SUDDEN DEATH OF MR PEAT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2663, 6 August 1889, Page 2

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR PEAT.

A cask of nn-ful s'ldden death took phcß a little after 5 o'clock yesterday evening in Hamilton, and caused a shuck to the whole c.iiui'.m.i'y. Mr It. INuit, saddl.'r, Hamilton \Vcst,' ; m old nvWont, had loft his shop for his hi.ir.e, niul called .it Mr Sandes' slmii to procure lih pnper. !!•; liad jii.-t walked a few .-tops from Mr Similes', and \v;is about to cross tho street in tin) direction of the ]Jank of New Zealand, when he was semi to full tw the gnmnd. Several people in the si rent at the time r.iu up and tlic.ii carii.id him into Mr Sand'.is' surgery whi'.ro he breathed his last in a few minutes. Ur Alurch was quickly in aMcndniicP. bn f . the deceased was beyond all human aid. Tha litM\ li. O'C. Biggs was also brought in, the deceased being a member of the Church of England. Mrs Peat came to her husband's side as soon as she received the sad intelligence. The late Mr I'eat, was seventy-three years of age, and had for the last three years been suffering from heart disease, which was the immediate cause of death. "At one time ho took an active part in local affairs and was Mayor of Hamilton in 1873 and was a councillor for several years, lie was a man of quiet habits and generally respected. He leaves a widow and grown up family, for whom much sympathy is felt in their sudden bereavement.