THE TRAMPERS.
MANY VICISSITUDES EXPERIENCED. By ■ Tslesrnpli—-Press Association, WELLINGTON, April 30. Over I(t() liK-n were engaged in Din search for Deidrich and .Scanlon, and it turns out that one of tLe party only missed them by two hours. Many falls, were experienced, and it was one ol these, down a steep decline, with no hand hold, that caused Mr Hill to breek Iris leg. Bringing him out involved carrying him for 19 hours. Tn places he had to he lowered down obit's by ropes. carried across three, rivers, anti over a peak 2083 feet in height. The nnrtv with him were out for a week altogether in hud weather and were weary and worn at the finish
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 2 May 1927, Page 11
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117THE TRAMPERS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 2 May 1927, Page 11
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