The Late W. H. Lash

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 141, 8 May 1886, Page 2

The Late W. H. Lash

Yesterday morning,f after a. long and painful illness resulting froni an injiiry received When woisnng*'at his sawmill ' : af Hdtco§be, Lash departed &om this life. He^vas an- %ld colonist having |^a^^«t Collingwood about . ; .sue ; andjftwett^ years; ago. He was \ afterwart|. a storekeeper ' at Xanieri in the eajjy day^ of ;the J West^Cbß^Jt^ififliar--1 where he 6Ud well, :. He was in the same line i of -business at J3alppinb« for some time, but he gave it up^aii^ started a' sawmill, which was aft^, wards .destroyed Jbj fire^ reducing hinj ' soniewhat in circumstances. Nothing daunted by this misfortune he^made a new beginning, and there appeared every likelilipocl . Jhat fortune.: -was again abeut to smile upon him, but m over-exertingjbimself jii%^hja^work,-^ . inflicted the injuryVWhicfi. has ras length terminated his , Wherever Mr pash has been lie air ways made warm friends., a ..',. naturally kind disposition and general amiability, he was. one of the first to lend assistance in relieving distress in whatever form it presented r Hfe' had been twice married, and leaves a wdow and a large family behind Hlfn, wlio.'are in very poor. cir^umstancel. He was a member, of the Maspnio body, and will receive funeral to-morrow, --^f . ; /^- -s *■■ ■'■'■'&■ ,-■