TWO MEN KILLED

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 424, 4 May 1937, Page 5

TWO MEN KILLED

AVALANCHE OVER TUNNEL Tragedy In South Island Press Association —Copyright. Invercargill, May 4. The Lumsden police received word shortly before noon to-day that an avalanche came down over the mouth of Homer Tunnel, on the Milford Sound highway, at about 9.50 o’clock this morning, as a result of which the engineer in charge, Mr D. F. Hulse, formerly at Waitaki, and the overseer in charge of the tunnel operations, Mr T. W. Smith, were killed, and three seriously injured —Messrs J« S. Lloyd, J. Milne, and L. S. Kelly. It is snowing heavily, and there are thirteen inches of snow in the valley. A doctor is proceeding to the scene of the tragedy, also the police. The bodies of the men who were killed have been recovered, and arrangements are being made to bring the injured to the hospital at Invercargill. The scene of the tragedy is the same as on the previous occasion, last July, when an avalanche killed one man and injured seven.