Britain's "foremost "novelists and dramatists, died at Greeba Castle to-night. years of age. Death came at 10.55 o'clock. Congestion of the lungs Was announced as the cause of Sir Mall Came's passing, Lady Came and their two sons were present ut the bedside.
'At the time of his death the great writer was still hoping to complete his "Life of Christ," on Which he had been " engaged' for several years. But he left the work unfinished.
Born on May 14, 1853, Sir Hall Came was of Manx and Cumberland parentage. He was educated fin the schools of the Isle of Man and at Liverpool, He was trained to be an architect but he never practised that profession. For a tine he wrote in the "Builder" and the "Building News" until he become a journalist. Six years were spent asa leader-writer on the Liverpool "Mercury.'—United Press Sept. 5.
Sir Hall Came, the famous novelist, who died in the Isle of Man on August 81, left personal estate valued at' £200,000. A Jamount will be reali sale of his literary work.
The chief beneficiaries are his widow and two sons. To forestall the heavy death duties imposed on English estates, the novelist em-Phasised that he was permanently domiciled in the Isle of Sfan—Reuter.
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