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Thursday
1 December 1887
Greymouth -
Fatalities - 001
KILNER - Mrs,
found drowned in a tub of water ----
HAYES - a man
named Hayes was killed at Owen's Lookout
Fatalities - 001
FERGUSSON -
John aged 21 was drowned at Green Island,
Dunedin today
Friday
2 December 1887
Death - 003
KAHU -
John aged 110 years -- at
Arowhenua Pa ------- more -----
Saturday
3 December 1887
In Memoriam -
GUILLICKS - 005
A handsome marble headstone has been erected in the Addington
Cemetery to the memory of 2 young Guillicks who were
drowned in the Avon during the
floods last ----- William Guillick, aged
19 also Frederick aged 14 drowned 20 July 1887
Fatality - 006
ISAAKSON -
Jacob, living at Mauriceville, Masterton, died
---- an inquest will be held ---- married man with a
wife and 7 children.
Monday 5
December 1887
Passengers - Adelaide
-
Orient from Plymouth (Nov 4) the following passengers
booked through to New Zealand ports are Mr and Mrs Wright,
Misses Wright (2) Messrs Glen and
Toswill.
Ashburton - Fatality
- McCORMICK - 009
Edward McCormick, a labourer ------ an inquest will be held
today.
Inquest - Dunedin
- POWELL - 010
Violet Powell, evidence of Maggie
Douglas, aged 11 ---- lots more
----------
Tuesday 6
December 1887
Timaru - MEREDITH
- 015
Captain Meredith, formerly lighthouse keeper at Timaru,
died on Saturday ---- arrived at Timaru 12 years ago
in charge of the brig Craig
Ellachie -------
he was superinanuated 2 years ago.
Fatalities - 016
news received from Martin's Bay,
Captain Brebner, late of Port Chalmers, Walter Richardson, Carl Wolfe and Edward Perry were drowned
there. -----
Wednesday
7 December 1887
Obituary - Dunedin
- CALDWELL - 018
The death is announced of William Caldwell, a prominent member of
the Masonic body.
Probates - 019
WARD - Charles, to Catherine Ward
HERON - Sarah to William Hockley
KERR - William to Jane Kerr and William
Flesher
WARREN - Samuel James to John Thomas
Warren and Richard Hill Fisher
Lettters of Administration
- 019
CLARKE -
Samuel to Harry Allwright
ROBINSON -
Agnes to William Barnes Robinson.
Obituary - de Gex
REEVES - 020
Mr Walter de Gex Reeves, nephew of the Hon. W. Reeves
M.L.C. who was lately head of the Government Department of
Agriculture, has died aged 31.
----- more ---
Thursday
8 December 1887
Fatality - ROGERS
- 021
-- man named John Rogers, a labourer employed by Messrs Baynes
Bros. ---- was found in the river Avon this morning.
it was discovered by Thomas
Birch,
while crossing the Stanmore Bridge ------ at once went to the
Bingsland Police Station ------ Rogers
had been missing since Saturday evening.
Friday 9
December 1887
Inquest - ROGERS
- 024
on the body of John Rogers, found in the Avon River ----- Thomas Birch was employed
cleaning the Avon ----- Benjamin
Baynes
was a member of the firm Baynes Bros. Rogers been in their
employ about 15 years was a bachelor ------ William Philpott, knew the
deceased ----
Fatality -
SCHLIERIKE - 025
The son of a tailor was found drowned yesterday
---- the father nearly died in his attempt to rescue the
child.
Saturday
10 December 1887
Dunedin - HAYWARD
- 027
The cutter Bessie has
gone ashore at Long Point ----- her owner
Captain Charles G. Hayward for many years harbourmaster at
Catlins River. ----
The crew consisted of his sons Frank Hayward and Andrew
Hayward and William Wilson ---- Andrew was the only
one to survive ----
Invercargill -
JOHNSTON - 028
--- death of a servant girl aged 17 Jane Johnston
------
Auckland - arrived
ZEALANDIA - 029
Passengers -
Mrs T. Nightingale, Miss M. Nightingale, Mrs E.
Morrison, Miss White, Messrs J.C.Brown, Charles R.
Morrison, Albert J. Morrison, S.G.W.Murray,
R. Roskell, C.W.Rattray, W.J.Talbot,
G.Holdship, A.J. White and wife, J. White, jnr,
and 8 steerage.
Nelson - TAYLOR
- 030
John Taylor, aged 18, was killed yesterday while
felling bush ------
Monday 12
December 1887
Fatality - Dunedin
- SMELLIE - 032
Peter Smellie, aged 35, of the firm Smellie Bros. was
found dead on the railway line ----
Accident - LANGDON
- 033
--- Charles Langdon employed at Messrs Andersons' Foundry
-----
Tuesday
13 December 1887
Dunedin - HAYWARD
- 035
A search party is looking for the bodies of Captain Hayward , his son
and young Wilson, young
Hayward and Wilson are cabinet makers and only
went for the trip -------
Maintenance - RYAN
- 036
Philip and Michael Ryan were --- failing to provide for their
sister Margaret ------ more ----
Dunedin -
Inquest - SMELLIE - 037
---- Peter Orr Smellie of the Burnside smelting works
found dead on the railway line ------ was married,
leaves a wife and 4 children -------
Wednesday
14 December 1887
Accidents - 040
MURDOCH - a
little girl Florence May Murdoch was drowned
yesterday ------near the Manakau Heads
ARNOLD - John
at Upper Motoupeko, Nelson, he and brother were shearing
-----
MILLER - at
Greymouth, one of crew of Eliza
Firth ---- fell between the wharf and vessel
---- not seen since ----
Thursday
15 December 1887
Greymouth -
Accidents - 042
MILLER - the body
of William Miller, who fell between the vessel
--- was found -----
HEFFERMAN -
Joseph, a navvy on Brown's contract fell from a ledge
about 10ft, his spine is in jured ----
Saturday
17 December 1887
Fatalities - 045
FLAHERTY -
Michael, was killed by a fall of earth at a gravel
pit at Papakaio, Oamaru today he was a
single man.
