John McNamara, manager of Hyde and Co.'s dredge at Clyde, met with an accident on Saturday morning. Through the handle of a hand-wench revolving and striking him on the top of the head his skull was fractured. He was taken to the Dunstan Hospital, where Dr Hyde removed a portion of the skull. -Evening Star, 2/10/1893.
Death.
McNamara. — At the Dunstan Hospital. Clyde, on Friday, the 6th inst., John McNamara, of Clyde, as the result of an accident while working on the Clyde dredge; aged, 50 years. Deeply regretted. -DT, 13/10/1893.
The funeral of the late Mr John McNamara, who died from the effects of the late accident on board the Clyde dredge, took place on Monday afternoon last, when his body was conveyed from the Dunstan hospital to the Clyde cemetery. As showing the respect in which he was held, we may state that there was a large attendance at his funeral, settlers coming in to attend from all parts of the district. The very impressive service of the Roman Catholic Church was conducted at the grave by the Rev. Father McGrath, and the coffin was decked with a large quantity of beautiful white floral crosses and wreaths. The deceased was a very old resident in the Dunstan district, where he had resided for about 30 years, and had, in that time, been engaged in various pursuits; for the last few years he had been engaged in mining. Of John McNamara it may be honestly said that, although of a somewhat quiet and reserved nature, he was liked and respected by all who knew him. -DT, 13/10/1893.
About a fortnight ago a sad and fatal accident occurred on board the Clyde dredge, when John McNamara, a miner and shareholder in the dredge, sustained a fracture of the skull, from which he died in the hospital on Friday evening last, consciousness never once having returned to him since the moment of the accident until his release from suffering. It would seem that the unfortunate man had occasion to attend to the -winch, and in performing the necessary work the machinery must have got beyond his control, when the handle of the winch, flying round, struck the poor fellow On the head, resulting in the injuries just described. The funeral, which took place on Saturday, was numerously attended by the people of this and other districts, where McNamara had made many friends for himself through his genial and inoffensive demeanour towards young and old who knew him. -Tuapeka Times, 14/10/1893.
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