PLUCKY, DRIVE
WOMAN WITH SICK PASSENGERS
300 MIKES OVER ROUGH ROADS
CAPETOWN, May 9. A. n aeroplane’s : flight into the jungle, ,and «, 'European woman’s 300mile drive over barren country to the nearest outpost of;civilisation with two men who 'were dangerously ill, form the 3aJ£ment»' : of-.;a ’drama; from the northern frontier of Kenya.
The authorities ip . Nairobi. 'received a disturbing telegram from the district ■commissioner atv.Ma.r.sabit,stating that Major Jephson, with with his wife had been five weeks big-gam e shooting, and Air Donald Ker,,. white., hunter, were dangerously ill. , Nairobi outfitters immediately chartered an aeroplane, but although the camp site was ’ located no trace of human beings was found. It appears that Mrs. Jephson, alarmed by the men’s state, and although not used to driving, drove .309 miles, over rough road to Nattyuki, where the men are now critically iU.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 6
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139PLUCKY, DRIVE Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 6
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