ASHBURTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 14, 6 August 1897, Page 20

A SHBU R T O N.

— + THE IATK MR. DANIEL McCOEMACK. (From the Atlihurtnn Mall.) Tun injuries sustained by Mr. Daniel McCorm ick 01 Friday. July 2.J. were of such a nature as from the beginning almost to preclude hope and all along the worst was feared/ The soung man lingered on in »reat pain till about half-past four on Sunday afternoon, when the end came. He had the Kst medical attendance po-sible, no fewer than three of our doctors hay ing been with liim, and everything that skill and kmdne-s could prompt was done, but all was 1111 iv.iilmg. and he died as above stittd. It appears the accident occurred while Mr. MeCoimaek v\as harnc-^mg, tlO t the hor-e that k died him, but anotht r. the one that did the na-chief hem,' 111 the near vicinity and decease I was working just behind it Usually a very q.uet beast. Mr. McCorm, ick expected no bad behaviour from it, but 111 a moment it let out. v, ith the sad result known. Deceased, who was only thirty-four veniMit aue. was v native of Raphoe. County Donegal. Ireland, and' came to this Colony with his family m \^T.\. Alter some time spent with his tatlur at Irwin. he came to this district and tnr ten years was m the employ of hi-, uncle, the late Mr. John Boyle, ot Valetti.who.it will be romemb red, also came to Ins death untimely from .111 aci ident with his v a 11. Mr. McCormack went into partnership w ith his brother James rmd togeth-r they worked till Mr. Boyle's death, by which Mr. Dan M'jtJormack inherited the Valutta farm. 011 which the accident oc.ui red t hat cut him oft". He was married to a daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Buckley, who. with her four children, is left to mourn his loss. Deceased was as popular a young tanner as we had in the district, a young man tor w horn everybody had a good word ; sober, steady, a good neighbour, a fast friend, a {food hu-b.ind and father, and a big warm heart in him that would allow no man to go hungry away from hi* door. He was a true sportsman, al-o, and in his death both the racing clubs and the trotting club 10-ea\alued member and enthusiastic worker. He considered it his duty to uuppoit th- institutions ( if the county, and s 0 hih nune \wis to be foun I on the members' list of the A. and P. Association, and would ha\e been found on other lists had his time and the distance of his farm pet nutted, The annual meeting of the racing club ot which he was a member, v;n to have been held on Saturday ni_ r ht, but atter rtading the minutes, the meeting was adjourned as a token ot . respect to their colleague, who under the same root was on his deathbed. The funeral took place on Wednesday. It was a la rye procession '1 he coffin was carried shoulder high by personal friends — Me-^si-, J. and A. Bishop 1). Lynch. P. Devane, .1. () Grady. J. Sullivan. J. Devery and II Kennedy — who took the inourniul duty 111 turn from Devane's Hotel, where decei-el died, to the Church of the Holy Name. Here Ma-s was celebrated, Father Quirk being celebrant ; Father liuvvurs (Genildine), master of ceremonies ; and Very Rev. Fathers Chastagnon and O'Donnell were al-o pie-cut, the latu r acting as choirmaster, and a choir of male voices hang Jit tt v 11 m Mass. After Mass the coffin was borne to tlie hear,-e again, and the procession moved away A hundred men on loot followed the hear-e, a hundrel aiul two vehicles came i.fter. and a troop of li fey horsemen brought up the vl'.it. Bet er proof than this ( ould hardly be given of the respect and ostei m in vvliich deceased was h dd in the county. At the grave there was of course the usual .son icj of the Church conducted by the clergymen.

An occasional correspondent of the Tablet adds -—The coffin was carried shoulder high from Mr. Devane's hotel to the church, where a solemn Requiem Maws was celebrated. The church was drajiod in black, the effect of which was most appropriate, and i' very tiling that Father O'Donnclland the nuns could do to show the la-t tribute of respect for the deceased was duly observed and performed. The principal business places in the town also had their flags at half-mast, and along- the route from the church to the outskirts of the town the shutters were up and doors closed as a token of respect. There have been several deaths this last month, in fact July has bjen a record month for accidents resulting fatally, in Ashburton district. Mr. Andrew Buckley, Mr. McCorruaok's father-in-law, met with an accident which hurried his death. Mr. Ted Price alho a notoriously good horseman, met with an accident which caused his death. Mr. Tho<. Walsh and Mrs. Kean, who had been lingering for some time, died in July. May God rest their souls.