Saved By N. Guinea Native

Servant

AFTER several months in Wau hospital, Mrs. Bowring has recovered from the serious injuries sustained in a recent acci dent and has now returned to Edie Creek where she has charge of the guest-house near Day Dawn mine.

Mrs. Bowring owes her life to a faithful native servant who immediately went to her rescue when she was thrown 90 ft. down the mountain side from a motor lorry travelling along the old Wau-Edie Creek track.

When attempting to round a sharp turn on the rain-soaked track near Maori Creek, the truck’s engine spluttered and died out. The lorry began to slither back wards and the driver applied the brakes, only to hear them grind and then fail to check the machine. To avoid sliding over the cliff, he jerked the rear wheel into the bank. The impact as the truck struck the rocky bank threw Mrs. Bowring off the seat and she fell on to the road, tumbling down the steep precipice to the bottom.

Seeing his “missis” rolling down the slope, the lady’s native servant sprang from the lorry and climbed down the grade, reaching the bottom only a few seconds after Mrs. Bowring. He found her lying unconscious in the cold stream, where most probably she would have

drowned had not help been immediately at hand.

The native held her head above water until a gang of native labourers who were employed in patching up the road came to their assistance. With great difficulty Mrs. Bowring was carried up the cliff and, after receiving attention, was taken to the hospital at Wau.

Mrs. Bowring.