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Heroic Nursing.INCIDENTS OF THE 0TPP8LAND „ RANGES.rk or-Igh In-Coi act iy« mo I of no In erk ulil For tied nt-i.The conditions governing the duties of ( lt;; the bush nurse constitute nn interesting i study In contrast with the-comforts of c city life. A young man named Matthew c Ttoss, soon after arriving at Wominn- J'r pitta Stntion, in the GippBlnnd district,*' e Victoria,, became ill with rheumatic f fever.- •' ’ ‘ ^ I-The only person on the station was the t nmnngor, who did everything poSsiblc/s for the pntiont, says :t writer to the r s Melbourne “Age. ; On the fifth day I the.patient gradually .became worse. The j manager decided to ride-to TnlbotvilTe, c 2.1 miles distant. / Ho readied Talbot- | ylllo at -J p.m. on the Sunday. Word lt;was sent on to pnrgo, whoro the Bush Nursing Associntion’s representative!. (Nurse Dunne) is sintioncd. Aceom-( * pnnicd by l.i horsemen (eager,- nk the 1 outback settlers are, to render assistance I to those in distress), Nurse Dunne set . * out. for W011 nalignttii Station that nf- 1 tcruoon, where they arrived at noon the J following day. The nurse decided to take the patient to Gippsland Hospital | at Sale. Next dny by candle light, In' pouring. rain and a rising river to cross, •* the.patient.-was placed on a horse, and * -the party, consisting of the nurse . and ' -iibopt a score of horsemen, accompanied • him on tho tedious, journey. •• The track* 1 was'blazed by the party as they pro- - 1 ccbded. The weather was bitterly cold; f anil tho party's discomfort was intensified by the driving sleet,* which, with ‘ ‘the mountain fog, proven ted the liicm-hern of the party seeing.20 yards ahead. } or to the rear of them. To obviate if- 1 possible spending .tho .night on the ’ mountains the patient won allowed To' ' rido ans far as'ho could down and along ’ the mountain steeps. At tho summit, * of h steep hill the sick mail, who was ’ ! suffering excruciating‘ pain, was lifted ‘ from the saddle niyl placed on an iin- ) provised stretcher. -.Tho narrow defile would not. permit the stretchor-bcnrcva 1 to walk two abreast, so one walked be- j hind the other in the shafts, with straps * over their shoulders. In tho ton-inllo strotch to Talbotville, there was no need to call a halt, for relief stretcher-bcar- • j T6 willingly proffered their services.. That night tho. party was nccommodn»t-la cd iit Mr. Stout’s home, mid next morning the pationt.'wna placed on a- trolloy two feet wide,.-which wnfe used, to eon-,, 1 vov goods down a narrow track. ‘By two horses—one following the .other—the trolloy wna drawn to Grant—onco a large and .important.mining centre, but nor.* •quite deserted—only tho buildings being left to toll their tale of bygou* prosperity, Tho patient was placed in a buggy, and driven to Dnrgo, oecom- | pimied by the tuirso and oilier -members ‘of the'party, nil of whom rode their., tired steeds, which were not more fatigued than their, riders. Next morning the pntient-nnd Nurac Dunn were mot«: | ed by Mr; John Scott to Sale, whoW* IJoss was mimittoil to the G.ippslnnd Hoa- , pitnl on Saturday. The journoy from W'onmingnltn had occupied three ‘days.Members of-tho party speak in glowing terms nf the manner in which Nurse Dunne comported herself through-* out tho trying, ovdcnl, and of litrunr ; remitting attention to tho sick man, | whose condition is regarded bv the lies* . pitahnuthoritics as serious. _-vsonHi, | To . make a mistake and then wailnltnilf St lit 4rt tiutbn hvn
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Coraki Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser
Coraki, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Jul 15, 1921
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