NAPIER, Last Night.
A shocking death is reported to have occurred at West Clive, six miles from here. Early on Sunday morning a boy going out with milk found a woman lying in a ditch at the side of the road, and recognised her as Mrs O'Reilly, aged 3G, servant at the West Clive Hotel, her brother being a wheelwright in the same township. The woman was taken immediately to her brother's house, but though every effort was made to restore animation, she died in half-an-hour. It appears that deceased, together with her brother and Mis Diamond, left the hotel on the previous night at halfpasfc eight, intending to see the latter to her home a mile down the road. The night was dark, and was rainy. After going a little way, deceased said she could not go further, but would wait till Hall returned. Hall wanted to take her into a neighbouring cottage, but she refused. When Hall returned, not seeing her, he inferred she had returned to the hotel, while at the hotel it was supposed she had spent the night at Hall's. No suspicions were aroused. The post-mortem examination and inquest are proceeding.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1754, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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196NAPIER, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1754, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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