SCHOOLBOY’S DEATH
(P.A.) DUNEDIN. August 12. At the inquest this morning into the death of Robert Thomas Dow, a schoolboy, the evidence disclosed that he and several other boys were endeavouring to descend the 800-foot cliff at Smaill’s Beach near the city and were only a short distance over the edge when the deceased slipped. The Coroner and police paid a tribute to the courage of Sapper McFarlane, who risked his life to recover the body from the depths below. He was lowered over the cliff by the police and military and when 750 feet of rope had been paid out a further length had to be joined.
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Southland Times, Issue 24821, 13 August 1942, Page 4
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108SCHOOLBOY’S DEATH Southland Times, Issue 24821, 13 August 1942, Page 4
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