GUT OFF BY SNOW
PARTY OF MEN IN SERIOUS PLIGHT (United Press Association—By Eleotric Telegraph—Oopyrignt) (Received 13th July, 9.40 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. The plight of a party of men short of food and with deep, snow cutting them off at the northern end of Great Lake, is becoming serious. A telephone message stated that,the snow was four feet deep in places and that, it was still snowing. The party was digging a way through at the rate of a mile daily" and lioped to meet a party proceeding likewise from Deloraine. Attempts to reach the men by car and launch are useless. The lake is frozen from end to end. A rescue party is leaving Deloraine to-day. < Great Lake is 14 miles at its greatest width, and 18 miles long.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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131GUT OFF BY SNOW Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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