EXPLORER’S TROUBLES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 April 1926, Page 3

EXPLORER’S TROUBLES

IH-'.I.AYS ASH R.ItHAKDOWN’S ji; y j. : \\i !; 3. A AKROR' .A N i-V r, A . , ( ..-K.-un '■ ;. !!. V\ iw i.;< \vi I n kaimday < 1 w pairing i 1 ;l i.i which in accident.-. Misfuitnisr has dogged the exp. li'ii .i from 1 1 • .stal l. Ins 1 the Aur i 1.1 ii;;11 ■ ,V vi-1- ami ! lia I. willi better weathei ap II r■ *;»• 11 ill . delay* uia-' lira !>«• cos'. h ,\i tin hi st. however. it will tali'- a Pill War!: In n-pai. I*r latnliii” «■-* * liaays ami tin- i.iln-r ilatnam- 1,, tin 1 I-.,'Ail- ami tin- Hein n't it wiii.li lias; 111 ITU ' l ll g ill eS. J In- lal.liT lliarh i 111- 1 1 •i 1 1 1 "ill a In 1 ".a ! r.f .-jHil. all"! 1 1 a \ mg laiicli nil ea.-ilv ami (tnwii wall. Alter louring aliuiti (In- 1" t-al i-"iiiit lysi'lr. .Major Ramphiei a<I. -1 uJ> 1 1 -. I tin' h mli iils. I rat tin- mai-liim-ili-upi"-'!. tin- whirls bumping luavil.v. Thi.- right si*lr ii iln- landing gear 1 tilt lilni aml gave way. tinning llu-iiiU'-hirii' i'll it.- in.sc in a hank "1 snow. Tile engines Were lint damaged, hnl hull' si'l.-.-I llm miller eamai'e U.le ll V. ill In 111 ..‘"s [hie !,, 1 .-pa 11 I In-in here I tnlt .{Ji-lii.lt 111 i.'. ••I .. • i.lil'nlr tin- r fjia.lt ; e -ll I- 'pi I-;-,- I lir 11.-hrl ih.lt I '.lf/ taiti \\ I'.i.iii ' .. .Ii h" ii. lav. I long Ili.li li’r piii.ii- ll);),lit.--, will I"- nnptai. t n ■ alih* tin-; y.-ar I'aplain Wili-.itis. Imv. IT'!' liors' in,i believe i hi-. A" It i.u’li t fill hliz/vn ,1. wlii, h tlr- 11aI ivrs lirsesiiie a-' tin- Wiji.si thill lias bn n l:tm\vgi I'or vi-rn-sv raged on Mon lay tu rue in.rti 1 . II overtook a, dog-sleigh party, belonging Ir, tli,. rxpnlit id'll, winch is ft eight ing provisions; ami equipment, from Fats -banks in Rend Bnrow, where the polar 11 iu 1 1 is to eomtnellee. A rail in message reeeivei! from Cmnimmiler Malcolm Smith said his party had teached the summit of the Fndicolt mountains. A loot of snow fell on Saturday, which reduced the visibility to 100 yards, and made it almnst impossible Inr dogs 1" proceed, even when the men painfully cleared a 'trail ahead.

Meanwhile, in Fail banks, repairs are proceeding on the fir.-t aeroplane I Ini was damaged in Friday's accidents ll is admitted that the aviation field Jn-iv is very narrow, and ji ma.v vet ,he newt sail to irsu the level j(.-o held on t in- I .•ilia;: River. at Xenana. for the him I t a ii>'-(«f! Iri-m I’oint Harrow.

A recent cablegiam stated that tin third aeroplane of tin' Wilkins c.xpeditn si has also come to grief.