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Manawatu Herald, 4 February 1893, Page 3

From < o-day 'a Standard we gather the following further particulars, winch we have condensed : — We re grat to have to record the death of Mr Prank A. Orbell, who has been a few months resident in the Stoney Greek district, and had an office in the Standard premises, where he carried on the business of a land and commission agent. At 8.14 yesterday afternoon the writer was startled by a sound of crashing in Mr « rbell's room, followed by a groan. Suspecting something was wrongs an inspeotion pf the door reveal^d the fact that it was locked and the oclour of gunpowder was issuing from the ksyhple. To ring up the police and the doctors was the work of a moment, and then an axe watf-procured and the door broken in. The. room was filled with smoke, Mr Orbell, sitting on a chair wUh^hia coat; off, his head hanging on his breast, breathing hard, a shot