LOST IN THE BUSH

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 219, 4 June 1918, Page 4

LOST IN THE BUSH

LITTLE TODDLER THREE DAYS - WITHOUT EOOD.

A sensational story of a child, barely llirco years of age, who was found alive, after being lost in the bush for three davs, comes from Leina, a small township"on the River Mersey in Northwest Tasmania. The child's name is Thehua Shaw. Her parents, who are settlers, missed her about five in the afternoon. A party went out and searched the bush in tho vicinity all night without success. Next day a larger party scoured the country without finding any trace of the youngester. The following day's search was similarly abortive, although 100 people participated in it, including a police superintendent, three hoopers, and a detective. As the third day's search wore on many were inclined to give up hope, but the mother persisted in bclieviDg that her child was alive. Within half an hour of her utterance tho child was found standing on a log spanning a miniature ravine, waving tiny hands and calling to her rescuers. This was nbout ft milo from home. Bare-footed lightlv clod, and without food", sho hafi been in the bush seventy hours, inclusive of throe cold, frosty nights. How sho endured so long is a mnrvel. Sho looked pale, and tired, but otherwise unharmed. It seems that on hex first night out she saw men walking about with lights not far from w.hcre shb was, but she was 100 frightened to call to them.