SAVED FROM A CREVASSE.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE. I'i CULMINATES IN ENGAGEMENT. ji - i (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Received Jan. 17, noon.) • LONDON, Jan. 16. ...The announcement of the engage- • ment of Eric, son of Mr Reginald PurJbrick, to Miss Marjorie, Daughter of T"'*“'Dr. Tate Sutherland, both of Melri bourne, recalls a thrilling experience. « ■ The parties concerned were skiing at * Pontresina, Switzerland when Mr Purt brick disappeared in a 50ft. crevasse, ; b,eing wedged by the shoulders. His * fiancee and also a friend, Miss Desiree « Brooke,’ brought a mountaineer who s rescued him by means of a rope.
-Miss Brooke will be the bridesmaid at’an early wedding in London.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17612, 17 January 1929, Page 8
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