FOUND BY ESKIMOS
MR MATTERN’S ADVENTURE
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MOSCOW, July 11. A copyright mesage to the North American Newspaper Alliance states that Eskimos talcing furs to market were dumbfounded to find Mr Janies Mattern, the American round-the-woricl flier, floating on a raft in the middle of the Andair River, opposite their camp. Mr Mattern, who was forced down in Siberia, lit a huge fire, making the Eskimos' think the whole forest w>s burning. He was suffering from privation, burns and a broken ankle. He had been without food for days, lying on tlie freezing ground. 1 The airman was given a- bed on a dog sledge and covered with bear-skins and caribou hide. His rescuers administered primitive medical comforts and fed him on dried fish, when lie was able to eat. The Eskimos later rowed him to Anodir, after which his progress was favourable, in spite of an attack of influenza.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1933, Page 8
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153FOUND BY ESKIMOS Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1933, Page 8
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