Accidents > Awful phenomena of nature -- snow storms, third of March and twenty-third April, 1827

of tfve fiame of David Dickson, thoiigti
on Saturday, was not found till the fotlowi/ig
it morning. He had fallen down from cold and ex-'
lit haustion, and though immediately carried to the
h : nearest house, warmed and fed, it was long be-
0 fore he could tell what had befallen him, A third
1 shepherd, though nearly frozen to death, was
( found standing' in an erect posture, but deprived
ili alike of consciousness and feeling. The
i same awful day, Mr' J* ' B———. a most
: I extensive and respectable shoe-maker, in Kilmar-
> \ nock, and who has many relatives is this quarter,
perished, while endeavouring to fefutn home.
The coach on which he travelled, from Degan’s
Well, stuck fast in a wreath at Drumbog-hili,
and being* an outside passenger he was forced to
alight.. The guard offered him one of the horses,
and advised him to return to the Inn he had left;
but being unaccustomed to ride, and having told
Mrs B that he would be home in the eve¬
ning, he ventured to prosecute his journey on
I foot. The snow at this time was falling fast,
the wind howling along the heath, and before he
I had proceeded far, he became bewildered, wan-
')! dered to the top of the hill, and in the absence
1; of all human aid, sunk down exhausted, and ex-
if pi red. On Monday morning a volunteered party
j of his men, with a few of his friends, left Kil-
t| marnock, to discover what had become of their
m master, and after a painful search found his body
|)in the above spot. On Saturday. Sunday, and
Mi Monday, his respectable widow was in a dread-
lliful situation, and feared the worst from the very