FOUND BY LUCKIEST CHANCE.
SUDDEN BREAK IN CLOUDS. DEW COLLECTED IN SPONGES. (Received This Day, 12.50 a.m.) KARACHI, Sept. 1. Tho discovery of the Horsa was made by the luckiest chance. An Air Force ’plane had turned toward Bahrien after an apparently vain search, when a sudden break in the clouds enabled the Horsa to be picked out. The passengers, exhausted by the days of heat, rested on the lower ’plane, taking turns to roll to the edge to receive the coolness of the dew falling from the upper plane. Dew was also collected with sponges and squeezed into thermos flasks to eke out the small water supply, which was rationed immediately it was realised that rescue might be delayed. The metal-work of the Horsa could not bo touched during the daytime owing to the heat. The nearest habitation, a native village, was 20 miles distant. Black scorpions were the only living things seen until the rescuers arrived.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 275, 2 September 1936, Page 5
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