Second Edition. ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 36, 13 October 1913, Page 6

Second Edition. ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

SUDDEN DEATH. [Per Press Association.] Dannuvirke, October 13. Tlic.ldeath occurred in the Dannei virke Hospital yesterday of Mrs A. Watson,, wife of the stationmaster , here, who recently received notice of hi ß appointment to the position o I tragic, inspector at Wellington. Mr . Watson and his wife went to Welling- •' ton a few days ago to look out for a I house, and were returning when Mrs ( Watson was seized with a fit in the | train. :apd .neyer recovered, ~ . DEATH AS AH ATONEMENT- ■? v ~ Blenheim, October 13. Alfred John Barry, single, a la■j borer, about 54 yes rs of ago, shot himself in the head fatally with a revolver on Saturday, He left a letter in which he said he was doing the deed : to end a wretched lie as atonement for being instrumental, in getting a poor S fellotv on the West Coast in the lunatic asylum five years ago. A verdict y of temporary insanity was returned. | DIED WHILE FISHING. fjf • . • . 1 Fox ;on, October 13. * William Edgar, aged 40 years, married, . \vi,th a wife and two pired: suddenly' yesterday moihing while netting whitebait alongside the wharf; Deceased was sitting down holding the pole of the.net and was . speaking to two men on the bank, when •he Rill ; Thick and expired. A postmortem and inquest are being held to<fay. r