Douglas, Isle of Man. At 9.25 p.m.

on loth May, 1965, the police informed the honorary secretary that a young boy had fallen over the cliffs near the lower field of Ballavarane Farm, Lonan. The cliffs at that point are approximately 100 to 150 feet high and the life-boat R.A.

Colby Cubbin No. I was launched at 9.40.

There was a fresh south-westerly wind, a smooth sea and the tide was flooding. On reaching the position, the coxswain found that he was unable to manoeuvre the lifeboat close enough inshore to give any help and he was about to return to Douglas to obtain a dinghy when he was informed that a motor boat had left Laxey for the position. The Douglas cliff rescue brigade found the boy's body and it was eventually brought back to Douglas by the life-boat and landed at the Edward pier at 11.20 p.m..