The rescue party boarded the Capetown again on the evening of March 6, the commander announceing his intention of sending a small party ashore to continue the rescue work at daybreak next day (yesterday). After rescue work had been resumed, the Capetown flashed through that further survivors were coming ashore, and another message dispatched soon afternoon yesterday conveyed the welcome news that 22 survivors had now been ab the hatton of the canyon, badly bruised but alive. They were rushed io Tokyo for medical treatment and were confined to a hospital.
Details were meagre because of disrupted communications resulting from the landslides. ed. "The breeches buoy, message, "is working perfectly At 445 pin. the British naval authorities here received a further message stating that 33 survivors had now been brought ashore by means of the breeches buoy, and Police, firemen and Boy Scouts were mobilized in mountain districts in preparation for emergencies. Warmer weather prompted fears of floods in some areas resulting from melting snow on mountains.—United Press.
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