WRECKED PLANE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 114, 18 May 1942, Page 4

WRECKED PLANE

BODIES BROUGHT IN TO NELSON MOST PROTRACTED JOB (P.A.» Blenheim. May 17 Making a detour to avoid a flooded mountain stream, a ; arly of police and soldiers to-day completed the task of bringing out the bodies of the passengers and crew of the Union Airway's Lockheed Electra liner which crashed on Mount Richmond. The men set out at dawn to-day from Langley Dale sheep station, which has been the base of operations, and returned there at. 2 p.m. Valuable assistance was provided by a settlor, who took a dray as far up Timms Cicek as pos.-.ible. The bodies were conveyed to lhe roadhead, where motor transport was awaiting to take them to Nelson, which was reached this evening. The last stage of the undertaking was without incident, despite the difficult nature of the country. Rainstorms which caught the parly on Friday night abated late yesterday, and conditions to-day were good. The recovery of the bodies was one of the most protracted and difficult jobs undertaken by the police. Air reconnaissance located the crashed machine on Tuesday morning and the party had been out since that afternoon. It is staled that nothing in the wrecked plane can be salvaged. The fire made a clean sweep of the mail and freight.