New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
SOME SEVERE UINTERS.
From Chambers's Journal.

From, Chanbers's Journal.
In the course of the winter of 1914. not only was
the list OF persons who persisted in the a pa IL
fully long one but many animals were lost, partlc-
! ularly sheep. There were, however. some remark
able instances of the latter being ued. after
prOtracted entombment. One belonging to gen.
tlemau in the south OF Scotland was rescued alter
having been buried for six weeks. IL was not much
the for lis Imprisonment; for after lttle
stumbling it was able to walk home before tho
shepherd and by and by was as strong rs he rest OF
the flock. On the I'D OF February, sheep be-
longing to a farmer in Berwickshire was dug out,
after having been tor fourteen days entcmIed IN ITO
snow.
Neither are instances wanting of the almost
miraculous preservation OF human beings when
buried in a DRIFT wreath Few more remarkable
than the following will be found. which occurred
at the village OF lmpngton. about three miles from
Cambridge On the I'd OF February, 1899, Mrs
Elizabeth WOodcock, respectable resident OF mo
village on returning home from market was over
aiken by snow-drf'. Lying down beside a hedge.
she was completely enyelOped, and remained there
until the 10th of the month-a period OF eight days
and eight nights During the interval, one of tho
villagers is SAID to have dreamed, on three diHetent
OCCASIONS that a hare was to be found at paricu-
lar spot mt the roadside near the village. lmme.
dlatelT alter the last OCCASION. he resolved 10 20 ana
see and on doing So be discovered handkerchief
in hole in the snow; and further search, To MS
amayement Mrs WOOdcoCk She conveyed,
the full possession OF her lacutles. TO her family
and friends who had given her up for lost. She
said she had a dist met recollection OF hearing the
village bells Ginning for the church service on tho
day after that on which she was inwrapped IN what
she believed was to be her wIn,.iug-sheet aud
equally good was her hearing on the morning oil tue
day which she vas rescued, when. Gu the bells
again Ginning, she recognized them About thirty
or forty years ago, a monument commemorative Ot
the event, with an inscription stating the particu-
lars was erected the spot; and persons are said
&C. be still living in the village who remember hay-
ing seen Mrs WoOGcOck.
The great storm of 1898 lasted for fifty one DAYS;
and on a simultaneous appeal being made to the
Oldest lnhabltani . IN all parts of the country,
that venerable parsonage positively Jailed 10 CON
jure up from memory parallel wlnier' uhless, ~
ueeds 1t were that of l74O. On the Thames, there
was q genera suspension OF commerce, ana IL was
said there wero fewer than three hundfed
vessels fast III tho Ice. During the months oil
January aud February. a great many persons per-
ishcd in the snow or from the cOd-nOt few IN
circumstances exceedingly painful. But there was
also u very considerable catalogue OF gallaut
rescues We select the following two examples of
deiverance effected by the az ncy OF The dunno
animals that have always been among the best
friends of man. One day toward the end OF Jan
nary, "A Norfolk farmer, while returning nome from
the town of Norwich became SO beIumbod by the
cold that he compelled to lie down III tho
snow. He would would undoubtedly have persisted
Tut for his dog which, with pat letic sagacity'
stretched its body its masters breast ana 80
protected his lungs from the cold. In I'M, position
it lay for several hours until at length, by con-
tInued barking and hOwllnS 1t attracted attention
and relief =.
An almost equal power of 'iscernnent was dis
played in the follow ing instance About the same
period while farmer near huntyc0e was win
the assistance of his shepherd. relieving some
sheep from the snow-dntt at the SIDE oil a Dank
large quantity of snow shot down IN the form oil an
avalanche from the higher ground, aud enNeloped
the two men. There they must have remained,
and perhaps persisted but for the sagaciy OF their
two faithful COllIeS. The dogs NJ onco scainpeicu
home and by their excited demeaaOr and con-
tnuous bowling. aroused the suspicious or ire
W omen, whom they by and by induced 10 follow
them To the spot where their masters were buried.
Arrived here the animals commenced 10 Scrapc lLs
snow and the situation having thus been made
plain, tie men were dug ont. after confinement vi
six hours. OF which, however they were hot mnco