NIGHT IN THE BUSH.
ELDERLY WOMAN'S ORDEAL. FIFTEEN DEGREES OF FROSTMrs. W. Parkinson, .aged 71, of Wattle Flat,- New South Wales, has provided a further illustration of the toughness o£ the pioneer. She has survived the terrible orcfeal of spending the night in the bush clad only in her nightdress and an overcoat, and with the temperature la degrees below freezing point. ' Mrs. Parkinson was disturbed v from her slumbers (it midnight by a cow .carrying a noisy bell'. She got up, and, with the aid of a hurricane lamp, drove a ■ herd oS cattle out of paddock. But when"returning she stumbled down -ft steep embankment and the lamw went out. She was bads shaken, and derided to sit on the embankment until daybreak, She frequently " coo-ed;" but no; on® heard her. Of course, Mrs. Parkinson is suffering from her experience; but not eeriouoly. ' That she displayed wisdom in not atI tempting to negotiate the rough country, in the dark was manifest at daybreak, when almost at■ her feet she discovered ! a six-feet waterhole covered with. inches ■ lof icft. - " : V" . i\ : '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18772, 28 July 1924, Page 3
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