SEARCH OF TARARUAS.
HARDSHIPS OF PARTIES. PLIGHT OP INJURED MAN. (Pee United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. April 30. Overy ICO men were engaged in th„ search for Deidrich and Scanlon, who were lost in the Tararuas, and it turns out that one party only missed them by two hours. Many falls were experienced, and it was one of those, down a steep decline with no hand hold, that caused Hill to break his I cs r Bringing him out involved carrying" him for 19 hours. In places he had to be lowered down cliffs by ropes. Ho was carried across throe rivers, end over «. peak 2685 ft in height. The party wit-i him were out for a week altogether in bad weather, and were weary and worn at the finish.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20087, 2 May 1927, Page 10
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