FATALITIES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12728, 11 April 1904, Page 2

FATALITIES.

[press association.] AUCKLAND, Saturday. David Dean was injured in the Karangahake railway tunnel yesterday, and died last night. WELLIXUTDX. Saturday. During the run of the steamer Turnkina from Wellington to Monte Video, a second saloon passenger, Mrs Hamilton, of Utaki, died of apoplexy. Sunday. Allen M’Lcan, single, aged 29, employed as u sawmiller near Martinborough, wiio was injured through falling Horn a coach whilst returning from the i auheivnikau races at Easter, died in the Lreytown Hospital yesterday. Cl IRIS J (■] H RCH, Saturday. At tiu* inquest on the hoy Smith, who shot himself on Friday, the jury returned a. verdict of Miicide whilst of unsound mind. Smith left the following letter: —• “To any one of my family. Tuesday. April 5. The cause of my ending mv life in (his fashion is because 1 am 100 wicked to live, I have had to steal money to give to a certain person, ami if i did not get it, he meant to kill me. To day I have to get £5 for him, and if I don’t get it by 8 to-night he will murder me. So now you know the cause of all my troubles. Stanley McLeod Smith,'* Deceased was a highly - strung, emotional Iwy.