Thursday 16 December 2021

Thomas Stinson, 1886-15/3/1931.

FALL OVER CLIFF.

DUNEDIN STOREMAN KILLED. 

DUNEDIN, Monday. Thomas Stinson, married, middle-aged, a resident of Dunedin, fell over a 250-foot cliff at Karitane Peninsula yesterday, and died instantly. Deceased was a storeman in the National Mortgage Company. Accompanied by his wife and some friends he was walking on the cliff edge and slipped and fell to the rocks below.  -Waikato Times, 16/3/1931.


ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FALL OVER CLIFF. 

DUNEDIN RESIDENT KILLED. 

Tragedy overtook a week-end holiday party yesterday when Thomas Stinson, a married man who resided at 198 Bay View road, fell over a 250ft cliff at the high point of the sea end of the Karitane Peninsula, and was instantaneously killed. The deceased, a middle-aged man, was a storeman employed by the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and had travelled to Karitane earlier in the day accompanied by his wife and some friends. He was walking along the edge of the cliff,with two of his companions when he was seen suddenly to slip over the edge and fall on to the rocks below. It was impossible for the others to climb down the face of the cliff to his rescue, and a launch was secured to recover the body.   -Otago Daily Times, 16/3/1931.


MILTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) MILTON, March 16. 

THE KARITANE TRAGEDY. 

Mr Thomas Stinson, the victim of the tragic fatality at Karitane, was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Robert Stinson, Milton. He received his education at the Toko District High School, and on leaving school worked for several years at the local flourmill. He afterwards obtained an appointment with the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., in the grain store at Dunedin, and rose to the position of head storeman, which position he occupied at the time of his death. He married Miss Esther Elizabeth, a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Paul, Milton, and is survived by his widow and one son. In his younger days deceased was a keen and active player in the Toko Football Club’s forward division, and was also chosen as a representative in South Otago teams. He played for the Union Football Club on his removal to Dunedin.   -Otago Daily Times, 17/3/1931.


IN MEMORIAM

STINSON.—In loving memory of our dear husband and father, Thomas Stinson, accidentally killed, March 15, 1931. “ Too dearly loved to be forgotten.”  -Otago Daily Times, 15/3/1932.


IN MEMORIAM

STINSON. — In loving memory of Thomas Stinson, accidentally killed, March 15, 1931. “Missed, sadly missed." — Inserted by his wife and son.  -Otago Daily Times, 15/3/1933.


Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.


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