DIFFICULT JOURNEY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21256, 30 August 1934, Page 4

DIFFICULT JOURNEY

c 1 ST. JOHN AMBULANCE'S LONG TRIP f c A journey lasting eleven and a half s hours was made by three members of 3 the St, John Ambulance Brigade, who e started off on a transport call to f Holmes Bay, shortly before 8 o'clock ' on Tuesday evening, and returned to v Christchurch with their patient about • 7.30 yesterday morning. j Until the ambulance reached the ' Little River road, the trip was un- * eventful, but not far from the Maori e pa, a wide detour across fields had f to be made as the road was under '■ water. On the Summit road, the ambulance was travelling at 35 miles an hour when it was brought to a sudden stop in a muddy bog, to the depth of the running board. As it was > impossible either to continue on the 2 journey or to turn back, shovels had ; to be borrowed from the Hilltop Hotel ' and the surface mud and snow re- ' moved before a turn could be made. '* Although the Akaroa and Duvauchelle " road proved to be in a fair condition, i by the time the ambulance had 3 reached its destination, it was 3 3 o'clock yesterday morning. 1 The return journey was less event--1 ful, and the trip was made safely, i the patient being left at the hospital about 7.30 a.m.