BUSHMAN INJURED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 134, 5 July 1909, Page 4

BUSHMAN INJURED

CARRIED TEN HUES ON LITTER. Auckland, July 1. A story ol how a mini's life was saved eoines from Tatu, in the Uhura Valley. A settler named John Gilniorc wa3 felling timber on his section, when a large limb tame down from the tree next to tlie one he was and knocked him to the ground. His mate close by, missing sight of him, came over and found him stretched out face downwards. On lifting him up he discovered that Gilmore had sustained a large scalp wound. Assistance was secured from the camp, and a message was then sent lo the doctor through the recently-completed telephone to ilangaroa. A track had to be cut through *b- scrub to the camp, a quarter of a mile away, and, by the time the injured man had been conveyed thither, Dr. G. Hamilton Rowlands arrived, having traversed the ten miles of exceedingly bad road in an hour and a half. Chloroform was administered, and examination revealed a scalp' wound seven inches long anil a compound depressed fracture of the skull, the bone being driven into the brain substance. Dr. Rowlands performed a difficult operation by candle-light, not even a lamp being obtainable. The following morning Dr. Rowlands had Gilmore removed to his own residence at llangaroa by hand-litter, the roads being impassable to vehicles. A large party of Tatu. settlers met, and undertook the laborious task of conveying Gilniore" to llangaroa through the ten miles of bog and quagmire that serve for roads in the district. A party from llangaroa met them and shand the fatigue of carrying the stretcher, and the doctor's house was reached in six hours. Gilmore bore the journey well, and was quite conscious at the end of it. The latest news to iiand is to the effect that he is progressing satisfactorily, and there is every hope of his recovery.