The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-04-11
VOLUME 27.1

| lows and stuck them in the snow directly
over his daughter;-these were entirely COW
! cred by the snow which had dritted over
! the place, with only the vague certainty
/ that they might be near her, they perse-
vered, guided alone by such instructions as
| Mr. Runnion in his feeble and bewidered
state was able to give. At about Il o'clock
one of the party stepping directly over her
! fol through the snow into the cavity where
she lay. She was found and-ALIvE A
JOYOUS shout rang ou6-aud in less time than
! ' can pen the recital, overcoats and shawls
we're spread upon the snow, shovels procured
| from sleigh, and she was raised insenslble
| from her snowy bed WHERE SHE HAD LAIN
FOR THIRTY HOURS Placed in a sleigh.
shielding her as much as possible from con
tact with the air, the party drove with all
speed to the earest house-that OF Mr..
JoIIv.--where the skill and unrenIttlng ef
forts Of DR. Mixer were crowned with sue
cess--she Was saved We are informed
the reaction came slowly, the shock to the
system being so greao and the sinking OF
the pulse so frequent that for a time the
Doctor felt doubtful Of perfect resuscitation
Late in the afternoon she was brought to
town in a semi conscious state, but rallled
in the evening and has been conscious ever
since-though suffering much from pain
and extreme exhaustion.
Strange to say, the Lady, if nothing un-
foreseen should intervene, will recover
Her feet and ankles, and one OF her hands,
are frozen--the former badly,-though her
medical attendant (Dr. Mixer,) thinks he
will save them with probably slight slough
ing" of parts Of the flesh. Altogether this
is one of the most wonderful cases we ever
knew 1t appears like something too in
credible for belief, that Mr.. RunnI0n, even,
could have undergone so much Of exposure;
but when we know that Mrs. Weed was
exposed to the wild storm Of Tuesday night,
and lay for thirty hours beneath the snow
and is yet alive is marvellous and racks tue
comprehension When found she had moved
but little from where her father had placed
her. The ice upon which she had been lain
had melted from her bodily heat and when
found she lay in the bed of the creek, nearly |
every part of her clothing being saturated
with water Her feet were doubtless frozen
in the morning before her father left her
and to the Providential fact Of their coming |
in contact with the water may be ascribed, |
not merely the safety Of her limbs but the |
preservation of her life,
Mrs Weed is too weak to converse but
little nor would it be proper in her present
state of mind to draw from her recital Of
the terrible anguish of mind and body she
had undergone. Suffice it, that she was
while in her snowy prlson-house
Of day aud night-heard the bleak winds as
they moaned above her, her greatest fear be
ing lest her father had perished-but hope
never once forsook her; she heard her rescu
ers trampiug above and around her but was
too weak to apprise them of her wherea-
bouts; and wien found had been using all
her remaining strength in endeavoring to
dig to the surface aud had succeeded in re-
moving the snow several inches from be-
ueath the spot upon which the person find
ng her providentialIy stepped.
Mrs. Weed is most estimable lady and
mas been married but few weeks. Her
miraculous escape from death and her pres
emit unhappy condition have caused a most
profound sympathy in her behalf.