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FatalityOutcome: FatalFall

Fatality — Mount Washington, Feb 5, 1952

·Mount Washington·John Sherburne Ski Trail

Skier with fractured skull

Tor Staver fell while skiing the John Sherburne Ski Trail on February 2, 1952, fracturing his skull. He died in a Boston hospital on February 5, 1952.

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