SUDDEN DEATH

Grey River Argus, 27 April 1925, Page 4

SUDDEN DEATH

MR JOHN M.sLEi )1». About, a quarter i<. lour M-sterd.ix afternoon Mr. John M< Leod a I known resident, was found dead. Ihe discovery was made by Master Char< c s Moore, of Cobden the body of deceased being found in th e yard at the tear <»f Kitcliingham's vyelvry. adjacent r o Perotti’s Lane, into which it >p jns Apparently the deceased in falling struck something, as there were bloodstains where the body lay. Th • ]»olice Lad the body removed n> Hie Morgue where Dr J F. Moore. ul u> had been sent for. pnmoiin<*c<l life extinct. Possibly heart failure was the cause o death. Soin r eight or tone months Mr. ?vlcLeo<| met with an accident at the Rewanui Mine, tliro.igh a fall (f coal, the ill-effects of wbicli includec an injury to his leg. and ho spent a periol in the Grey River Hospital, since when he has been under medical care. A man of verv gen : ; I naiturc lie was noted a»> a humour. . his faAourite quip ‘ Under ihr N «• Act” rever faihng in years gone by to evohe merriment at a public gathering. Fe was a native of Auckland, and 56 years of age. nearly all of his life hacing been spent in this district, where lie leaves two sisters /MrHarry Lynch. Greymouth. and Mr 4 * John Juttail, of Blackball), and two brotheis. Messrs William McLcol (Greynouth) and Joseph McLeod <Tb’pahoe) while a third brother Mr. George McLeod, resides at Nolsmi. The rdatX’es will have the syinpatr.y of maiy friends in their sudden rewenent.