NIGHT SPENT IN BUSH
ANKLE BROKEN EASTBOURNE RESCUE (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. A visitor to Wellington, Mrs. J. E. J. Bannister, of Wanganui, was taken to the hospital late this afternoon with a broken ankle received -while she was walking on Thursday in the native bush at York Bay, Eastbourne.
Rho was found after a search which began on Thursday night and continued with increased thoroughness to-day, when serious anxiety began to be felt for her safety. Mrs. Bannister, who was staying with relatives at York Bay, was walking alone, when it, is presumed she slipped from the track and fell near the bank of a stream, breaking her ankle. She remained where she had fallen for the rest of the day and throughout Thursday night. To-day Mr. E. .1. Righton, who had joined in the search, was in the hush of his property when Mrs. Bannister replied to lii.s call. Assistance was summoned and a stretcher party brought Airs. Bannister out of the bush to await the ambuance, which took her to hospital. Her :ondition is satisfactory.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19313, 1 May 1937, Page 8
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