A SAD ACCIDENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 7

A SAD ACCIDENT.

; ; - DEATH OF MES. ; PICKM. :, : ■ ■ "/'■ (Br Teleßrash-PKM A«iocl»tieß.l "/".'■' . , , . ; Feilding," toecombor 22.: A fatal accideat occurred at Apiti this afternoon, when Mrs. Pickeri, wife of Professor Picken,: of Victoria College, Wellington, was killed. It appears that Mrs. Gregory (wife of Dr. Gregory) and child.and Mrs. Picken wero returning from the lake, in ■a: gig, when the horse shied. The.hubi.of ono of the wheels struck a stump, arid the occupants were thrown out oh a metalled , road. Sirs. Picken sustained such injuries to the head that she died almost immediately. Mrs. Gregory and -her child were severely bruised and shaken. ... .I'rofossor Picken end his family recently armed from Wellington with.the intention of spending a,three months' holiday at.Apiti. -The nows 'of Mrs. Picken's.: death will •po received with great regret by the graduates and students of Victoria College, who knew hor ns a most kiudly friond. Ever sinco their, arrival in Wellington some two and a half'years ngo Professor, Picken and his wife' have been exceedingly good to the students, . taking an interest m them individually, and entortaining them frequently at their home, wh6ro, indeedl every Sunday, they kept open .house for them, and the students were -always, sure of a kindlv welcome Mrs. Picken,' who was a member o'f the Council of Women Students' Hostel, an institution in whoso wolfare sho took a great intorest, wns a native of Glasgow, and took hor M.A. degroo at Glasgow University. Sho was mnrried shortly before coming out to New [Zealand, and she loaves pno child, a daughter about,a year old. She herself was an only child, and hor mother, Mrs. Climie, accompanied her to 55caland, leaving a few I weeks ago on a visit to the Old Country, intending to return within a fow ; months to hor daughter, Mrs. Picken was a lady: of gentlo and gracious disposition, and her death will, be deeply regretted by all who knew her.