FATALITIES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 152, 9 July 1901, Page 3

FATALITIES.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Nelson, last night.

Thomas Scott, a resident of 26 years, died suddenly in the Cathedral last evening. He had taken his seat in a pew about a quarter of an hour before the time the service began, and was observed with his head thrown backward and apparently in a faint. He was removed to the vestry, and a doctor sent for, but I died without speaking before the arrival jof the doctor. His body was removed to { his residence. The congregation were deeply affected, and were dismissed withI out the service being held. Deceased I was nearly So years of age, and a native of Ireland. He was formerly a school teacher in England, and was a prominent Mason, Orangeman, and Good Templar. | He assisted Joseph Malins to start the first Templar Lodge in England at Birmingham fifty years ago, and enjoyed the distinction of being the first Templar initiated in the British Empire, and was also secretary to the Grand Templar Lodge in England. Mr Scott was secretary of the Nelson Orange Lodge. He enjoyc-d good health to the last. His death was due to heart disease. He leaves a widow and several children. Deceased was widely respected. At the inquest on William Harvey, found shot at Pig Bay last week, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The gun, an old muzzle-loader, was easily discharged. Mrs John Haycock, an old settler, died at Hope on Saturday, aged 79.

A young man named John King, aged about .'id, residing at the Croix dies, was found dead in a house on Saturday evenin, with a gunshot wound in his stomach. The body was in a nude state. A gun was found alongside it. It. is supposed to be a case of suicide. Deceased, whose parents reside here, had been subject to tits, and of late was despondent owing to the death of iiis wife.