A SAD AFFAIR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3876, 3 August 1891, Page 2

A SAD AFFAIR.

Burlea la tho Snow. Three Lives Lost (By Telegraph). (press association.) Dunedin, Monday. News was received in town last night of a sad affair on tbe Eyebura raDges, which it ia feared has resulted in the loss of three, if not lour lives. It appears that on Friday a young lad named Meikle, about fifteen years of age, waß lost on the ranges. The weather was very severe, and a search party was at once organised. Amongst the party were the brother of the lad who was lost, and two others named Blanchard and Beere. They started on Saturday morning in search of the lad, and were out all day, and not returning in tbe evening, the greatest anxiety prevailed, Yesterday mord|Mjfurther search parties were a determined attempt made to find them. A cap, which was identified as belonging to one oi! the young ineii| was found on a ridge on the ranges,' and a closer search revealed the fact | that tbe three had either fallen over a 1 cliff some 50 feet high or what seems more probable, that while standing near the edge of the cliff a slip occurred, carrying the young men with it. The three were found buriet) under some 15 feet of snow. It is understood they were dead when discovered, but the information on this point is not definite.