IN DEAD MAN'S BOOTS
GRIM JOURNEY OVER MOUNTAIN SEARCH-PARTY'S PLIGHT Press A ssocialion. CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. At the inquest on the death of Andrew Neil Henderson, the coroner returned a verdict of accidental death by shooting. Constable Robertson, in describing the finding of Henderson’s body, said that his party had to carry it on a stretcher over a 5,000 ft mountain from the camp where the fatality occurred. The constable’s boots gave out in climbing over the rough country, and he had to use the boots of the dead man. The condition of the party when it arrived in Oxford has been described as pitiful. Dr. L. T>. Burnett, Mr. C. Bassett and Mr. E. H. Buckridge, three of the party which also set out on Monday afternoon to bring in the body, have so far not returned, and fears are entertained for their safety, as the country is exceedingly rough and the men had few provisions. A message from Oxford “at noon says that the three men, who have been missing in the Lees Valley since Monday, have returned in good health, although very much fatigued.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 15
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