SUFFERING AND ENDURANCE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2582, 17 April 1877, Page 3

SUFFERING AND ENDURANCE.

"The following case of courage and endurance," says the Castlemaine Representative of March 3D, " has been narrated to us by James Miller, the unfortunate sufferer, now in the Castlemaine Hospital, and who was formerly a resident of Fryer's Creek, and whose wife and family still remain there. We will endeavor to give the account in his own words:—Last Monday week, when engaged with his party sinking a tank for Mr M'Pherson on the Peakia Station, 170 miles above Deniliquin, he was filling dirt, into a dray that was standing about 7ft. from the face of the bank being excavated. Although the bank had not been undermined niore than 18in., it gave way, and falling, forced him against the wheel of the dray, and completely covered him over. His mates immediately set; to wdrk to release him, but half an hour elapsed before they got him free. He was then found to be considerably bruised, and his left arm broken. Another man working near him was knocked down under the wheel by the fall, but, fortunately, received no serious injury. It so happened that the horse in the dray was a quiet one, and remained perfectly still the whole of the time, or both men would undoubtedly have been killed. As soon as Miller was extricated from the dirt, and the extent of his injuries ascertained, they set about getting him to a doctor. They proem ed a waggonette from a surveyor,, and began their journey about half-past five o'clock in the evenfisg, travelling all r night. They reached Balranald (forty miles) where he stayed two days under a local doctor, who advised that the patient should be taken to an hospital. At this place he had Jaken up his quarters at what he considers the best hotel in the .place, but unfortunately'they were pot possesssed of a vehicle he could hire. There was another hotel where two vehicles were unused, and to this hotel application was made for the hire of one of them to convey the injured man on to Deniliquin. The answer received, according to the man's statement, was that 'he might go to . They did not care a —— for him or his money,' The journey to Deniliquin was continued in a conveyance belonging to the man's party. Starting about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and again travelling all night, they reached Dr Maynes' Mulpa Station;. the following day travelled 25 miles to Manbraie township, where they rested for the night. The next day they got so far as Mr Lauchlan Mcßrain's station, "Wooroomia, on the Edwards River. Here they were detained by heavy rains until Saturday afternoon, when they made another start, and, that day made-the Murgoch station. The following day's journey was 47 miles to Eobert" Holloway's public-house, 10 miles from Deniliquin, which place/they arrived at the next morning, and from thence took train for Castlemaine, where the poor man arrivedat 8 o'clock last night, and was at once taken to the hospital, where is was found he had sustained a compound fracture of the left arm, in addition -to his body being severely bruised. He represents his journey as being one of severe torture, making him.at times indifferent to life."