Bringing Out Homer Tunnel Avalanche Victim.— Owing to heavy falls of snow in the district, considerable difficulty was experienced in bringing out the men injured in the fatal avalanche which overwhelmed the workings at the Homer Saddle tunnel. This picture shows the motor-ambulance closely following a snow-plough which preceded it to open the road out, the snow having drifted up again in the short time that elapsed between its inward and outward journeys.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 9
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73Bringing Out Homer Tunnel Avalanche Victim.—Owing to heavy falls of snow in the district, considerable difficulty was experienced in bringing out the men injured in the fatal avalanche which overwhelmed the workings at the Homer Saddle tunnel. This picture shows the motor-ambulance closely following a snow-plough which preceded it to open the road out, the snow having drifted up again in the short time that elapsed between its inward and outward journeys. Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 9
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