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FatalityOutcome: FatalFall

Fatality — Mount Washington, Jun 3, 1948

·Mount Washington

16-year-old from Kingfield, ME

Phyllis Wilbur, 16, was injured in a skiing fall in Tuckerman Ravine on May 31, 1948 and died from her injuries at North Conway Hospital on June 3, 1948.

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