NELSON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 43, 25 May 1853, Page 3

NELSON.

A rep >rt was circulated throughout the town a fe'v da\ s xince, tliat Major Rich- i mom] intended offering liiius *Jf us a canilidirlate for the office of Superintendent, but we are authorised lo state th t such is no*' the case, and that he has no intention of departing from ths rcjo'ution expressed by him in his letter of the 16ih of December list. With respect to three candidates already in the field, we helieve they will ai' go to the poll. Melancholy Circumstances. — 'Mr. T. Smith, brewer, of Nelson, lias this week met hit death under the following painful circumsta ice. On Wednesday last, about fuur o'clock in the nfter noon, Mr, Smith wiu iti/ liis hop garden, and thu women engaged in hop-pirking having threatened to put him m one of the bins, he laid himself down on the ground, when tour of ths women lif ed him vo n bin, but while one of tlieni Wif cng taed in throwing sonr* hops on his face, her compH'iion* tumbled her iv upon Mr. Smith, mid, falling upon him heavily, she struck him in the lower pirt (if his stomach, and c.iused un internal contusion. The deceased thrn went home and sent for Medical a^istnnce, but deplorable to statp, he died \ esterday ' morning' a< half past nine "'clock. An inquest nut last evening on the bod}', but lio seriou 8 blame seems lo bo attache] lo any of the parties. The serious turn which the accident took may in part be attributed to tlie stout full habit of the deceased. Mr. Smith was a man much respected here and was one of the most enterprising of our settlers. —Examiner, April 9th 1853.