RACE AGAINST DEATH.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 72, 17 March 1914, Page 7

RACE AGAINST DEATH.

THE WAY OF THE NORTH. .M incident that occurred in the Northern Territory \a related by Dr "Unith in a report to the Minister for "iwnal Affairs (states the Melbourne wrrespondont of 'The Sydney Daily Frederick Bolton, a settler ? n the Daly River, was about to qet Mo a canoe when he was accidentally the lung bv an aboriginal. »e.aboriginal wmght" Mr Love, the 'wigin ' mlKtw Meanwhile the WH'r had crawled to his home. Mr ""J I ', with the aid of the aboriginal, m using a sheet of galvanised iron as Letcher, carried the .settler down to ™ «moe. He managed to paddle five ?!Jf ui> the river to a landing, and at W l ll \ start( ' a f< » r Brock's Creek on " seback to .secure the services of a ew Travelling all night, with {he til tV u '° hours' rest, he coverll, ,0 milw bv next morning. A B,mi ain , ! Vil * • sont *« Darwin,, and Dr »2* V" ' A molor tricycle at six l n * lo evening, and reached befl.l Crock at midnight. Shortly and «. a ; m - Stable John, Mr Love, Til f d< S tor 6et out for the Daly. Wl until 3 p.m., when the was r dto h 6 ~est« L The journey a m I, I m ', d - and continued until 3 then ovf day ' T he whole party was t g exhausted. At 6 a.m., however, WvlT 8 aga l n in *e saddle, and the WRiS re ? clled ab out midday, or 36 °%tol lea . Tin 8 Brock ' s Creek > but wa 6 dead' 11 the unfortllnate man