LOST IN THE RANGES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1060, 11 August 1882, Page 2

LOST IN THE RANGES.

Information was received here cn Wednesday mornino last hy Mr Thomas Webb that his son Thomas was lying in a hut on Cargill and Anderson’s Teviot Static n, suffering from severe frost bite in the ha:; a

and feel. The father at once proceeded to the place, and by a telegram received from him late last evening, we learn with sincere regret that according to the opinion of Dr, McLaughlin, the only medical man who has been called, is that amputation is necessary, but to what extent it does not transpire It is thought, however, that before any operation is performed, the lad will bo removed for further advice to Lawrence, and if necessary to Dunedin. The following particulars we take form the Tuapeka Times:—-A lad named Thomas Webb, who is working for some rabbiters on the Teviot station, came in from the Dismal Swamp, where the party is camped, to the station for stores on Sunday, 220 d. ult., leaving again for the camp on the following Thursday, with two pack-horses, but owing to the very stormy weather, he failed to reach his destination until five days afterwards. When he arrived he was in a very weak state. His mates found that he was very much frost-bitten about the hands and feet; they tried all available remedies, but hope of recovering circulation in the feet was abandoned. The great depth of snow on the ranges prevented their coming for help and medical aid until Sunday, 6th. instant, when, after carrying the suffering lad ten miles on a stretcher, they reached one of the station huts, where Dr. McLaughlin visited him. He gives it as his opinion that amputation will be necessary, but the friends are awaiting the presence of the lad’s father, who has been telegraphed for.