ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2061, 19 June 1890, Page 4

ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, ETC.

Samuel Turtle, sharebroker, died in the Auckland hospital from injuries received through falling downstairs at the Masonic Hotel, at Devonport. The deceased was 49 years of age, and iogle. His only relative is a sister in Ireland. He will have a Musonic funeral. A man named Obas. Higgics, licensee of the Crown Hotel, Norsewyod, attempted suicide by banging himself by a sword belt to the He was discovered before if'e was extinct, but lies iu a precarious condition. TJr Greenwood, a very old settler, of Nelson, died at Motueka on Tuesday, aged 87, He was the first inspector of schools in Nelson, and was principal of the Nelson College, and for some years he was Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives in the early days of the colony. He and his wife, who died a few months ago, were model settlers, exercising great hospitality, and were most useful to all around. The body of William Abbot, an old pensioner from thelmnerial army, was found in the Hutt river last Monday. Deceased was 70 years of age, and being shortsighted, is believed to have fallen over the river bank. News received frem Port Albert, Auckland, states that Herbert M. Jackson, a settler of that district, has been killed by a gunshot. It is supposed that he was out shooting, James Gray, a farmer at Eyreton, was thrown from his trap on Saturday, and died on Tuesday from concussion of the spine.