SUDDEN DEATHS AT WAIPU.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8354, 6 September 1890, Page 5

SUDDEN DEATHS AT WAIPU.

Our correspondent writes :The members of our small community have been much saddened by the sudden announcement of of the almost simultaneous death of two of its members, and by witnessing the mournful and unusual spectacle of two funeral processions sorrowfully traversing the road to the cemetery on tho same day. On Monday, the Ist inst., Mr. }). Munro (who has for several years acted as country correspondent for this district to the Week News), was found dead at the front door of his residence in the Braigh Road. About half-an-hour previously the deceased had been observed standing at the door. The deceased was a widower, without family, and was 62 years old. An inquest on the body was held in the Braigh Schoolhouse on the following day, Mr. H. McKenzie, J.l'., acting as coroner. A jury being empanelled, arid evidence taken, a verdict of " death from natural causes" was returned.

The demise of the wife of Mr. J. G. Campbell, has elicited many expressions of sympathy on account of the painful circumstances under which it has occurred. The deceased lady had proceeded to Auckland for the purpose of being near skilful medical aid during her achouchement, but the result has unfortunately been fatal to mother and child. Mrs. Campbell was a woman in the prime of life, and highly esteemed for her amiability and many estimable qualities, and leaves behind her four small children to mourn their loss. The body of the deceased lady was taken by the s.s. Wellington from Auckland for interment here, the mother and child being enclosed in the one coffin.