A DOG'S FAITHFULNESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9507, 6 May 1911, Page 6

A DOG'S FAITHFULNESS.

ACCIDENT ON A SHEEP STATION,

CHRISTCHURCH, May 2. A serious accident, and one which afforded another instance of the intelligence and faithfulness of a dog, occurred on the Lako Heron sheep station, on the banks of the Cameron river, and near tho glaciers, on Saturday. Richard Carney, of Alford Forest, went out mustering sheep on the back and high part of Mrs Lascellcs' Lako Heron run. , As he did not return to his hut in the evening, a search party went out, and about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, Carney was found by his mate, F. Chapman, at the foot of a precipice, having apparently fallen down over tho frozen snow and ice, He was in an unconscious state, very bruised and cut about, and had one of his arms seriously injured. When Champan found his mate, the collie dog Carney had taken out with him was sitting in a most pathetic look at Carney's shoulder, after having rendered all the first.aid a dog could; by licking Carney's wounds absolutely clean, then patiently guarding his wounded master till assistance should arrive. Carney was taken to the Ashburton hospital in' an unconscious state,