A Tragedy of the Tyrol.
A touching story comes from Bruggen, in the Tyrol. Towards the end of last month a shepherd boy di'ove his fleck up the Defegger Valley to pasture on the southern slopes of the Alps, The lad and his sheep, of which there were upwards of fifty, were caught in a heavy fall of snow, and ,up x to a few days ago nothing more had been heard of them. On November 3rd the flock was discovered in a field in 3ft of snow. The sheep, which were nearly all alive, though they had been about a fortnight without food, were in a piteous plight, their woolly coats hanging loosely from their emaciated bodies, and their eyes protruding from the sockets. They were unable to move, and had to be carried down into the valley. After a long search the lifeless body of the shepherd boy was found in the snow, while clutched fast in his arms was his rosary arid a small puppy that had accompanied him from the village.
The equestrian who was going to alight ran up against a lamp-post.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 337, 26 January 1889, Page 5
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187A Tragedy of the Tyrol. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 337, 26 January 1889, Page 5
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