A RIDE FOR LIFE.
What might he called a rich' for life, ,1 a case certainly exemplifying the presence of mind end powers durance as exhibited by a person '•d?.- was overtaken by a very serious i:mt f and which apparently at first l: e. a tendency to prove fatal, is ve;’ed by the Dimboola Banner. A man named Thomas T. Walters, in the ,oy of Mr Hoffman, selector of G'eriee, had the misfortune, whilst cow" on his knees chopping a lath with to all but sever his leg. It ap-r.*s.-c the axe was a now one, the hancl’e of struck some timber behind him, s 'd ;■ l.ded off, grazed the knee, cutting vacicose veins, and going into w tRo -oe. The unfortunate man had i.: - sence of mind to tightly bandage , mount his horse and ride a disof twenty-two miles into the Dimi r where he was quickly attended to :~D: Hayden, The loss of blood was some:;’r; surprising, the trousers leg being - v s-.-’/arated, and his boot filled to over- • ag. Had the cut been a a eighth of : ach higher nothing could have saved To life.”
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Temuka Leader, Issue 372, 7 April 1881, Page 3
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189A RIDE FOR LIFE. Temuka Leader, Issue 372, 7 April 1881, Page 3
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