Difficult Task Of Rescuing Injured Tramper In Tararuas
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Mar. 7. Injured on Saturday in a remote area of the rugged Tararua Range, Mis? Katherine Jamieson, aged 23, nurse, Wellington, is being brought by rescuers to Kaitoke, on the Wairarapa railway line. Miss Jamieson was one of a party of six Tararua Tramping Club members making a crossing of the Tararuas. Thirty rescuers, including an official rescue party of 10 is expected to bring the injured woman out of the ranges some'time this afternoon, but heavy southerly rain may impede the rescuers. . Miss Jamieson was injured in a fall in the steep mountain river gorge of the upper Tauherenikau. It is thought that she may be suffering from a fractured pelvis. Rescuers hoped to reach Cone Hul last night, but had difficulty country to cross. “You just have to claw your way through that country,” said the chief guide of the Tararua Tramping Club. Mr. L. Bridge. He added that the journey would be extremely long and difficult for the injured person. Men with slashers would clear a track over the most difficult part of the route.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22888, 7 March 1949, Page 6
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