EXTRAORDINARY LOSS OF A CHILD.
Invercabgill;December 29. . An extraordinary case of the loss of a child has occurred here. On Christmas Day Mr Shepherd's (warehouseman at Messrs Guthrie and Co.'s) family, and other friends wont to River, on Beach in traps to picnic. The be&ch is a, desolate track, backed by a broad belt of moving sandhills. '< Oh returning it was found that Maud; aged four years old, a child of Mr Shepherd's, was missing, Asthere was a large party ofwomen and children it was necessary to drive' home to Invevcargill withjtbem.' Mr Shepherd and one or' two friends returned to the beach, and with the aid of troopers searched all day yesterday among the blinding sand-drifts,, 'without avail. No steps were ; taken to obtain the aid of the inhabitants, and ; those who heard of the affair were under the impression the child had been found. This afternoon, however, it transpired that : the child had not been seen, and several parties were sent out in traps 'to the beach, It was then found that the child had been discovered this morning. ontheedge ofalagfion, about a mile and a. half from the beach, and. had been.taken .'home toithe house' of a of a person " yifitohcoDk, who: "toot no immediat^sfeps'to" allay the' alarm, and to stop the search, The child was much exhausted, yesterday being a very Weak and squally day,
find last night the rain fell - continuously. Mr Shepherd himself Buffered considerably in. the search, his eyes being covered 'with blAod spots from the drifting sand, / The missing girl was forty-four hours without food or shelter.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1569, 28 December 1883, Page 2
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332EXTRAORDINARY LOSS OF A CHILD. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1569, 28 December 1883, Page 2
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