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Saturday
2
January 1875
Inquest - Rangiora
- 003 & 006
LILLEY - Thursday last
Frederick Lilley, age 38 yrs --- widow Agnes Lilley
-- neighbour Mr and Mrs Luens -----
Mrs Lucas and Mrs Scott
---- John Scott, I
am a tailor, ------ Charles
Anderson - I am a sailmaker living in Rangiora
------
William Adcock Burrows -
I am a duly qualified medical
practitioner resing in Rangiora -----
Inquest - PURVIS
- 006a
Jessie Purvis aged 4 years and 3 mths, who was drowned in
the Cam Mill race last Thursday ----- daughter of Mr James
Purvis, miller, who on 30 December went with
her 2 sisters and a brother to play in the mill. ------
Monday 4 January 1875
Inquest - MORRISON -
007 & 008
John Morrison, aged about 35 - 40, seaman on board brig. Wave ----- James
McKenzie, master, said deceased was an AB on board
the vessel ----
Charles McLean ---
I was on
board the vessel and have known the deceased for 3mths
-------- Donald McKenzie
and John Nicol helped him to
bed. ---
William Franks,
sailor, gave similar
evidence ---- conclusion - died
from suffocation.
Monday 11
January 1875
Presentation - 010
MAYO - a handsome tea and coffee service,
recently presented to Mr Mayo -- resigning mastership of the district
school, Papanui.
Inquest - GRANT
- 011
W.K.Grant, who was found dead in his bed on Saturday ---
George Clark -
deceased came to my house on 25 Nov. ----
was in the habit of taking sleeping draughts ---- Frank
Morice, constable of police ------ Dr Llewellyn
Powell, ---- death by natural causes.
Murder in Lyttelton -
THOMPSON - 012
A young girl a Miss Isabella Thompson, aged 13, daughter of a
shipwright employed on the tunnel wharf. ----- an inquest
will be held ---- lots more -----
Fatality - GRANT -
013
A middle-aged man named W.K.Grant, who has been employed at Mr
Fussell, chemist, Colombo st, was found dead in bed on
Saturday morning. He was lodging at Mr Clark's, Hereford
st, -------
Fatality - Akaroa - 014
SAYLE & NALDER
- yacht capsized --- Mr Sayle and C. Allan Nalder,
solicitor, were drowned, Messrs A.Westenra and W.Simms swam
ashore ---
Tuesday 12
January 1875
Lyttelton - 015
THOMPSON - the
inquest was held on the murdered girl and the funeral took place
today -----
Lyttelton - 016
JOICE -
Robert, ---- accident at the tunnel wharf.-- waggon struck
him on the head ---- progressing favourably.
Inquest at Lyttelton -
THOMPSON - 017 & 018 & 019
Isabella Thompson ---- John
Bailey, a lad living in St David's
street, --- Mr
Pember's orchard ---- told a man
named Thomas Rouse, who
sent his brother Richard
Rouse ---- sent for Dr Rouse
---- John Blair Thompson,
father of the deceased ---- would
be aged 12 on 13th January ----- James Allan, am a
mate aboard the Canterbury, I know John Mercer, he is a cook and
steward on board. ----- J. Russell, I am the master of the
schooner Canterbury ----
inquest adjourned for 8 days.
Fatal Accident at Akaroa - 020
The yacht Ripple, built
at Port Chalmers was brought to Lyttelton
to compete in the regatta, which she won. ---- Mr
Sayle, who was at the regatta as captain of the Akaroa 4 oar crew --
took a fancy for and purchased her. Mr Sayle, Mr C.Allan Nalder, Mr A.Westenra of the Bank of NZ
and Mr W.Simms started
for a cruise ------ both men who drowned are single.
