A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
YOUTH'S EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE.
Bv TULEUKAF-H—PfiESS ASSOCIATION. PALMERSTON N., January 16. An accident of a remarkable nature occurred on the Gorge road on Friday afternoon to a young man .named Fowell, who is 20 years of age, He was cycling through the Gorge, and when attempting to get over one of the slips he lost his foothold, and fell into the gorge beneath, a distance of about 60 feat. On the following Monday the young man recovered consciousness to fin! himself lying on a ledge of rock a little above the river. He tried to attract attention, but failed, and being too weak to get up he was forced to spend another night on the ledge. On Tuesday he managed to scale the bank and walk to the train at Wakaronga. His injuries are confined to skin wounds and bruises, and he is of course suffering from exposure, but he will soon probably be about again none the wor3e for his extraordinary experience.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9030, 17 January 1908, Page 5
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165A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9030, 17 January 1908, Page 5
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