DIFFICULT TASK
WRECKED PLANE PARTY
(P.A.)
BLENHEIM, This Day
Overtaken by darkness and heavy rain last night on Mount Richmond the party, of men were again compelled to come out from the hills without the bodies of the victims of the aeroplane crash. The men reached the road about 9 o'clock after another arduous day and spent the night at the Langley Dale station. The bodies had to be left still several hours' journey from the road. . It was hoped to complete the task today. ,
However, the downpour continued throughout, the night and a stream in the valley is in high flood. If the weather improves the expedition may set out again tomorrow.
It is stated that nothing in the wrecked plane can be salvaged. The fire made a clean sweep of the mail and freight.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 114, 16 May 1942, Page 6
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136DIFFICULT TASK Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 114, 16 May 1942, Page 6
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