HIS ORDEAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 3

HIS ORDEAL.

• _t~ EVENT X IN THE BACKBLOCKS. IBj TeleeriDh.-SBeclal Correspondent.! v Auckland, January 10. A. story illustrating the hardships of backblucks life, when accidents occur, is told by the Tauniarunui correspondent of the "Herald." He telegraphs-.-.ln accident befell Mr. C. Canton on Thursday evenin", at Ketaruke (some 24 miles irom Raurimu). He was at work on Mr. \ enter's property, and was engaged m sawing through a log which lay on tlio,rop of a bank 30 feet high. When tho log. had been almost cut through, it rolled down tlio bank, and Canton rolled with it, sustaining serious injuries. .Several of his ribs wore broken, his head was badly injured, and there was scarcely a portion of his body which was not cut or bruised. Mr. ft. Way, a neighbouring settler, galloped immediately to tho Katikei Post Office, and telegraphed for Dr. Nelson, of Ohakune, who came through, via Kaurimu, early on Friday morning. ]'or three hours lie attended to the injured man, setting the ribs temporarily in plaster of Paris, and attending to the cuts. Ho had to pause from time to time to allow the patient to recover strength to endure, tho ordeal. By the time it was over eome dozen men had assembled, and, at 9.30 o'clock on Friday morning, they proceeded to carry him by relays to Kees, a distance of some 15 miles. It was seven o'clock in the evening before they got there, tho roads being very bad. The second stase of tho journey was accomplished next day, Mr. Way being dispatched to Itanrinm, with instructions to endeavour to stop the night express, which would carry the patient to the Hamilton Hosnittil. Jlr. Way's first apnea! to tho Department met with a refusal, (he official in charge expressing regret at his inability to order tltf , sfoppjigp of tljo mail twin. Mr. Way. liowev»r, Mmrraplipd to V.r. Smith (member for Vaim.irino), and, lhr"inrli h'« (">ml olfif! , *. on.senl: vns inven In tho train l>"in<r st-innod. Tlio injured p'an 'vai I'v thi« iiiwns safely carried (o (he Hamilton Hosnitnl. For Hronrhio! Cnugh.s inl;<> Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. od.