Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1875 — Two Children Lost in a Snow-Storm and Frozen to Death. [ARTICLE]

Two Children Lost in a Snow-Storm and Frozen to Death.

Last Friday will long be remembered As* one of the roughest days that has been experienced in this section of country for a number of years, and among the manv sad incidents'connected with it we may relate the following, which was given to us by a gentleman , who came in last evening: Mr. Robert Whelan resides about five miles from a place called Martinsville, in Harrison County. He had two children, a boy aged ten and a girl aged eight. On Friday morning the children started for school, the school-house being situated about a mile and a half southwestwardly. The day threatened to be stormy, but no apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the little folks. They reached the school-house in safety, and’remained i there during the day. About half-past four | o’clock they started homeward. The ; shadows of night were gathering around, ; Und the fierce blast from the northi west sent the snow ihto their faces, completely blinding them. Just how they lost their way will never be known. They failed to reach home at the usual hour and the parents storied in search of them. Failing in theirefforts, neighbors were summoned, and jail through the night the

search was continued. At eight o’clock next morning the little ones were found, frozen to death! Tired probably with wandering around, they had sought shelter in a ravine, and, overcome with fatigue, went to sleep, never to wake again. Whenfoispd the body of the little girl was partly covered with the blue jean coat of her brother. Even when suffering intensely with the cold the brave little fellow, although but a child himself, was mindful of the child who was still younger and weaker. The bodies were taken to the hofase of the heart-stricken parents, and were buried on Sunday. An immense concourse of sympathizing friends attended the funeral.—Sf. Joseph (Mo.) Herald, Jan. 13. .