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Temuka Leader, Issue 3813, 2 November 1901, Page 4

AN ACCIDENT ON COCKATOO ISLAND AND ITS SEQUEL OF TMKS OF P/IIN "2 SUFFERING

The Case of Mr. J. BETHKA. {By a Christchurch Reporter). The following facts, which were supnhed by Mr. John Bethka, of No. 2 B.ackhoath Buildings, Durham-street, are widely known, but t.n-ey are hero reproduced for the edification of those who are not made familiar with the subject: “Vi';d Ist working on Cockatoo Island, '•’ydney, some twelve years ago,” said ~ir. Beihka, to the writer, “I met with a serious accident to my head, upon w'tich a heavy weight fell. Jt is a mvcl I was not killed on the spot, i u, was a very dose shave. Up to is mishap I had never known what i w ■ ;o feel unwell, but I was always ..oil ; af norwards. A strange giddiness chi to steal upon me quite unawares, i, I took a short walk down the road, ■■specially if the sun happened to be - . iKiig. T was soon overcome with fat’gne, and rendered power ess to con- ■ ::e my journey. Often 1 did not know ■ e.\' I was going to manage to got homo t ; vugb feeling so exhausted, but I had -o (d i; in short stages, taking fie- ■ ii.vit rests on the way. When at t. after much difficulty, I got ini' the house, i used to lie down and a.l into a state of coma. Thus I reamed for hours, and on consciousness ■ eing icstored, f felt a frightful dull i ~.i in my head. This was almost; an a,-cry-day cccunence.” ' '-.'on w. re unable to work,” I ex- ■ 1 should rather think I was unable ■ • w-rk. Although my health was r . ii.a'hy ruined, and my physical vii ty had all gone, I was exceedingly r, sties;- 1 . I could not content myself n any position hut was always on the iii'>ve. i nis phase of my illness lasted seme days, then an entire change came ov.-r me. My eyesight became very •' .■!, mu! [ could scarcely see across tne r a The beating of my pulse was . e v irregular, sometimes the blood gonthiough my •_ veins in leaps and fiuucls, wh Ist on ot!:"r (.cei.sions e puh-ai'ii was so feeble as to be a;;hy not : cable. I felt a peculiar ee one ; vak.ng possession of my limbs, a . i if became difficult for me to speak tin fly. A confusion of thought ran ..rough my brain, all sorts of hu iginairs mix ng uv> together. The fanner .■■.•s' ie-'-ness subsided, and I soon became mive in mind and body. How long ■■‘■m lined thus I cannot say, but I was ■ ’I? O'. UHll t!y told 1 had taken a fit.” ■■ Are you subject to them now?” “ It is so long shtce I had one that f can safely say lam not. But I hi not want to get ahead of my narrave. From that day my health got verse and worse. My nervous system eceived a tromenduus shock. In the ■ouv.se of my employment I was accus-omo-i to the lummering of rivets into kites of iron, and thought nothing of r, but now 1 could not hear to hear a eck ticking. Any sudden sound sent me hiio a state of nervous excitement, at the same time making me tremble in every limb. The fact of being so lifeh> s and helpless made me extremely irr;f able, and I am sure I have given many a sharp answer to kindly-disposed people, who came to make sympathetic inituiries about my health, which now seemed irretrievably lost. Another affiiction came upon me in regard to my liver. There was conclusive proof that it was badly diseased. The light nourishing food which was given to me lay in an undigested mass in ray stomach, nrovnking the most awful sharp pains, and I also experienced pains resembling the slashing 0 f a knife between my shoulder-blades. The lower ribs were attacked in the same merciless way, and sick headaches were now continuMy tongue was dirty and rough, and the sweetest of delicacies could not remove the bitter taste which was constantly in my mouth. Regular fits of vomiting came on in the early part of the daw and after partaking of food, the same unpleasantness was gone through. Violent windy spasms were also very troublesome, ’ sometimes _so dreadfully painful as to make me twist and struggle in agony. The pains in my head in-

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