DOVEDALE.
[From our own Correspondent.] I have to record two deaths in one week in this little district. The first, Mrs Hill, died on Wednesday, at the age of sixty-five years. The funeral, which was a large one was conducted by the Rev C W Jennins. The deceased, who leaves a large family was one of Nelson's earliest settlers, having arrived here in 1842. A good part of he life was spent in Motueka, where she is stil remembered, especially by the Natives, with whom she was a great favourite. She came with her late husband (Mr Jamea Rose) to this district in its infancy, and has resided here until the time of her death.
The next I have to record is specially sad in that it was so awfully sudden. A young man, thirty years of age, cut off in a moment, in the very bloom of health. The young man, Robert Cowin, was a son of Mr James Cowin, of Dovedale. The cause of his death was a shying horse. He was driving with a load of sacks of grass seed when the brute shied, and went right off the road (it was a side-cutting) and capsized the cart, when the young man fell apparently into the water-table, the horse falling on the top of him. A little boy, son of Mr M Davies, saw the overturned cart, and as soon as possible gave notice to the hop pickers in Mr W Win's hop-garden, when all the men ran as quickly as possible, and found the horse and cart as already described. Though there were willing bands, it was all too late, there being not the slightest sign of life left is the poor yonng man, who was carried to the house of Mr John Win, where an inquest was held on the following day (Saturday). A verdict, in accordance with the evidence, of accidental death was reoorded. The funeral, which was the largest ever witnessed in this district, took place on Sunday afternoon, when rtere were upwards of 400 people present at the cemetery, there being over forty carriages and about fifty horsemen and lady riders following. The local Oddfellows (to which order the deceased belonged) accorded him an official funeral, their merit board being carried in front of the hearse for the last quarter of a mile, the members following followed by the children of the Wesleyan Sunday school, of which he had been a teacher for many years. The burial service of the English Church was read by Mr J. W. Win, after which the very impressive service of the Oddfellows was read by P P.G.M. N. Win. Very great sympathy is felt for the bereaved family throughout the district, the young man being generally a favourite. He was of a genial and obliging disposition and will be certainly missed by a large circle of friends. -Nelson Evening Mail, 9/3/1898.
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