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Monday 3
December 1877
AMOS - 000
Richard Amos, ----- at Christchurch
Hospital, was at Leeston -----
Tuesday 4
December 1877
Accidents - 001
CROW - Mr
Crow, driving a light dog cart ---- horse bolted ---
carried into shop of Mr Price, chemist, --- bruised
and shaken.
CORNELIUS - Miss
---- of Timaru -- thrown from her horse near Washdyke
---severely hurt ---
NEWTON
- and a lad were waiting in veichle ---
Toomer's brass band came round the corner, ----- horse
broke free -----
Gored by a bull -
PANNETT - 002
Mr Pannett of Lincoln ---- feeding the bull ---- rope got
of the animals nose ---- gored him in the groin ---
Wednesday
5 December 1877
Neglected children -
WATSON - 004
Charles Watson, aged 9 years ---- sent to the
Industrial School, Burnham ------
Friday 7
December 1877
Accident - SCHMIDT
- 006
on Wednesday --- a number of men were filling a shingle
pit near the Ashley township, the side fell in ---
almost covering a young man named John Schmidt.
--- found he had a leg broken below the knee ----
Saturday
8 December 1877
Subscription -
ODDINOTT - 007
the railway employees have subscribed almost 250 pounds on behalf
of the widow and family of the late Henry Oddinott, who was
killed on the railway
a few days ago.
Tuesday
11 December 1877
Accident - EADDY
- 008
about 2pm yesterday a man named Thomas Eaddy, who resides at
Fendaltown was driving a horse and dray along -----took
fright and bolted ----
no damage was done to the dray.
Accident - Balclutha -
STEVENSON - 010
-- William Stephenson, a saw sharpener, --
found his wife dead in the passage, an inquest will be held
tomorrow.
Wednesday
12 December 1877
Dunedin - WEBB
- 013
a man named John Webb employed on Anderson's Bay railway
line was crushed to death by a fall of stones on 5
December.
Friday 14
December 1877
Inquests - Balclutha -
015
STEVENSON -
at the inquest at Catlin's River on Mrs Stevenson
---- leaves 6 children.
DUTTON - burning of
Dutton' house on 7 December ------ she got her
children out and some furniture, her husband was not at home.
------
Monday 17
December 1877
Presentation -
BRITTAN - 022
------ breaking up for the Christmas holidays of the Christchurch
west schools, presented Miss Brittan, the
headmistress with a very elegant opera glass
as a token of their affection and esteem.
Tuesday
18 December 1877
Inquest - FRASER
- 023 & 024
-- a girl named Isabella Fraser, ---- drowned on Saturday
night or Sunday morning ----- inquest adjourned till Thursday
-----
Wednesday
19 December 1877
Auckland - FRASER
- 025
--- the girl Fraser found drowned on Sunday at Shelly Beach
has met with foul play -----
Kumara - GIBBONS
- 026
A miner named Henry Gibbons, killed in the claim at the
Larrikin's, leaves a wife and 9 children in very poor
circumstances.
Subscriptions are being raised for them.
Thursday
20 December 1877
Fatal Accident -
O'BRIEN - 027
---- a fishing boat belonging to James Snoswell?,
of Lyttelton, capsized in Pigeon Bay, and on occupant named
Thomas O'Brien was drowned -----
Mr Robinson, of Pigeon
Bay extremely zealous in trying to restore life ----
deceased was well known in Victoria some years ago as a
jockey. residing
on the Peninsula some 3-4 years not thought to have any
relatives in this country, age 40 years ---------
Friday 21
December 1877
Inquest - O'BRIEN -
028
--- held at Lyttelton on Thomas O'Brien who was
drowned at Pigeon Bay on Wednesday ---- William AGER
stated he was a fisherman and knew the deceased ----
left Lyttelton in a fishing boat with deceased and James Snoswell and Richard WINGROVE. ------
long column ----
Saturday
22 December 1877
Dunedin - Fatal accident - GOUGH - 029
a fatal accident occurred at Port Chalmers last night. a
man named Francis Gough fell down the graving dock
------
Wednesday
26 December 1877
Accident - GURDLER
- 033
--- a milk cart belonging to Mr David Gurdler of Tuam
street, was left --- in charge of Mr Gurdler's 2 lads
Walter and Albert --- horse took fright and
bolted ---- boys had a few bruises.
Thursday
27 December 1877
Obituary - COTTERELL
- 034
The Late Mr George. Cotterell - the Wellington Post of 17
December says ---- death on Saturday last ---
Mr Cotterell who was a brother of Dr Cotterell,
of Nelson. was for some time 2nd master at Nelson
College ----- a few years ago married Miss Isabella Carandini,
-------
Friday 28
December 1877
Drowning - LEE
- 035
a sad accident occurred on boxing day in the Waimakiriri river,
between kowai Pass and Sheffield when a young man named
John Lee was drowned
while attempting to cross the river in a dray.
---- an inquest will be held today.
Akaroa - BUNNY -
036
A man named John Bunny, while assisting to take a cow
to a slaughter yard was gored in the stomach ---- no
hope given for his recovery
Saturday
29 December 1877
Inquest - DOIG
- 037
at an inquest held --- George Doig, a butcher
in the employ of Mr Peiper ----------
Monday 31
December 1877
Case of stabbing -
METCALF - 038
--- a woman had been stabbed. ---- a man named Smith
had struck a woman ---- with some instrument -----
they came out on the ship Hereford some
3 years ago as man and wife his real name being
Metcalf --- working as a wheelwright and jobbing smith
-------
Maintenance - MURPHY
- 039
Michael Murphy was --- payment for the support
of his mother ------
Assault - SMITH
- 040
William Peter Smith was charged with having violently
assaulted his reputed wife ---- remanded until
Thursday.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
12 January 2009
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