NINE DAYS INJURED IN CROCODILE COUNTRY
DAHWIN. A white man who had been wandering in dense bush in a crocodile-in-fested area of the Roper River district without food or water for nine days has been found and 'given medical attention. The man, now a mental patient, was attended by Dr.' L. W. Alderman, of the flying doctor service, who was flown to the spot by aerial amhulance after an urgent call for help had been reeeived in Darvvin. Dr. Alderman decided to call at Groote Eylandt on the return journey to make a medical inspectiop. There he found that Jock Cassidy, a half-caste, at Groote Eylandt Mission, had broken his leg. Cassidy, too, ; was flown to Darwin. If it had not been for Dr. Alderman's chance visit, Cassidy would have had to wait until the following morning before medical aid could have reached him. A message reporting the accident could not have reached Darwin until evening, and there are no nightflying facilities at Groote Eylandt.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 7
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165NINE DAYS INJURED IN CROCODILE COUNTRY Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 7
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