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Salford Man in Fatal Cliff FallSalford Man in Fatal Cliff Fall
The following article appeared today in the South Devon Herald Express, for the full story click the link below
A MAN who died after a fall at a Torquay beauty spot has been named as 38-year-old Mark Hague from Salford, near Manchester. Mark, who lived at Harbour View in Vaughan Parade, Torquay, plunged 80ft down cliffs at Peak Tor Cove near the Imperial Hotel on the night of August 9. He was taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital where he died 24 hours later.
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