TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 281, 28 November 1888, Page 5

TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.

SUICIDE FROM A TE AROHA

RAILWAY BRIDGE.

(BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Asoha, this day. About half-past four yesterday evening considerable commotion was caused by the an" nouncement that a man named William Lincoln had committed suicide. It was found to be too true. Shortly before, Lincoln had obtained a sack and needle from a neighbour. He afterwards appears to have cut the sack in half, filled it with clay, and fastened it round his neck. He climbed over the side of the railway and traffic bridge and dropped into the Waihou river. He was seen by workmen at the flax mill a short distance off, but too late to prevent his action. A boat was manned immediately to rescue him, but his body was not recovered for nearly half-an-hoiir, in fourteen feet of water on the opposite side of the bridge. An unsuccessful attempt Was made to restore animation. Lincoln was a single man, and a pain tor by trade. He was a Londoner, and came to New Zealand from the Cape of Good Hope in 1365. He had been resident in Te Aroha for the past seven or eight years. He appears to have been lowspirited lately. He was a very quiet, inoffensive character. An inquest is taking place to-day before Mr Ilott, J.P., in the absence of the coroner.