THE TOLL OF THE BUSH.
BUSHMAN FOUND AFTER SUFFERING FOR THREE DAYS.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM]
CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 15
Alfred Lowrey, 63 years of age, was brought to the hospital this morning after several days suffering with a crushed leg. He was employed at Halswell felling trees by himself and last Monday a tree which hung on to another feli, pinning him to the ground. It took Lowrey three hours to extricate himself, but he could not walk and lay for a day and a-half in the open air, no one coming near him. His cooes were at' length heard by John Murphy, a farmer, who took Lowrey to his (Lowrey’s) tent, where Lowrey, thinking the injury slight, attended to himself, Murphy sendingfood. This morning 'Lowrey’s leg became much worse and a constable brought him to the hospital, where the right leg was found to he shattered.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3706, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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146THE TOLL OF THE BUSH. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3706, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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