Exhausted and Starving Men.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 98, 28 April 1894, Page 1

Exhausted and Starving Men.

IKVKMOAKGIH/, April i! 8, A trflegram i ooe ived from thu oju-.ta.jle at Urepuki thisufternto > btates that G-iuo*.. Harvey, one of three men who lelt I'restrsai.ion 111 fc fivo weeks ago for Oiepuki with about a fortnight's provis* ioua, reached irisuki's Burv«y camp at stump, uear the foot of Hatircfc. Lake, last uigut quite uaked. lie stated tha. Evans and K 1 y, his mat- , wero ut the mouth of the Wauaumhirtßiver quite txhauuted aud starving, und bhufc if \ot auco.uied iwmo diat.ly could not survive the expoume, The F.e, Inveroargill should have stait.d fei Preservation Inlet before tae telegram aitivLti', but liein^ delayed by low tide Sergoant MoDonald was able t j oatoh taud iustruct OonEtib a Burtowts, who is a passenger, and Oaptain Sundstrom to can 'uea'vbur to k&oue tbe men. To do so the ateamer will have to wait oif. the ccast till

daylight. The river at whioh the men Ura stuck np is about 85 miles from Presemtioa Inlet. It is not known whether Mr Tresidet'a party has made an attempt to reach the men, who are about U miles from the camp. Harvey is the sou of a solioitor here. Some time ago a mm named Phillips essayed this journey alone, ard suffered so severely that he was prostrated and illness followed.