Stung to Death by Bees

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 15, 16 July 1885, Page 2

Stung to Death by Bees

Mr Meshach Boas, one ef Gordon , Count's oldest settlers, Georgia, and one among her most respected titiiena '] is and progressive fanners, died at his , home in $ugar Valley district on May . 5, under very peculiar ciroumstances, ' and quite unexpected by himself and ' ' family. Though a man advanced in years, being 86 years of age, Mr Boa* was out on his farm lookrogCaftor hjf fanning interests. He returned^ fc the house abont the usual dinner hpur^'and unon arriving there found beef.. „ swarming. He undertook to hive them, 'Y'Z and was stung, one time on the: top »tk ■&<'. the head, from the effects of • whiehihe; ■ died late in Ac evening. .- ■ After re-' eeivingihe sting the pain became.se>> intense that a physician was sent f or, bufc^upon his arrival no Mrioushesa) •was attached to the matter, and he left. .. After leaving Mr Boas became decidedly worse, and the physician waa . sent for again, but before- _us*aeo6nd arrival Mr Boaz was dead. Ho waff walking about the yard a shotf* tunq» before his death, and had gone in and mid down on a lounge m his back verandah,. whore he died smartly after ' lying down. , .'■■';