Fatal Accident - Help Needed

OUTDOORSmagic member Guy Newbold is after information on a mountain accident in the Lake District on September 21st, in which four people died.

A party of climbers were on Scafell Pinnacle when one fell, dragging the rest to their deaths, or at least that's what appears to have happened. The catch is that the incident actually took place 100 years ago in Wasdale and the four casualties were - it's thought - the first to lose their lives rock climbing in the UK. The four are buried at Wasdale Head and a memorial carved into the rock at the foot of the route in Lord's Rake.

Guy is planning to commemorate the original, historic accident later this year with with a service and auction and lectures and live music. The service will be followed by a walk up to the base of the climb for a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial. Any money raised by the weekend will go to the Wasdale MRT.

He'd also like to invite any living relatives of the four climbers who he can locate, which is where you come in.

The climbers killed were

• R W Broadrick of WIndermere , a school master and fell runner.

• Henry Jupp of Croydon.

• Stanley Ridsdale of Kew Gardens, London.

• A E W Garrett of Wallington in Surrey.

If that all sounds very familiar, then e-mail Guy direct or contact us and we'll pass on the information.