TIMARU. July 14.
Tho body of the boy, James Shea, who was drowned at the wreck of the Akbar, was found to-day in Caroline Bay. The body of Thomas Prico, who died from exposure in the snow at Burkes Pass on Friday, was brought to town today. Torrible accounts of the fearful weather in the M'Kenzio Country havo reached town. Many persons have undergone fearful sufferings, and narrowly escaped with their lives. Somo are more or less frostbitten. Already large number* of sheep are reported as lost in the snow, which is now hard frozen by froat,
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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2250, 15 July 1879, Page 2
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