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REMARKABLE ENDURANCEThe powers of human endurance seem to be limitless. The sufferings of Lieutenant‘Greeley and the ill fated members of the Janneltc Arctic expedition show that the spark of life is hard to quench in a healthy body.Given courage, a strong will, a fearless mind, and it is astonishing what prodigious feats of endurance may be performed. The neighborhood of 'Wu-tasklwin has provided several, astonishing examples of this. Last summer an old lady, (Mrs. Mackenzie, of j Hay Hakes), about 65 years of age. ; being left temporarily alone overnight by her son. went forth into tin.* brushj close by her house to fetch a milch ,cow. She lost track of her surround-! ings. didn't iind Hie cow, and kept ona.Xinnlt;sts«01pei«snncawandering. Although hunted for high £ ; and low by over 20 neighbors, the old r 'lady was not found till the fifth night. fiHer discovery was purely accidental, jc One of the searchers happened to be »riding by a clump of brush and fancied -he heard some one sobbing. Dis- '1 (mounting, he followed the sound -and came on the lost one walking aimlessly about, softly crying to herself. £hc had been out five days and five ; nights without a bite to eat, and no 'shelter. The strangest feature? of this ease is that 2-1 hours afterwards she was as well as ever and attending to her household duties.• •• k * | • I • 1 ' f ».*• ,J • J | |Fortunately this occurred in summer time. Hast: winterateamster, on his way from Pun oka to Pigeon Lake, after n load of white fish, had his I team run away. lie started to take _ |a short cut ;to the lake and of course got lost. The unfortunate man was! out.-seven days and nights With the| thermometer fur- below zero. When : found, he was’ seated on't - the snow.leaning against a tree, suffering no apparent discomfort. He joked with the members of the search party. His extremities were. however, badly fiozen and the poor fellow died while; Having them amputated in Edmonton.But those two foregoing cases were t ri lies com pa red \vi th Hhev expo r ic n co i:ndergone / the other day by an Assy-, rian pedier. named- George Nofieltl about CO miles east of AVeta.skiwin. This man; was actually lost afoot on the prairie from; the 32th to the •22nd of this month, nine days and nightsp tin? Avonther / being . frightfully; cold and heluu ing nof.hing -td ciuencli his thirst but, snow and ncdhing .. to eat7 jbu t :7 snow7.:;A)ttns. 7 Hi 87:77 weak nesT 1 ( t Owa nls ;the. hist7)nay be;;:7 judgod ;’7:bf; fi•oin'.' tlie V fact .iiia t.;;it;..took;\h iin three': d a .vs t o ma ke the last threeAri lies To a rancho. jjlut he doggedly stuck to thet; sk of .saving his own .life and is nown• . * 4 4ail!♦«/tdoing fairly well in the Edmontonhospital.’ 777AT :-;7:;V#V' -;7; • w;7.’’7'.. •'* .1 . .»i V : • . • .... .•*. ..... ... - ... ......c i.. • . ■ / .. • • • , 1 * % •. ■ -i •• • . •• • * •; • • V... . . ■ • • • .• f * • .... , • ■ • . ...... . / . ... ... ~ . .
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Revelstoke Herald
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, CA
Wed, Apr 05, 1899
Page 2
Full Page
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VA, USA 27 Sep 2020
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