MEMBER OF RESCUE PARTY DIES IN SNOWSTORM—WhiIe out with a party to rescue a climber who had been injured while ski-ing 5,000 feet up on Mt. Egmont, Mr. L. Gibson, of Stratford, collapsed and died in a bitter snowstorm. His two companions tried in vain to save him, and afterward set out for North Egmont House, arriving there utterly exhausted. Inset is Dr. Doris Gordon, who won great praise by tramping from Stratford House right up to Manganui Gorge to help the injured man, and i ater made arrangements with her husband, Dr. Gordon, to have assistance ready at North Egmont House. — Portrait by S. P. ANDREW, studios.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1042, 5 August 1930, Page 1
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108MEMBER OF RESCUE PARTY DIES IN SNOWSTORM—WhiIe out with a party to rescue a climber who had been injured while ski-ing 5,000 feet up on Mt. Egmont, Mr. L. Gibson, of Stratford, collapsed and died in a bitter snowstorm. His two companions tried in vain to save him, and afterward set out for North Egmont House, arriving there utterly exhausted. Inset is Dr. Doris Gordon, who won great praise by tramping from Stratford House right up to Manganui Gorge to help the injured man, and i ater made arrangements with her husband, Dr. Gordon, to have assistance ready at North Egmont House. —Portrait by S. P. ANDREW, studios. Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1042, 5 August 1930, Page 1
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