ANOTHER TRAGIC SUICIDE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 29

ANOTHER TRAGIC SUICIDE.

Dunedin, December 17.

At Mosgiel this morning a young man named Aristides Verral Brown, clerk in the National Bank, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a reTolver * He had got out of bed, partly clothed himself, bandaged his eyes with a handkerchief and discharged the revolver close to the right ear. The bullet passed right through his head and death must have been nearly instantaneous. Brown was about 24 years of age, and son of the Rev William Parton Brown, now of Dunedin, formerly of Waikaia. - Nothing is known as to the reason for the rash act. Brown’s books are all right —in fact, he had only been relieving,in the bank for a week. Dunedin, December 18. At the inquest on A. V. Brown, the bank clerk who shot himself, the evidence showed that deceased had been despondent, being troubled a good deal with his head. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane.”

About two years ago a brother of the deceased was found dead on the Riverton joeach under circumstances strongly indicating suicide.

Inspector Pender received a telegram from' Constable Nestor, of Eketahuna, n Friday, stating that Charles Jacobs, an employee of Mr Newcombe, had accidentally. shot himself dead while going through a wire fence. The hammer of his gun got caught in the. wire, and the weapon exploded, the contents lodging a little above the heart. Deceased, who was unmarried, was about 23 years of age. The matter has been reported to the Coroner. '! About noon on Monday some excitement was caused in Manners street by a cab running into a sulky- containing three young ladies. The accident happened in front of Thornton’s, the confectioner’s. One of the young ladies was thrown out on to the roadway, and by the utmost good fortune escaped any serious injury. The vehicle had to be taken away for repair. Gisborne, December 13. A miraculous escape from death is reported from Te E-einga Waterfall. A Maori, who was eel-fishing, was carried over by the current, falling fully 100 feet into the deep boiling water beneath. He was picked up unhurt, save for a few bruises. ■ ' l ■ On the arrival of the Monowai here from Auckland it was reported that at 1 o'clock this morning, when the steamer was off Cape Runaway, a steerage passenger named P. Meehey, booked from Sydney to Napier, was observed by a fireman to jump overboard. An alarm-was promptly given, and the ship stopped' and a boat lowered, but after a careful search the boat returned without finding any trace of the man. His effects consist of a swag covered with oilcloth, which will be handed to the Collector of Customs at Napier. ‘ / . Wanganui, December 13.

A serious accident occurred . yesterday near Ohingaiti. Charles Ashwin, a commercial traveller, late of Wanganui, was driving near a precipice, ■ when his trap came in collision with another going in the opposite direction. The shaft of the passing vehicle entered Ashwin’s side, breaking several ribs, arid, doing other internal injury.

Auckland, December 14,

• Manuel De Pines, a settler at Mongonui, was turning a waggon, when it capsized into a creek. The handle of the, brake penetrated his heart, causing instant death.

Two children were in the waggon, but escaped unhurt. Auckland, D ecera ber 15.

At the Otahuhu Trotting Club’s Summer Meeting, two riders named Barr and Gillespie were thrown, and Gillespie was seriously shaken. Barr was unhurt. In the Harness Handicap Trot, two sulkies locked, and a bolt of four or five, horses ensued. Four sulkies were smashed, but the drivers were not hurt. Auckland, December 17.

A gumdigger named Thomas Robinson dropped dead while at work at the Omapere gumfield. Auckland, December 18.

As the steamer Te Anau reached Queen street Wharf, a ' saloon passenger, Walter John Smith, died in the social hall. He came on board in bad health. He was a passenger from England by the Kaikoura, and his papers show that he was a grocer in Wakefield, England, and was on a trip for his health,

Greymouth, December 16.

The remains of Mrs Schlichting, who was missing since the 28th September, have been found in the bush near Rutherglen. She is supposed to have died of exhaustion.

Christchurch, December 15

An elderly man named J. Allison, a cabinetmaker, was found lying dead just inside the gate of his premises, Cashel street, yesterday afternoon. At the inquest a verdict was returned that death was caused by serous apoplexy; accelerated by excessive indulgence in drink. A young man named T. B. Evans, whose parents reside near Christchurch, was killed on the New Brighton tram line at 10.45 last night. He was riding a bicycle, and m endeavouring to. get between the rails passing a tram he fell from the machine, either skidding or twisting. He was close to the horses, and before they could be pulled up, they and the car went over . him, disfiguring the face and mutilating the body. Death was almost instantaneous. Timaru, December 15..

Three shearers crossing the river Tokapo on horseback were washed off their horses, but two got ashore, though much exhausted. The third was drowned. His name was O’Donald, and his parents live in Taranaki. He was 23 years of age. New'Plymouth, December 15. The settlers are still dragging the Waitara river for the body of James Thornton, a boy who was drowned on Thursday whilst bathing. New Plymouth, December 17. The body of James Thornton, who was drowned in the Waitara River last week, was recovered on Sunday morning, at 10 O’clock. A verdict of drowned whilst bathfhg has been returned. Napier, December 15. . The swag of John Meehan, or Meighan, who jumped overboard from , the Monowai between Auckland and Gisborne, contains, beside an ordinary outfit, a ticket of membership in the Oamaru branch of the New Zealand Shearers’ and Labourers’ Union, several addresses of well-known sheep farmers in the South Island, and a number of tickets in a Melbourne Cup sweep. Dunedin, December 18. Mr Larnach, M.H.R., bad one of his ribs broken to-day. While he was driving into town the front axle of the trap broke, and the body of. the carriage coming to the ground, Mr and Mrs Larnach and son were shot out. All but Mr Larnach escaped unhurt.