Engine, Near Wau, N.G.

Hard Work

Salvaging the W.R.C. Moth’s Engine, Near Wau, N.G.

THOUGH Pilot Donald Crisp escaped in jury in the ’plane crash at Black Cat Creek, New Guinea, in December, W. R.

Carpenter and Co.’s Fox Moth which he was flying was totally wrecked. A patrol, under Mr. Thomas A. Hough, was sent out from Salamaua by the Administra tion to rescue the airman. Having ascer-

tained that Mr. Crisp was safe, the party set about salvaging the aeroplane’s en gine.

So incredibly rough and broken was the country that it took a line of 50 struggling native boys several hours to carry it through the dense jungle from the scene of the smash to a track one mile distant from the Black Cat Creek. The photo shows the boys with the engine lashed to two long poles carrying it up the bank, just after crossing the creek.

Natives struggling up Black Cat Creek bank with the Engine.