DEATH OF MR. MANSON SINCLAIR.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 16, 17 July 1871, Page 2

DEATH OF MR. MANSON SINCLAIR.

It is with the greatest regret that we have to record the fatal termination of the -recent accident to Mr. M. Sinclair. Up to noon yesterday no unfavorable symptoms had set in, and his numerous friends indulged in the hope that they might yet see him amongst them once more, notwithstanding the warnings of his medical attendants, Drs. Sealy and Squires, that he was by no means out of danger and that mortification might set in at any moment apprehensions that are -now proved to have been only too correct. A little' after twelve yesterday, Mr. Sinclair alarmed those around him by complaining of severe pains in the back nod side, and the doctor was immediately sent for, and at once applied, remedies by which the pain was 'alleviated, but it soon became clear that there were no hopes of his rallying. The symptoms gradually grew worse, and by midnight he was quite delirious, and from that hour he gradually sank unsil 5 o'clock this morniug, when he breathed his last. He appeared to be quite free from pain during the last few hours, and for a short period prior to his death was partly conscious.. An iuquest is now being held on the body. The funeral will, if possible, take place at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, and the remains of the deceased gentleman will be escorled^to the grave by the Freemasons, Oddfellows, Foresters, Fire Brigade, and City Volunteers, of all of which bodies Mr. Sinclair was a prominent member.