hurri to stay with a nephew.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 12
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170Tourist’s Fatal Fall Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 12
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