Fatality at Takaka.

Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8366, 30 September 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)

Fatality at Takaka.

[Bt Telegbaph.] [fbom oob own oobbbbpohdiht.] Takaka, September 27. At one o'clock this morning, Mr Josiah Beardmore, a carpenter, v-ho patented an adjustable clothes dryer, was found in his own well head downwards. The well ls fourteen feet deep, and contains two feet of water. He leaves a wife and a large family in destitute circumstances. - He had been ill and miserable for some time, and last night he laid on the bed, but got up at midnight. He did not return, and his wife, becoming alarmed, called the brothers Haldane, who found the deceased as described. His neck was broken. The well had a trap door, which was found open, which led to the discovery of deceased. He was not long from England, and his family are in great straits ; the storekeepers and neighbors are giving them food and clothes. The sad event gave a great shock to every one, for deceased was well-known and respected. He has numerous relatives at Upper Takaka. Another correspondent wires that the Messrs Haldane brothers were assisted by Messrs Hayes and P. Palmer in getting the deceased out of the well, and that he was not ! quite oold at that time.