A CANADIAN TRAGEDY.
TRAPPER FROZEN TO DEATH.
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OTTAWA, March 30. A report lias been received from Saskatchewan; of a- tragedy in. the icy north land Two trappers, with a companion named Cummings, went northward of Dorelake early in the winter, fur catching They built a hut, but found the provisions dwindling Cummings decided to watch the traps', while the others would return- south until the spring. ' Returning a week ago, the two men found that Cummings'- was frozen to death in the hut. His diary related that provisions had given out. Cummings journeyed with two dogs to a- cache where there was food concealed. When returning he got his feet frozen, and lost the trail. The dogs guided him home. Cummings was obliged to abandon the food, and faced starvation. He ate the dogs, and burned everything in the hut, and then died. A last entry in. the diary read, "God bless you, boys. Not in pain now. Provisions gone. God’s will be done.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3184, 1 April 1911, Page 7
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171A CANADIAN TRAGEDY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3184, 1 April 1911, Page 7
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