HIKERS FOUND

Grey River Argus, 12 October 1936, Page 5

HIKERS FOUND

On Blue Mountains FOODLESS FOB FOUR DAYS. (Aus. &- N.Z. Cable Assn.) SYDNEY, October 10. An intensive search was conducted yesterday- for the four missing trampers in the Blue Mountain foociil-s. Air Force aeroplanes partiHpating, but without result. The area where the young men are lost is ringed by- tjusli "fires, rendering their position perilous, The fires also hampered the aviators, whose visibility was extremely bad. The voting t campers, John Birmingham aged twentytwo, his brother, Gerald Birmingham, aged seventeen, John Rogers, aged nineteen, and Frederick Lane, aged seventeen left Sydney on Saturday October 3. (Received October 11. 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 11. Thq .four young hikers who had been a week missing, were found today by’ a party’ headed by’ Police Sergeant "IV. Stephensoiij. twcfve miles from “Govett’s Leap.” m the wi d country of the Blue Mountains Detail!’ are meagre, but. ii. s known that one lad was qxtremolv exhausted Another was incapadnte,] w.t.i a poisoned foot. All w-m suffering from intense hunger .in-1 exposure. It i,s not qxpected thiiit the h kers will reach Blackheath. where they are being accompanied by their rescuers, until’"" thus evening, owing to their exhausted condition. They were aclual’y discovered on Thursday’ nigh’t. They had had no, food since Monday.