DISTRESSING CASE OF DROWNING.
Invercargill, Saturday. The drowning of Miss May Smith, head mistress of the Middle School, bo-day, has caused a profound sensation ; the lady, who is a daughter of bhe late Mr. J. 6. Smith, secretary to the Education Board, being greatly respected. This morning she was bright and cheerful, and left home for a walk, saying that she would call on a married sister when out. She did nob do so, and her body was found in a pool ab Waihopai a little after noon. Nothing is known that was disturbing her mentally. For some time she was troubled with a singing noise in the head, and it is possible thab a sudden accession of pain caused a paroxysm which temporarily bereft her of reason. Miss Smith was 36 years old, and was » lady of singularly amiable disposition. The first intimation of the calamity was the finding of her hat-box and gloves on the river-bank by boys.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9830, 27 May 1895, Page 5
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