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BUSH COMRADESHIP.

i INJURED MAN CARRIED 20 f MILES. [

; ENDURANCE AND PLUCK. ' j

[Press Association.] HAMILTON, July 7, A story of endurance, pluck, nnd bush comradeship came to band-this afternoon from the King Country A man named Herbert Worsley, ! aged 33 'years, was engaged tree-fell-ing in the tosh twenty miles froM ■Raurimu yesterday, when a tree fell on him, breaking and mutilating has Eight comrades smarted ©ff at five' o'clock yesterday, afternoon to' carry , him tlie long and toilsome .-journey over steep and mofsm'tamons country | to ■ Raurlnra. . _ . \ When. 'they, tad proceeded five j miles they secured a trap:, hut (this broke down owing to the Tough and) broken nature of the country, and in j the endfrad to T>e 'abandoned: They continued the march, sometimes i through dense bush and at times j over rough clearings of p'iled-np logs', t and frequently tip to €he knees in mud. The night was WitterTy cold, I and tne darkness of the Tnish was a great Ihandico.p. i The wliole party frequently, stumbled over logs, missing their J footing, and being precipitated down.l slopes, Worn out and fatigued they reached Raurimxi at eight o'clock this morning, where Worsley tvss placed on the train and conveyed to Hamilton Hospital. ■"■

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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 158, 8 July 1914, Page 5

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BUSH COMRADESHIP. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 158, 8 July 1914, Page 5

BUSH COMRADESHIP. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 158, 8 July 1914, Page 5