Peck, Edward

Hutt Valley Cemetery Record Edward Peck, Date: 26 Mar 1893, Christ Church Anglican, Taita, Burial Records

Evening Post 27 March 1893
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A CHILD KILLED WHILE PLAYING.
A terrible accident occurred at the Nai Nai (sic) yesterday afternoon, the victim being a bright little fellow of ten (sic) years named Edward Peck, son of Mr. George Peck, a farmer in that district. It appears that after dinner the boy and two brothers went on to Mr. George Bowring''s property close by, and commenced to play with a waterwheel there. Edward Peck had been inside the wheel, which he had caused to revolve by climbing up on the buckets, and was in the act of stepping out when he slipped and met with an instantaneous death, his right ear being torn off and his head fearfully crushed. Dr. Whitehead was called in, and on arrival he pronounced that the boy had been killed almost instantly. Constable Cruickshank is arranging for an inquest.

Evening Post 28 March 1893
PECK.- On the 26th March, 1893, at the Nai Nai (sic), Lower Hutt, by accident, Edward, beloved son of Mr George Peck, aged 11 (sic) years. Manawatu papers please copy.
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FUNERAL NOTICE
THE Friends of Mr. George Peck are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his son, Edward, to leave his residence at the Nai Nai (sic), Lower Hutt, for the Church of England Cemetery, Taita, on Wednesday next, 29th March, 1893, at 1.30 p.m.
JOSEPH HALL.
Undertaker.
Lower Hutt, 27th March, 1893