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Shannon News, 4 August 1922, Page 3

A Featherston family participated, in a sensational and painful experience one evening last week. The mother of the family heard a dog whining and left by the back, door to ascertain the cause. As she did not immediately return one of the young sons stepped out; into the darkness to investigate and did not return. A second son then left the 1 house, and, on hearing calls, the father rushed out and landed in the company of other members of the household, at the bottom of a well. Their cries attracted the attention of a neighbour who, with the assistance of a rope, hauled the family up one by one from their unsought dilemma. It was found that the mother was suffering from bruises and shock and had to take to her bed for several days. It seems that the covering of an unknown well immediately outside the back door had subsided, and as each member of tlie family walked outside he or she fell into tbe cavity. The well was about 20 feet deep, and there was two feet of water at the ■ kettora. '' -'-‘V