A man also suffered minor injuries in the landslide and was treated on the beach by paramedics.
Gary Rafferty, 36, from Bournemouth, said the woman’s boyfriend and father were partly trapped under the rocks but were able to free themselves before attempting to rescue her.
Mr Rafferty said the young man told him “my girlfriend’s trapped under there”, and was “quite hysterical”.
“They said they had just been walking along the beach and they didn’t hear anything,” he said. “Then all of a sudden there was this huge landslide which fell down on them.
“It was the first landslide that trapped the woman. The father and the boyfriend were on top trying to get her out, I could see them trying to move rocks. They were clearly in shock and were frantically pulling the rocks out of the way.
“There were lots of people trying to help but there was nothing anyone could do because the pile of rocks and soil was just so huge.”
Four days ago, Dorset council put a statement on their website warning walkers and fossil hunters to “beware of landslides and other hazards” after the recent bad weather.
It states that the “exceptionally wet weather of recent months” had led to a heightened risk of rock falls anywhere and at any time along the coast, and advised members of the public to “stay well away from the cliffs at all times”.
In February, a couple narrowly missed being crushed by 300 tons of rock crashing down from a cliff at the same beach.
All coastal paths and beaches between Lyme Regis and West Bexington have now been closed while the geology of the area is assessed.
Two young boys, believed to be about 12 and 14, were seen wrapped in silver foil blankets being led from the beach.
A spokesman for the National Trust, which owns the stretch of beach, said: “Coastlines are dynamic and changing environments and it is impossible to predict when these kinds of events might occur.”
Last week, an elderly couple died after their car was buried for 10 days under a landslide in Beaminster, Dorset.
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