OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 6

OBITUARY.

;:/lii;MJ: EDWARD: SEAGABD ij ];: '; v- Vfe ■• -Many ..williregTetito'^hcarrotvthe-'death;-.' ■..'; of.'Mi.-' Edward' Seagav thd ; well-known '.. engineer and .ironmaster,.,which :occurTed ■■:.;.■■ at'his residence, •Brooklyn.,: afc;.;B- ■•. •Saturday, after an'.iUnessliextendmg'bver,itwb -years. ..;Tho. ; .deceiised''iras', born 'in- '.-■'; "■: England.y.-inS.ISW,/ 's'-aid? '■'. learned ■ his- trade \ in. his Aiiative - toxrn,',■;. '■'■■;.■ completing; his' apprenticeshvn'.-'iri lS6li" Aβ;';-.' soon as-thie'-was accouiplisl'.ed,:/'he; left : ... I for/'New; : Zealand,!/arrjvingVjnV:Welling-.' ■.:' I ton .by thefship"AsteropeY.the same,year. ;'w. v After wrkihg.at his trade here;for:some'V.:', years,= he' was 'appointedimanagerVof-the ':■'.;' Lion Foundry; then'the' business.of,'the :' .'- 1 late Mr. E; W. Mills.,: After : five; years;; ■■■ . in.'.-that;-.position 1 he commenced.; business^' -..:" :on;his;own-:acoount, and'-in 1878 ! estab-': .'. Jish^;;tte'.Victpria-.Foundry|.:m, : :yict6ria .: ; ; ■' ,whicK - x at'.that "tiinelj formed'the ~.;. line ioi the Tβ - 'Ato beach. jjßesides em-%%..:■■'■'-bracing all-mairnor- , .0f/engin-sering'Avork, .'., 'thereV'wa;s\a'';:goodi.deal-l.of;, J sliipbuilding'.;'' ; ; .;.- :work .done at,.the foundry.; Among other .:'.'■'- big.jobs;.the'tugvWestland.'st.iU'in aotive,' ,(. service-on the Coast, 'was.built land;.-''.■';. supplied'"'\vithAb'oilers-.and 'engines; , , and':.; ■ several.-. bld;fashioned vessels.i were:; recoil-;.;..; : structod and'-lengthened i.inder''theVsuper-\V-.- '). inf'ehdence.of Mr. , ] Seagar..-:He.,alEoisup-' ,i .'..-' plied mining /machinery for : many of ".the .? .- claims ; . at: ! Mahakipawa (Marlboroujrh)." :>..; .during; the^rush v to that part of the -Do-; •■> ; fminion.' ■Mr:'-,Seagar also became -actively . •-. interested :ih;'. the an.timoay ; 'mines at -Bi- , ■' •:/. deavour Inlet, I '.in oonneotion -with::which! : .-.'' J ; ;He inventedVa patent furnace for -the, k£"."», : 'fining of antimony-ore. ■Mγ. Seagar'.was'a.i; ' ' -director of ; E;. : W.'Millsi and ;Co.- : and ; ;sxV the 'Wellington Opera . House'-. Company, **'■'.{■ 'and ,was-'financially.!assooiated with'other-.; ;.,: ootnpames. ■" -He leaves a widdwi-and three;."'"-. ohildren—Mrs. E.:• (wife. of. the'. ; ''.'■ .well-knoTO''.-,contractor), , ■ Mrs. ■.',H.' ! - : Ti : v'>' - Morant (wite : of the "maiiager of: .the'''-Bank'".».' : of New South \Vales, Westport), and- Mr.:'..;,... Edward" Seagar, who -is'.'at present' study-;, s ing medicine at the Edinburgh '.. .'The;fuueral will'take'.place'-.to-day-(pn-; ; '-.;,:' :.vato;interment); V'-'^v.;^;v [ °': : v^''^'' : '';.'': :