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Student Found Dead

12 April 1968Sooke Riverinjury / fall, recoveryBefore 1979

Article(s)	Student Found Dead
Date	12 April 1968
Location	Sooke River, British Columbia; Sooke Potholes, British Columbia; Victoria, British Columbia
Type	injury / fall, recovery
Team name used	no team named in the article
Era	Before 1979
Record ID	`inc-1968-04-12-hodson-sooke-river-canyon`

Subject(s), as named in the article

Russell Wayne Hodson
18-year-old University of Victoria student, 877 Royal Oak; "died instantly in the 150-foot plunge"; graduated last June from Claremont high school and was active in the church

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