The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-11
HUNTER BECAME
LOST AND PASSED
NIGHT IN WOODS
Crossed First Range of Noun
tains in Wanderings
REACHED DUNVILLE CAMP
Edgar SENEGAL Had More Trying Ex
perlence Early in Week and
Narrowly Escaped Death.

John Elwell, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur j. Elwell, who live on the Bur
CESS road, became lost Friday after
noon while deer hunting on the noun
tain east of the village and passed
nearly the entire night in the woods.
In his Wanderings he crossed the first
range OF mountains into Dunville
valley, where he found a camp occu-
pied by several young men, and by
whom he was given assistance. AS
soon as possible this morning he made
his way to the nearest telephone and
notified his parents that he was safe.
The young man had gone into the
woods with Francis Greenslet to hunt
deer in the vicinity Of the old turn
pike road The pair separated and in
some manner EIwell lost his bearings
and was unable to again find the turn
pike. He did not even have so much
as a jackknife with him with which
to cut iirewood and kept moving the
larger portion of the night
When Greenslet returned TO the foot
of the mountain and failed to meet his
companion, as had been agreed when
they entered the woods. he continued
on to the Elwell home with the alarm
ing news. Several men with lanterns,
and with revolyers which they fired at
intervals, searched the mountain dur
ing the cary part of the night, but
without finding any trace of the miss
ing hunter. Plans for larger
searching party were being made this
morning when Eiwell telephoned his
people.
Conditions In the woods are more
hazardous than during any previous
deer season in recent years. In many
places a men unprovided with snow
tloes will sink to his armpits Elwell
undoubtedly passed an anxious and
trying night. but his experiences
were as nothing, compared with the
trials of Edward SENEGAL of this vii
lage, who nearly .ost his life early
in the week.
SENEGAL left here long before day
light Monday morning with the inten-
tion of hunting in the vicinity OF
Sucker pond. Early in the morning
lie NiEIlEu d UuIh Allu N0O NOtaf V0A
did not dare to risk a shot as he had
only q shotgun and the deer were some
distance away The deer started over
the top OF the mountain and SENEGAL
followed. He soon became exhausted
In the deep snow and lost his sense
OF direction entirely In his wander
ings he broke through the crusted
snow into a deep stream and wet his
clothing nearly to his neck. Still he
struggled on, becoming more exhaust
ed and more bewildered until he fell
In a partially unconscious condition
near the Lyons camp. .
Homer Lyons. his two sons, Ward
and Grover, and son in law. Chelsea
Harrington had gone into camp Sun
day. Early Monday morning the tour
hunters had taken to the woods with
out waiting to build fire. AS the
hunters wore returning to camp about
Il o'clock to prepare dinner they came
upon the young man lying unconscious
in the snow SENEGAL was immediate
ly carried into the cabin. stripped o
his wet clothing and put to bed. a
fire was started and coffee was made
as quickly as possible 1t was not un
til after he had been forced to drinl
some of the hot liquid that the ex
hausted hunter was able to tell some
thing of his wanderings Long before
he fell for the last time his mind haC
become a blank and of his rescue. The
removal OF his wet clothing and o
being put to bed under a heap o
blankets he remembered nothing
Warmth and rest. however. restored
his vitality and 1t is not likely tina
he will suffer any permanent i'll el
fects from what he went through
Nevertheless, he realizes that he haC