DROWNING FATALITY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13168, 26 July 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)

DROWNING FATALITY.

"WOSIAN'S BODY FOUND IN THE

HARBOUR,

(From ""The'Coloniat,"5 June [£

A drowning fatalityccciirred in the' harbour; yfestefday afternoon, the Vic-' ':tim being; a:widojf named Ann Barrbw-: man, a resident of. Gape Foulwind, who hacl been staying in Nelson for the past' fortnight with .Mr. and Mrsl Heisc-, of Washington Valley. Deceased, who was a sister-in-law of Mr. J; IBarrowman, of tho Port, left Mr! Heise's place - yesterday morning at 111 ;30 for the purpose of joining Mr^ JJarrowman, who was going with hei' to the Post Office to arrange about •transferring some money that was' standing to her credit at the Wostport Post Office, to the Nelson office. As she had not arrived at Mr. Barrow-^ man's house at 2.30 p.m. he became anxious and set out in search of his sister-in-law.

,-. On the beach near the Beacons a woman's veil was picked up, but no trace of tho missing woman was found until a few minutes to five, when the body was seen floating in the harbour near the Pilot Station by two boys named Gabrielson and Reeves. They were playing football on the road and kicked the ball into the sea. On,going to get it out they saw the body and reported tho fact to Mr. Reeves, of the- pilot staff, avlio brought it ashore. Deceased was 63 years of age, and leaves a grown-up family of seven sons and daughters,

(From "The Colonist," July 5. An inquest on the body of Hannah Barrowman, which was found floating in the harbour on Monday afternoon, was held at tho Court House yesterday morning, by Str J. S. Evans, S.SI. (Coroner). t The Coroner returned a verdict that deceased met her death by drowning, but there was nothing to show how she got into the water. The evidence showed that on the morning of tbfe ■occurrence the condition of her mind was unstable, and in the Coroner's opinion deceased was temporarily insane.