Williams, Thomas

SAD FATAL SHOOTING.
Thomas Williams of Victoria, B.C.
Accidentally Shot.
The following from the Victoria, B.C. Colonist, refers to a brother of Mr. William Williams, Acton:- "Thomas Williams was shot and almost instantly killed at Prospect Lake yesterday morning. He and Wm. A. Rountree were visiting at Mr. Campbell's ranch at the lake and yesterday morning between eight and nine o'clock started off to hunt for deer. Each man was armed with a Winchester rifle and after they had left the house they branched off from one another, Williams going to the right and Rountree to the left. Approaching a clump of bush the men were hidden from each other's view by the trees. Rountree caught sight of a deer and raising his Winchester fired. This was followed by a cry of agony from the direction in which he shot, and Rountree in great alarm, rushing over to the spot, found Williams lying on the ground with blood flowing from a wound in the left side of the neck. The men were so near the house that Mr. Campbell also heard the cry, and fearing something was wrong hurriedly made his way to the place.
Messrs. Campbell and Rountree reached Williams almost at the same time, only to find that the unfortunate victim of the accident was dead. The bullet had struck him fair in the neck and apparently had ranged downwards through the body, with almost fatal results. He was 60 years of age, a carpenter and contractor, and lived on North Park Street. He was a widower, three daughters surviving him.
Mr. Williams was a contractor on the old R. C. Church, Guelph, and built the Parliament Buildings at Victoria.