Show MAN PERISHES IN SEARCH FOR LOST HIKERS s Plunges to Death From Cliff Clif When Struck on Head by Boulder B Br United run PASADENA Cat Cal Oct 25 25 One One member of a searching party seeking two lost hikers was killed shortly before midnight last night when he fell into a deep mountainous canyon canyons it was reported here today Charles White of Monrovia lost his footing fooling and fell headlong into the chasm His body was not recovered The hikers P. P R. R Lundy Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles banker and Lloyd Nelson Arcadia Arcadias Arcadia's Arca Arca- dia dias dia's school hool teacher were were we fo found nd in the wilds of Monrovia canyon They had strayed more than a mile apart and arid were rescued ed by sear searching parti parties White with other members of the Ute searching band V Ji later at r found Lund Lundy was crawling along on the face of a cliff when a dislodged boulder boul bout der struck him on th the head and catapulted catapulted cata cab pulled him Into a deep chasm His companions believed he was killed Ind in- in d BODY BODY NOT Nor RECOVERED Because of the unknown depth of the precipice and the high gales which made every step extremely pr precarious pro pre I carious carlous they made no attempt to recover recover recover re re- re- re cover the body immediately Despite the tragedy the searchers pushed onward until they found Lundy Lundy Lun Lun- dy marooned on a narrow led ledge e. e Two members of the were band lowered lowered low low- ered cred b by ropes to help him from rom his precarious retreat Nelson the other hiker was found ne nearly a mile and a half hall away by a party led by Fire Chief Harry Stevens Stevens Stevens Stev Stev- ens of Monrovia Searchers also had to be lowered by ropes to effect his rescue Neither Nelson nor his companion companion com corn panion had been injured in the fire that had swept the canyon giving rise to fears both men had perished The two hikers were were weak from rom hunger hunger hunger hun hun- ger and exposure RETARDS RESCUE Searchers advised local authorities that the fury of the fire apparently had spent itself The blaze fanned by high winds had retarded rescue efforts Reports that the two hikers hiker may have perished were brought back by byan byan byan an an airplane pilot who had sighted the themen themen men late yesterday surrounded by the creeping flames fires were reported In Inthe inthe inthe the district one In Castaic canyon another at the head of at San AntonIa canyon in the Mount Baldy district and a third at a ranch near Newhall Forest rangers augmented by volunteers volunteers volun volun- b battled desperately to bring them under c control |