FIGHT THROUGH BLIZZARD
Press Assri.-
LABOUR MINISTER GETS AID FOR INJURED CLIMBER
By Telegrap'.t,
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Received Friday, 12.30 p.in. LONDON, April 25. The Minister of State, Mr. P. J. Noei-Baker, fought seven miles through a blizzard for help when Captain Wilfred Noyce, son of Sir Frank Noyce, feli 150 feet from Shark's Fin Ridge on the Great Gable mountain into Hellfire Gap in the Lake distriet yesterday, during the tour gf a climhing party, of which Mr. Noel-Baker was a member. A search party, after a night in the blizzard, rescued Captain Noyce early to-day. He suffered arm and ieg injuries. Captain Noyce was aiso injjured at Scawfell in 1937 and at Ben Nevis in 1939.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 April 1946, Page 5
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