STORY OF SUFFERING.
PINNED BY A LOG. By Telegraph.—Proas Association. Dunedin, April 10. An extraordinary story of, suffering and physical endurance came to light near Owaka, on Saturday morning:, when a middle-aged man named Bernard Reaney, was found unconscious pinned under a log. • Keaney, who was a bachelor, went in.to the bush at a short distance from his house to cut wood on Good Friday, and while at work was caught by a falling tree, which pinned his left arm. Ho- was for eight days in this helpless and excruciatingly painful condition, roots and grass torn up by his right hand being evidence of the plucky anc desperate fight he made for life. lie was brought to Dunedin Hospital on Saturday evening, and the injured arm had to be. amputated. The condition of the man was very low, and he expired last evening.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1917, Page 2
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