--- long column ------
Thursday 14 January 1875
Maintenance - 021
WHEATLEY - R. was
charge with neglecting to maintain his
wife and child ------- more -----
Saturday 16
January 1875
Inquest at Akaroa - 022
LOW - Ernest
Low, M.D. inquest held on 14 January ----
Wednesday
20 January 1875
Adjourned Inquest -
THOMPSON - 026 &
027 & 028 & 029
Isabella Thompson --- was resumed yesterday ---- John
Darcy, I am a cook on board the schooner Cleopatra
----- Nathan
Percy - I am a seaman, I was
lately employed on the Canterbury ----- John
Skeet, I am a seaman and live in oxford st,
Lyttelton
------ Robert Russell - I
am a carpenter residing at in
Christchurch --- I was in a railway carriage going to
Christchurch by the 6pm train ---- Annie Rouse, I live with
my father and mother at the cnr of Ripon st and Oxford st
------
Susannah Toomey - I am a widow
living in Lyttelton -------
John Hall,
carpenter, residing in Christchurch
Thursday 21
January 1875
Slaughtering Licenses - 031
BULL - Frederick,
applied for a license in the Malvern district --- stand over ----
BULL -
Frederick, applied for a license in the Avon
district, near the Papanui Borough School
-------- stood over for a week ----
Licenses Granted - 031
DIXON - T. Hoon Hay
road --
GILMOUR - John,
Sandhills,
HANSON - J.E. Spreydon.
MARCHANT - F. and
C. Shand's Track.
New Zealand Produce Company -
STACE - Harry,
Springston.
Adjourned -
McRAE - Samuel,
Malvern
REID - Alex, Malvern.
WESTENRA - F. Selwyn.
Maintenance - 033
HOBBS - John, for
neglecting to maintain his son Henry Hobbs, a storekeeper
at Hororata ------
Fatal Accident - Sumner -
034 & 035
-- loss of 3 lives occurred on the Sumner bar, Messrs Joseph Day, and Alfred Day, old residents of
Sumner, George Terry,
storekeeper, Charles Morton,
(age 14) son of Mr J.W.Morton, hotel. ------
Terry leaves a wife and one child. ---- Bonn was a pattern maker working
for Mr John Anderson of Christchurch -- he was also married but had no
children. ---- lots more -----
Friday 22 January 1875
Sumner Accident -
BONN - 041 &
042
An inquest of Hector Bonn was held on Thursday
afternoon, Joseph
Day, said I with others went to
Whitewash to fish and on our return ----- our boat turned
over all thrown out and Bush
held on to me and we got
to the bottom of the boat ---- I had charge of the
boat ---- G. Marshall,
a carrier residing at
Christchurch -- found deceased's body near the Cave
Rock --- verdict accidentally drowned.
Saturday 23
January 1875
Death
- 048
MITCHELL -
Captain, who came up from Otago to take charge of the ship Jessie
Readman, died this morning.
Fatal Accident at the Waitaki
- ANDERSON - 049 & 050
Miss Jennie Anderson (age 20 Mrs Frank Verten) had been
drowned
trying to cross the Waitaki on Sunday. -- was performing at
the
Volunteer Hall Saturday night. --- the troupe comprising Mr and
Mrs
Verten, Mr Llewellyn Thomas (harpist) and Mr
J.H.Gregg ------- a
very long column -------
Monday 25
January 1875
Sumner Accident - 052
BONN - The remains of
Hector
A.Bonn -- drowned in the recent accident at Sumner were interred
at
the Scotch cemetery yesterday ------
Tuesday 26
January 1875
Accident aboard MEROPE
- 055
LAMBERT - a
German, had his
right hand caught in a cog wheel and smashing a great
portion of the
hand. --- taken to hospital -----
Thursday
28 January 1875
Accident at Lyttelton - 061
JOICE - A man named Joice was
hurt by a pile falling on his head at the
Lyttelton Tunnel wharf, he died this morning.
Friday 29
January 1875
Fatality - LEWIS -
062
A man named Lewis (on 30th is JEWIS)
residing at the Heathcote Valley, died suddenly yesterday,
some time
ago he was thrown from a truck on the
railway and fell on his head ----
--- an inquest will be held today.
Saturday 30
January 1875
Inquest
- JEWIS - previously reported as Lewis -
064
Thomas Jewis, a blacksmith, aged 43 --- clearing piles for
the new
wharf at Lyttelton ---- deceased skull was
fractured -------
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
9 May 2010
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