DIED IN THE SNOW.
Constable J. H. Pascoe, in charge of the Duntroon station, telegraphed to Inspector Thompson to-day that a man named Edward Smith, head shepherd at the Hakateramea Downs station, was lost in the snow on the 15th instant. A search was instituted, and the body of the unfortunate man was found at nine o'clock yesterday morning. An inquest will be held at Sandhurst to-morrow afternoon. -Oamaru Mail, 18/7/1888.
In the Snow. —The Oamaru Mail gives the following details of the manner in which Edward Smith, head shepherd on the Hakateramea Downs station, lost his life in the snow on Monday night last. It appears that five men were out bringing in sheep from the snow, returning home about 5.30 p.m. The other men saw Smith ahead of them, and thought he was making for the station. On getting home, the others found that Smith had not arrived, and all hands turned out to look for him about where he was last seen. They kept up the search till 1 a.m., but could not find him. All hands again turned out on Tuesday morning, and, guided by traces in the snow, they found him at about nine o’clock. The body was lying in a creek about two miles from the station, face downwards. It appears that the unfortunate man had slipped or fallen over a cliff of ten feet high, and, falling on a ledge, had again fallen over another cliff of ten or twelve feet, and from thence had rolled or slidden down twenty or thirty yards to the edge of the creek. Though he had here pulled himself together, and crawled about forty or fifty yards, he had apparently got benumbed, and perished from cold and exposure. The snow was a foot deep where found. -Lyttelton Times, 21/7/1888.
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