MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.
We regret to state that Mr W. Davis, photographer, who for manyyears was a resident in Nelson, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the steamer Hawea when on the passage from Manukau to Taranaki. It i had been noticed by several of the I passengers that he was in a very depressed state, and he spoke to some of them regarding his pecuniary affairs, stating that he had been "jumped on " at the Thames, where he was nearly ruined, and that although he only owed a small sum he should not be surprised to find a telegram stopping him at Nelson. About eight o'clock on the evening of Monday he was sitting on the deck near the smoking room with his son aud daughter, when he suddenly rose without saying a, word and jumped overboard. The alarm was at once given, and the engines were stopped and turned full speed astern, but, as the vessel was going at the rate of twelve knots, and it was quite dark, the attempt to rescue him was, of course, of no avail. The deceased, we understand, leaves a widow and five children.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 219, 1 September 1875, Page 2
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191MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 219, 1 September 1875, Page 2
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