Searchers Find Traces Of Missing Deerstalkers
(New Zealand Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, April 26. Traces of the two missing deerstalkers, Ronald George Cornwall and William Hislop, were found today by searchers operating in dense bush near Tokirima. An arrow made from twigs was found on the ground pointing down the Haeo river, and this area will be closely searched tomorrow.
The search for the missing Hungarian climber, Egon Lehner, was continued today on Mount Ruapehu in adverse weather and without success. There were 70 men out on the mountain and on the bush-clad lower slopes.
Mr E. Pratt, of Kirikau, who went into the bush at Tokirima with a party of five on Tuesday, returned home for further supplies tonight. He said he found tracks near the Haeo river yesterday. These he followed for about five miles to a clearing known as Surveyors flat, where a wild bull, which apparently had been shot l?y the missing men, was found.
Mr Pratt’s party could not make a close search for further tracks leading from the clearing, but it joined up with members of the Wanganui Search and Rescue Organisation, who went to Surveyors flat. There, today, they found the sign pointing down-river.
Supply Drop An R.N.Z.A.F. Devon from Ohakea, late this afternoon, dropped supplies and equipment to the parties searching in the heavy bush and Army trucks took more supplies for the search parties to Mr Bunn’s homestead, at Tokirima, 114 miles upriver from Wanganui. A radio communications centre is located at the homestead, and amateurs in Wanganui are keeping a 24-hour watch with the station.
Chief Inspector W. Miller, of the Wanganui police, today that the field parties at present in the bush would not be relieved now they had plenty of supplies.
A New Plymouth Search and Rescue Organisation team is preparing to assist by entering the area from the New Plymouth s ’de. K One of the searchers has fallen ill, and in response to an urgent radio message, Dr. D. W. Me-
Gregor, of Wanganui, radioed back instructions for treatment. The sick man’s condition is reported to be improving, but he will be taken to Taumarunui Hospital by Army transport if his condition deteriorates. Mountain Search
Led by Mr L. D. Bridges, president of the Federated Mountain Clubs, a party of Search and Rescue Organisation men from Hamilton and Wellington linked up with bushmen today in the seventh day of the search on Mount Ruapehu for Mr Lehner, who went missing last Saturday. Search parties are continuously covering wide areas from daylight till dark each day, but hopes for Mr Lehner’s safety have diminished.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 10
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