THE FEATHERSTON ESCAPE.

Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 26, 8 October 1898, Page 7

THE FEATHERSTON ESCAPE.

INTERVIEW WITH THE HEROINE. A press representative recently had a most interesting interview with the charming young lady who is now known as the heroine of the Peatherston escape. Peatherston is a town in North Island, New Zealand, and the lady in question is Miss Petrea Peterson. The full particulars of her marvellous escape are best given in her own vivacious words:—‘lam 19 years of age,’ she said, ‘and ever since I was 15 I have been suffering more or less. Palpitation of the heart was my principal trouble, and this was induced by anaemia, or poorness of the blood. When, for instance, I ran upstairs, my heart used to thump most frightfully against my sides, and so bad was it that on these occasions I was unable to talk for some time afterwards. This was naturally a source of considerable anxiety to my family and friends. Night after night I tossed, weary and worn out, on my bed, trying vainly to sleep. At times, too, I had fearful attacks of cramp in my legs, and so great was the agony that frequently it caused me to scream out in very desperation, to the despair of those around. I was always in a weak, low state, and, of course, never felt fit for my work. My legs, too, would at times swell up to a considerable extent, and this naturally occasioned myself and my mother

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