BISHOP STRANDED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21880, 16 August 1934, Page 8

BISHOP STRANDED

FLOODED AUSTRALIAN RIVER TOO LATE FOR A SERVICE While a congregation waited patiently at Jerangle, New South Wales, recently, Bishop Burgmann and Archdeacon Pike were stranded in the flooded Anembo River. The bishop and his companion, who was formerly ad- / ministrator of the diocese, were due at Jerangle for a confirmation service. They started in good time, but were delayed by flooded creeks, and, arriving at the Anembo River, found it so swollen that it was impossible to drive across it in their car. Ultimately, the car was placed on the lorry of a general carrier, and, after making sure that the water could not get into the engine, the two travellers cautiously began fording the river. The lorry struck a boulder, the engine stalled, and the hishop and the archdeacon were left stranded in mid- '( stream. After more than an hour's work they completed the crossing, and drove to the church at Jerangle. The service was not held. The persons awaiting confirmation and the congregation had abandoned all hope of the arrival of their bishop and archdeacon, and had gone home.