BITTEN BY A SNAKE.
FARM LABOURER'S ORDEAL.
A sensational experience with a small, but deadly, whip snake is reported from Lachlan,. in the Derwent Valley, says at Sydney paper. Harold Lewis, a farm labourer, was cutting scrub and his coat was thrown over a log. Wanting a smoke, he went across to get a cigarette. He put his left hand into a y-jjket, and was immediately bitten. ' Pulling the hand out he fount", a whip snake hanging to the little finger. Realising its venomous character, he picked up a scrub-cutting slasher, and cut off the ringer. He then saddled a horse and set out for New Norfolk, eight miles away, for medical attention. Loss of blood, shock, and pin Boon made him feel drowsy, and after going two miles he fell unconsdoua from the saddlu and cut his head. Fortunately he was soon discovered by George Blake, who lives nearby. Blake drove Lewns into town, whera Dr. Carter found _i» necessary to amputate a further portion of the finger without administering aai anaesthetic. Throughout the ordeal Lewis was remarkably cool and insisted on going home immediately.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18019, 18 February 1922, Page 7
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