RESCUE IN TE ANAU AREA

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26628, 14 January 1952, Page 6

RESCUE IN TE ANAU AREA

PARTY REACHES bEEftsTAtkER

DIFFICULTIES of descent IN THICK BUSH (Neta Zealand Priist AifoeifittoH) deerstalker frorti the mountains about Te Ahau foot a hew turn at the weekend with the dispatch from Invercargill and Gore of a party of 27 men to i-e--lieve the original 10-ftian rescue party, now exhausted from the arduous going and latk of fobd. s „ The first parts which Weiß into ,che flbaity bush at the head of the middle atm pf Lake Te Anau on Friday morning reached the injured man, Cyril Donzac, of Christchurch, the safoe fining, aftfer 12J fiburs bf solid traftipleather was So bad that the leader of the party, Dr. D. Jenhihgs, of Invercargill, was unable to foake more than a superficial examination of fo-have tirien caused by . d from a cliff. Mr Dorizac who is reported to be .cooricfoUs was placed on a stretcher and the 3000 feet descent tb the lake was begun, but only slow progress was made. THe atea whirih the rescuers have to cover has been by thri police as one of the Worst bits of bush in the batik ribUntry.

, Treacherrixs Dbsceiit Heavy rain had made thri rbufe of deScent treacherous ih ffiafay places and after covering about one-third, of toe l he send oUt a , Qnl y ab <> u t one day s rations were taken, and the lack 2'- food, as well as the difficulty Of Handling the stretcher in the heavy bush, had almost exhausted the rescuers.

As soon as Word was received as a “ lake, that further help would be required the Invercargill pblicfe; their tanks already depleted by the Fibrdland search for the missihg girl tramper and the drowning atOreti began to brgferiiSe a relief Party. At 4 o clock this afternoon 21 civll*“s,aAd T P ? lice ' ur tder Sergeant J. Wil•U rcarglll an Ar my truck. ™s r intention was to travel to the b ? ad . of the middle arm of the lake tonight make eaffip fob the hight and mou o ffia e inSrdfe t °’ ttlbrtoW Mdrnlttg Up thd a who left Gore by car about 5.30 p.ffi.

man drowned IN RANGITATA

SWEPT OFF FEET WtlfcN

CROSSING RIVER

(Neu> Zealana Press Assn Wat ion) R itiarned thati with one Hv r ”” R “' lMa Mr Westaway was a member of a Priririi n n g^ arty r°4 4 °- . Wlth Mr Ronald Priddle, also of Teffiuka, he Was crosses a branch df the Rangitata below Mesopotamia station. „J™? of the current swept them rF Priddle managed to leacn the bank some chains belbw the peared 8 ’ bUt Westaway disap-

rebovered threequarters of a mile down the river. Artificial respiration was tried for an hour without result.

run over by bus

WOMAN PASSENGER KILLED (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, January 13 A woman was run over by a bus at morose h h 9 ,°’ cioc * morning and died before being admitted to tee Auckland Hospital She was:—Mrs Margaret Hilda Crowther, aged 51, of 52 Linwood road, New Lynn. Mb and Mrs Crowther were start'ng They had alighted “°m bus gnd werfe Crossing bedwhen it began to rfevferSe. hUs missed Mb Crowther, bnt the back struck hjs wife. She fell tb fcc^ Ot,n «’ l nd the dual rear Wheels ttarsea over her. Mrs Crowther died amb H’ a , nce before being admitted to hospital.