William Edgar Kinsman, 1887-2/11/1912. "in his usual impressive manner"

TE KUITI, November 2. 

E. Kinsman, driver of the ballast train, which left Te Kuiti for the south at 6.20 this morning, was killed at the bridge over the Mokau River at Puketutu. Full particulars are not yet obtainable, but it is surmised that deceased was looking out of the cab and over-balanced, and that his head struck the bridge. Death was instantaneous. Deceased, who recently came from the south, was making his first run on the line.  -Ashburton Guardian, 4/11/1912.

FUNERAL NOTICE

The Friends of RICHARD and CATHERINE KINSMAN are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their late son, WILLIAM EDGAR KINSMAN, which will leave their Residence, Hamilton South, for the Hamilton Cemeterv. at 3 p.m. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), 7th inst.  -Otago Daily Times, 6/11/1912.

HAMILTON SOUTH.

The funeral of the late William Edgar Kinsman took place in the Hamilton cemetery on Thursday last and was very largely attended. A great many of his old acquaintances came from Clinton, also some from Auckland, and indeed all over the country. He was a young man very much respected from his childhood by everyone he came in contact with and by everyone about the district, and great sympathy is felt here for his parents and brothers and sisters at the very sad death which he met. I may here state that wreaths were sent from the railway employees at Clinton and from the lodge at Clinton, also some from Auckland — four in all, which were very handsome and costly; so it shows how much he was respected. It was his first run on that part of the line. He had just been home a week before to bid good-bye to his parents and relations before going to the North Island. He was going to be shortly promoted to engine driver. The Rev. Mr Rankin conducted the funeral service in his usual impressive manner.  -Mt Ida Chronicle, 15/11/1912.

Hamiltons Cemetery.