NIGHT IN THE BUSH
, TRAMBERS LOST IN FOG. O TJX EiD IN, Apr i 1 27. An unenviable experience was the portion of Mr G. Wright, of the Otago Tramping Club, during the week-end, fashion,” explains the director. “Both is also a prominent member of .the club, he found himself lost in the Blue Mountains, not far from Tapanui. Advice received in Dunedin to-night stated that Mr Wright is now in the Tapanui Hospital suffering from bron. chitis and pneumonia, but is progressing favourably. Messrs Balk and Wright made an excursion into the mountains on Saturday, intending to return to Tapapui in the afternoon. They climbed to tin* spur above Whiskey Gulley, am] separated for the return journey, having arranged to meet at the foot of the mountain. A heavy fog came down, and -Air Balk eventually decided to try to find Air Wright, hut by the time darkness had fallen Ho had failed to do so. lie spent the night in the bush, and returned to Tapanui in tin* morning to organise a search party. Two parties went out, and Afr Wright was found about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, not far from the place where the men had separated. Fe was in an exhausted condition, an.d had to be carried to Tapanui.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1931, Page 7
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214NIGHT IN THE BUSH Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1931, Page 7
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