RESCUED DOCTOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22403, 27 April 1936, Page 11

RESCUED DOCTOR

VISIT TO HIS WIFE ELEVEN DAYS* ORDEAL VANCOUVER, April 23 Displaying vitality declared to be amazing by physicians, Dr. Robertson, who at the age of 62 spent nearly 11 days entombed in a disused gold mine with two others, one of whom succumbed, insisted on leaving his cofc in the' emergency hospital at Moose River, Nova Scotia, to-day for an hour to visit his wife in the mine office in the vicinity. Mr. E. Scadding, the other survivor, was/ taken to Halifax by aeroplane for better treatment. His main ailment is sore feet. Dr. Robertson's attendants state that he told them the late Mr. Magill contracted penumonia on the very day the diamond drill penetrated to them bringing communication with the rescuers above. He died after Dr. Robertson had held him in his arms for hours. The men slept in each other's arms for warmth. There was plenty of water and, although it was dirty, it kept them alive. Only three words were spoken when Dr. Robertson first met his wife, namely: "Pauline," and "Dear Eddie." A Red Cross Dominion drive for a fund to reward the heroic rescuers has already yielded more than 20,000 dollars.