PINNED UNDER A LOG
EXTRAORDINARY'STORY OF ! HUMAN ENDURANCE. By Telegraph—Frees' Association. ."'•.':)'■■■'. Dunediri, April 16. 'An extraordinary story- of suffering and physical endurance came to light near Owaka on Saturday morning, when a middle-aged man named B. Reaney was found unconscious, pinned unde'r a log. _ Reaney, who was a bachelor, went into the bush at a short; distance from his house to cut wood on Good Friday, and while at work was caught by a falling tree, which pinned his left arm. Ho was for eight days in this helpless and excruciatingly painful condition, roots and grass torn iip by his right hand being evidence of the eucky and desperate fight he made for e. He was brought to the Dunedin Hospital on Saturday evening, and the injured arm hadto be amputated. The oondition of the man was very low, and he expired last evening.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3056, 17 April 1917, Page 4
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