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

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several instances, upwards of a score have been ]
dug out of single wreaths, dead, and dying, «
Cattle also, I believe, have suffered much.”
A friend who writes from Waterbeck the same
day, says—Many sheep have perished; and those
who have little fodder, will be put to their shifts
unless a thaw come. We are completely shut
up, and in visiting a lady the other day, I had
to walk two miles over snow from five to six
feet deep.
From Gatehouse we have a letter dated Sa¬
turday. Our correspondent writes as follows :
I have conversed with an old gentleman from the
country, who says there never was such a storm
seen in his day. Two or three farmers in the
parish of Girthon, will suffer considerably from
the loss of sheep. Around Mr M ’s park
wall, the snow was from six to seven feet deep;
hut a complete canal has been cut through it,
so that carts and carriages may now pass. Mr
II— , and three commercial gentlemen, after
being detained several days in Dumfries, were
again storm-stayed in Castle-Douglas. They
arrived yesterday on foot, terribly fatigued, hav¬
ing had to traverse huge wreaths at almost every
step of their way. lletvvixt this place and Port
Patrick, several hundreds of men have been em¬
ployed for days in cutting the road, and as a
thaw has commenced, the communication will
very soon be open.”
The above is a very doleful paragraph, but
as yet not half the truth is known, and there is
reason to fear, that we will have many other