FOUR GIRLS AND THEIR GUIDE LOST THEIR LIVES during the worst blizzard ever experienced on the Tasman Glacier. The guide, Edmond Blomfield, made a gallant effort to reach the Ball Hut, but collapsed after going only 150 yards. He is seen in the centre picture. Top left: Miss Helena Keane, aged 24, who was a member of the party. Top right: Guide Charles Hilgendorf, who discovered the bodies and, after a gruelling struggle, managed to reach the Ball Hut.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 878, 23 January 1930, Page 1
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79FOUR GIRLS AND THEIR GUIDE LOST THEIR LIVES during the worst blizzard ever experienced on the Tasman Glacier. The guide, Edmond Blomfield, made a gallant effort to reach the Ball Hut, but collapsed after going only 150 yards. He is seen in the centre picture. Top left: Miss Helena Keane, aged 24, who was a member of the party. Top right: Guide Charles Hilgendorf, who discovered the bodies and, after a gruelling struggle, managed to reach the Ball Hut. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 878, 23 January 1930, Page 1
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