NO SIGN OF HOOK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1031, 23 July 1930, Page 11

NO SIGN OF HOOK

MAY HAVE DISAPPEARED IN FLOOD WATERS PARTIES’ THOROUGH SEARCH Reed. 10.45 a.m. RANGOON, Tues. A further careful search for Eric Hook, the missing airman, was unsuccessful. Both banks of the Baliehaung were searched by a strong party, but no sign either of Hook or his clothes, which Matthews hung up, nor any sign of broken branches was found. The party is satisfied Hook is no longer on the Balichaung’s banks. Other searchers have examined the whole of the neighbourhood within 10 to 15 miles radius of the place where Hook is stated to have been left. Possibly as Hook was left a few feet above the level of the stream, he may have been washed away by a flood which was caused by heavy rains, and drowned. The rumour that Hook had reached a certain village proved to be groundless James Matthews and Eric Hook were flying from England to Australia when they were forced down in a remote part of India. They walked for nearly a week, and Matthews left Hook in a weak state, while he himself staggered on for help, finally reaching a village. The plane has not been found.