LOST IN MALLEE SURER

Evening Star, Issue 18230, 21 March 1923, Page 8

LOST IN MALLEE SURER

YOUNG MAN’S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. While returning from Merhein to KoorImig on horseback (says the Melbourne ‘Age's’ Mildura rnrrespondenti a young man named Charles Raw son followed the wrong (rack through the dense malice near Headlev’s Block, After travelling five miles Rawson lost the track- and struck off in a line which he anticipated would bring him to Koorlong, hut while still in the hush darkness set in, and Raivson found himself completely hushed. Riding all night and half of next day Rawson came to the end of the new Millewa railwav line, on which work has been suspended. His horse was knocked up. and it, stumbled and (ell. pinning down the rider for two hours. Both were suffering severely from thirst. Rawson left Hie, horse and walked two miles searching for water, but the only lank he found was dry. Night found him wandering aimlessly, suffering acutely from thirst and fatigue. His tongue was so swollen that he was unable to speak, and after staggering some distance he fell. He crawled a few hundred yards, and finally, giving up hope, he made his will, pinned it to his coat, and lay down. Next day he crawled a little further. He became unconscious, but was revived by a dog licking his face. Ihe dog’s continuous barking attracted the attention of its owner, Mr F. Hosking, who found Rawson in a very had state.

Rawson revived under prompt treatment, and was later taken hack to Koorlong, where he is recovering.