FARMER'S FORTITUDE
LEG BROKEN IN ROUGH JOURNEY FOR HELI’. DROVE TWO MILES ON SLEDGE. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 4. Remarkable fortitude was shown bv Mr John Ford, farmer, of Alakahu, yesterday when after his leg had been broken he clambered on to a sledge and drove more than two miles over a rough track to his home. He has been admitted to a private hospital at, Strutford, where his condition is reported to be satisfactory. Afr Ford was at the bottom of the pit when a cow fell on him, breaking his leg. Suffering great pain, ho got out of the pit after a number of unsuccessful attempts. He then rolled on to his sledge and started ’lie horse for homo. The ground was rough and hilly and the track no better than the average to be found in the. back country. At one stage of the journey Mr Ford had to leave the sledge and, dragging his useless leg, crawl to open a gate, lie then had to go bavk to guide the horse through. He was almost exhausted when he reached the house, where he received attention before being taken to Stratford.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 8
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193FARMER'S FORTITUDE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 8
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