A BACKBLOCKS TRAGEDY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13683, 17 March 1910, Page 6

A BACKBLOCKS TRAGEDY.

A painfully sad, but unfortunately true story—a tragedy of backblocks pioneer life—is related by tlie Uruti correspondent of the Taranaki "Daily News." A woman and her husband, who had taken up a section way back in tho Taranaki hinterland years ago, reached their new home only after tho gresatest of difficulties. Once there, the woman declared that nothing would induce her to make tho journey again. For nine years she never stirred ont of the home paddock. At length she fell ill, anel it was deemed advisable to take her to the nearest hospital. For thirty miles she was carried through the pathless wilderness on a stretcher, relays of men relieving at intervals. A few weeks in hospital restored the woman to health, and her return home was mooted. Tho woman shuddered at the thought, declaring it would kill her. However, a day was fixed for her departure, but before it dawned the woman was dead. The doctor in attendance, who knew all tho circumstances, said he could only ascribe her death to a broken heart.