The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-26 00:00:00

A COLONIAL HERO.

The West Australian Times of Oct. 15 contains the fol-
lowing :—An incident in the life of a poor man was related
last week in the course of our criminal sessions that, in a
former age, would have excited general admiration. Two
shepherds were in charge of one of the flocks of Mr. John
Hassell, at a remote station. There was no other station
within 20 miles of them. One afternoon, some time ago,
one of these men while occupied in his hut, which was only
composed of stakes and rushes, fancied he heard a groan at
a little distance. Going outside he again heard the sound
of low moaning, and soon discovered his companion, Chas.
Storey, lying insensible in a brake, and covered with innu-
merable spear wounds, Carrying him on his back to the
hut, he laid him on his kangaroo skin rug, washed and
probed his wounds, succeeded in extracting the barb of a
spear which was buried in his side, and ultimately restored
him to consciousness. It turned out that Storey had been
attacked by a band of natives who wished to seize the sheep.
This was admitted by the native witnesses at th 9 trial of
—lit'
th
one of the party for the murder of Storey, who eventually
died of his wounds.
The two unfortunate men remained awake all night--
one in extreme pain, the other carefully attending upon
him. Next morning the natives surrounded the 1-,
and
began throwing spears, which completely passed
throughy
Sallied forth. Ho
bo sides of it. Finding that they would be murdered,
Edward Ladbury, the
witness, who told the tale in
simple, unvarnished terms, took his only Weapons, his
andbill-hook, i
tahndhibsoeldolat,
so
as only to hpoacdkceotvkenreifde
the bill-hook
dis-
play the handle, which the natives took to be a . '-t I Ile
threatened o e
threatened to fire upon them unless they withdrew, and
after some deliberation they sullen,'
remained in fear day the men re of y retired. All that
their return. D •
During the
next night Storey said he felt bettr,
endeavour to make their escape to le‘i, and they resolved to
r. Hassell's next sta-
tion, 20 miles distant. At 2 o'clock
stole out of the hut. the morning they
stole in
..
their bedding and effects,
and Storey clung to
his
arm.sl
After crawling about 150
ho could go no farther, yards the woundedt
1n en
leavesaid
him
to his fate, and save himself. and urged Ladbury
to o
be almost
impossible to rescue Store but Ladbury It app ear
determined not
to leave him to cy,hurried
forward with
his load and dertain death. He
eposited it a quarter of a
mile off, then re-
turned for his comrade, hoisted him on his back, and
carried him
ed to the same spot, where he exchanged him
for their personal effects (the sole property of these poor
si
fellow \
• , Which he again carried a quarter of a mile fur-
ther, Then he returned for his friend, and thus they
Journeyed, one nearly dead of his wounds and the other
exhausted with his exertions, for a distance of seven miles,
When they reached a spring of water. Here they remained
a while, scarcely able to crawl any further. Ladbury
could no longer carry Storey, but he managed to drag
him along. After a miserable journey of two days and a
night they reached M
dead. The wo ur. Hassell's station atman, aft r n Jerrymungu
e-
p,
both of them n y
weerl
as sent forward in a cart to the hospital at
cessary rest,
Albany, where his sufferings were terminated by death.
Few men have better deserved the Victoria cross than this
humble shepherd, Edward Ladbury. What struck us most
forcibly about the matter was, that his conduct elicited not
a single comment or remark from either court, counsel,
or jury. From which ho are inclined to infer that such
acts are far from singular or uncommon in this country.
For our own part, we feel it to be only one degree lower
than a crime to allow such an instance of generous self-
devotion to pass without the tribute of applause ; and,
although in this, as in most other cases, virtue is likely
to be its own reward, Edward Ladbury may return to
his hard life with the consciousness that he has nobly
earned the sympathy and approbation of his fellow-min-
nists.

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