ORDEAL FOR WOMAN

Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1937, Page 6

ORDEAL FOR WOMAN

By Telegraph—Press Association.

NIGHT SPENT IN THE BUSH slip from track at york bay. broken ankle received in fall. found after search of 24 hours

Wellington, Last Night. A visitor to Wellington, Mrs. J. E. J. Bannister, Wanganui, was taken to hospital late this afternoon with a broken ankle received while she was walking on Thursday in native bush at York Bay, Eastbourne. She 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. She 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. J. Righton, who had joined the search, was in the bush on his property when Mrs. Bannister replied to his call. Assistance was summoned and a stretcher party brought Mrs. ^ Bannister out of the bush to await ^ an ambulance which took her to hospitaL Her condition is satisfactory.