SHEEP ON THE PRECIPICE.
There were many brave rescues by farmers of sheep that strayed in the January blizzards in England, but none was braver than an attempt which failed at Raven Crag overlooking Ullswater. Five sheep were driven there by the snow. Four fell over the dangerous crag and were killed. One remained perched on a shelf of the crag. Farmer Teasdale and his' two sons imperilled their lives to save it. Young Thomas Teasdale was lowered from the top of the precipice toward the shelf and swung in mid-air 50 feet from where his father and brother held the rope, and 50 feet from the rocks below.
Ho swayed to and fro in the freezing wind, at last clutched the rocks above the shelf—and prepared to cast a noose over the sheep. The poor, terrified animal backed away, and in a second had fallen and was dashed on the rocks below,, a bitter disappointment to a very bravo lad.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 73, 30 March 1929, Page 15
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