"HARDEST SLOGGER OF THE LOT."
WELLINGTON, Oct 31. A remarkable performance in going to lielp at the scene of the crash was put np by Mr. W. E. Hussey, a P. and T. employee, and Mr. Joe Thompson, a Maori, of Raetihi. Unable to leaye duty on Eriday, Mr. Hussey and Mr. Thompson lef't Raetihi at 5 a.m. on Saturday and bicycjed nine miles to Ohakune Junction. From there they wallced nine miles up through the bush to Blyth hut on Mt. Ruapehu to the south of the scene of the crash. Arriving at Blyth hut at 9 a.m., they breaxt'asted and then set out for the crasi^ four miles away across soft snow, Teaching the crash at 11 a.m. where Mr. Hussey was said to be "the hardest slogger of the' lot. " Mr. Hussey advances the theory from experience of crashes which he saw in the service overseas, that the pilot was atttempting to put the plane down. The theory was based on the nature of tae terrain before the plane hit the rock face.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 November 1948, Page 7
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