A Mine Manager's Suicide.
Wksti'okt. Nov. If!. Frederick Newsonie, mine manager at (iramty ('reek, committed suicide yesteiday morning by drowning himself in a dam. He left at 7 a.m. to go to his duties and wib missed at dinner time. A search resulted in hits coat, hat, ami dinner being found on the dam-bank. Attached to the coat was a note to his wife, asking forgiveness for the rash act. The water was run out of the dam, and the body recovered at 2.H0 p.m. Deceased had not been well for some time past, and suffered from insomnia. He was about •>! years of age. He leaves a wife and one child. He was highly respected, and his sad end has caused quite a shock to the conimunitv.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 173, 17 November 1896, Page 3
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127A Mine Manager's Suicide. Hastings Standard, Issue 173, 17 November 1896, Page 3
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