AGED MAN’S ORDEAL

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1932, Page 7

AGED MAN’S ORDEAL

TRAPrim TN BLACKBERRY. 1-/Y, December 8. A terrible experience bcl’el Mr Wil- ! limn Ashley, aged 83, <T Parramatta. ; New farin' h Wales. when for eight ! hours, lie wao e:itangled in blackberry ! hushes at Granville. Tie loft bis borne ion .a Saturday with the intention of i visiting bis daughter at Harris Park. (•According to tbe police, be was seen i sever a 1 times during tbe wake-end, but I tbe people wbo saw him did not know ; that be bad been reported missing. I Tbe aged man tfas apparently very I weak when be attempted to cross i a’Becketts Creek at Granville early on ' tbe following Monday morning. He j crossed tbe creek, stumbled, and crasli- | r .d down a bank into some heavy blackj berry buslies. His struggles to free himself entangled him more in -the bushes and lie suffered agony. He was not strong enough to drag himself L clear. I That afternoon Hr Harold Pillman wa,s crossing tbe creek when be noticed the old man lying among the blackberries. He immediatly notified the police, . and Mr Ashley was rescued. The timely discovery undoubtedly saved lii« life. He was taken to the Pf.nlram.atta. Hospital suffering from exposure and shock.