Obituaries Australia

News of a dreadful shooting fatality at Glenquarry was circulated on Wednesday morning, and was received everywhere with feelings of surprise and profound sorrow. The victim was Mr. James Whatman, of Shepherd-st., Bowral, who was well known and highly esteemed throughout the district. From what can be gathered of the circumstances it appears that he had recently been working on his brother's farm at Glenquarry. On Wednesday morning he did not appear at the usual hour, and about 9 o'clock his brother, Mr. R. Whatman, heard a shot within the house when he was sleeping. On making a search to as- certain the cause, Mr. R. Whatman found his brother lying on the bed, apparently lifeless, while his left hand was grasping the barrel of a gun, and he was bleeding from a wound under the chin. Dr. Vallack was immediately summoned from Bowral, but when he arrived he pronounced life extinct. The charge of shot had entered the throat, and, passing upwards, had penetrated the brain, death evidently being instantaneous. The deceased was a married man, about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and five children—the youngest only a couple of mouths old-to mourn their great loss. He was known as a hard working, industrious, and s0ber man, and was thought to be in comfortable circumstances. It is said that before leaving his home this week he had complained of not feeling well. The terrible occurence has enlisted the heartfelt sympathy of a wide circle of friends for those so suddenly bereaved. Deceased was an old member of the Loyal Lighthouse Lodge of Oddfellows, Bowral.