Hopes fade for lost man
. Hopes are fading that- f a missing forestry worker has survived three days of . cold t weather in rough bush country, near Ross, South Westland. . Carl Hartley; aged 18, of Christchurch,-was wearing only a woollen 'jersey and a parka for protection from the weather. when he' became separated from his colleagues who were'surveying in the“ Upper Little Waitaha-area ■:■!. ■;
Sergeant- R, J. ;.'j O’Connell, of the-Hokitika y? police, said last evening ■ that the situation was serious, It had snowed ' just above the area-of the search arid a cold easterly t wind , was blowing.;-The .- ■■ -search yesterday involved ’ 50-people', including : two face-rescue squads and a helicopter. The search was confined- to an area of • about 60ha-round; a '.spur ,
running off the Hitchin. Range. Sheer drops of up to 150 m in;to.creek beds have hampered progress. S ergean t-O’Connell would nob speculate on .the ..chances -of finding 'Mr Hartley alive. He-said that a -'would need to keep ’ mpvihg iaW the time to survive the cojd. . The.;.search will resume ati dawn today. : ■_
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