1894 Rescued by his brother
1894 Mr Cutler rescued by his brother, Berwick, Friday
What might have been a dreadful death was fortunately averted yesterday.
During the progress of a bush fire in one of Mr. James Wilson's paddocks at Clyde, a tree fell on a man named Cutler, who was engaged in putting out the fire, pinning him to the ground. While in this helpless position the fire gradually surrounded him, and in all probability he would have been burnt to death had not his brother found him just in the nick of time.
Owing to the nature of the ground and shape of the limb which held him, Cutler was not seriously hurt, though his brother was badly burnt about the face in excricating him from his dangerous position.
The Argus, Saturday 17 March, 1894 |