AN ISOLATED LIGHTHOUSE.
SICK WOMAN’S PLIGHT. SCOW’S FORTUNATE ARRIVAL. (Pee United Peess Association.) GISBORNE, December 9. The representations that are being made to the Chamber of Commerce regarding telephonic communication with the Portland Island lighthouse had point given to them yesterday when the wife of one of the keepers became dangerously ill, and there was no means of summoning help._ By chance the scow Koau came in sight about 9 p.m.. and signals brought her close to the shore. The woman was carried on a stretcher two miles and down precipitous cliffs. She was pot aboard safely and brought to tho Gisborne Hospital this morning. Had tho weather not been exceptionally favourable her removal could not have been effected.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19261210.2.94
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 19969, 10 December 1926, Page 12
Word Count
119AN ISOLATED LIGHTHOUSE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19969, 10 December 1926, Page 12
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.