Obituary - HOBBS
- 046
Mrs Hobbs, widow of the late Rev. John Hobbs, mother of the
member for the Bay of Islands, died yesterday at her
res. Auckland aged 88 years.
Monday 19
December 1887
Dunedin - FERGUSON
- 049
The body of John Ferguson, ---- who drowned at Green Island
on St Andrew's Day was found -----
Sudden Death - MOORE
- 050
A man named Richard Moore, a dairy-man living at Rhode's
Swamp, went out with his wife to catch a horse
------- an inquest will be held today.
Tuesday
20 December 1887
Inquest - MOORE
- 053
--- Robert Moore who died on Sunday morning
---- died of natural causes.
Wednesday
21 December 1887
Rangiora - BURT -
055a
--- accident at Mr C. Chinnery's Rangiora Flaxworks to a ladnamed
Alfred Burt, aged 18, son of a widow ----- lad
died in hospital.
Inquest - MOULE
- 055
An inquest was held ----- at West Melton ---- a child named
Stephen Charles Moule aged 5 years. --- died from
acute bronchitis
Ashburton Wedding -
HURY - SHURY - 056
-------- Mr Robert William Hart,
eldest son of Mr George Hart, of Winchmore,
to Miss Helen Grace Shury, eldest daughter of Mr
A.H.Shury,
of the Union Bank, Ashburton ----- groomsman Mr
Reginald Hart, brother of the groom,
------- bridesmaidsMiss Sophia Shury, and
Miss Hart
---- Miss Jenny Shury and Minnie Hart were also
bridesmaids,
Wellington -
STILLING - 057
Henry Stilling, a very old resident of the Hutt, died on
Sunday evening. His wife died 24 hours after her husband.
Thursday 22
December 1887
Inquest - MOULE
- 058
was held on Tuesday ---- on Charles
S. Moule aged 5 years -------
Friday 23
December 1887
Fatality - BARNETT
- 059
--- an infant, 12 days old, daughter of Mr
James Barnett, gardener, Sydenham, died suddenly.
Geraldine - GLASSON
- 061
A blacksmith of Hilton, named Paul Glasson --- died
on Wed. night, he had been shooting ---- talking to a
man named Woodley,
resting a loaded
gun on the ground -------- was 32 years of age, with
a wife and 3 children aged 4 and 3 and 4mths. an
inquest was held at Hilton yesterday.
Maintenance -
ROUNSLEY - 062
Charles Rounsley ---- failing to contibute to
the support of his 2 children who are inmates of the Nelson
Industrial School ----
Inquest - SHOVE
- 063
The infant child of Mr Francis Shove, of Springfield rd,
was found dead this morning an inquest will be held this
afternoon. ----
Saturday
24 December 1887
Inquest - SHOVE
- 066
an inquest --- Eva Edith Campbell Shove was held
--- at res. of Francis Shove, who was father of the 8 weeks
old child. has 4 children --- lots more ---
Tuesday
27 December 1887
Southbridge - ROTHERY
- 069
A youth aged 19, John Rothery, son of Henry
Rothery, was drowned in Lake Ellesmere on Saturday at 8
o'clock while bathing.
Naturalisation - 069a
PETTERSEN - J.T., blacksmith, Le Bon's Bay.
NAGEL - W. labourer, Taumutu.
Military Funeral -
CAMPBELL - 070
on Christmas Day the remains of pensioner Campbell (HM 57th
Regiment) were interred at Timaru. seen service in
Inkerman, Balaclava,
and Sebastopol, at Delhi and in the Maori war
----- largest ever seen in Timaru. ------
Wednesday
28 December 1887
Wellington - ADAMS -
072
George Adams, who yesterday met an accident by falling over a
cliff, died at 8 o'clock this morning.
Southbridge - Fire
- MOORHEAD - 073
---- on Monday Mr M. Moorhead ---- noticed smoke near
his stable -- found the stable, the granary and the
chaff-house on fire. --- saved the
cowshed --- more ---- 2 horses died one
belonging to Mr Moorhead, the other to Mrs Moorhead -------
Southbridge -
Inquest - ROTHERY - 073a
---- 3 men, W. Nagel,
aged 25, John Rothery, aged 19 and Henry Schnelle, aged 17
who live on the farms of Mr Rothery and Mr W. Schnelle
of Taumutu, about 7 miles from Southbridge,
went for a bathe in Lake Ellesmere ------ an inquest
was held ----
Napier - Drowned
- YOUNG - 074
A man named Murdoch Young, ----- was missed last night
----- his body was recovered this morning in the harbour.
Death at Sea -
BENCE - 075
Captain Bence of --- the steamer Coptic,
which recently arrived in England from New Zealand. Captain
Bence died shortly after the Coptic left Wellington.
Invercargill -
CRAWLEY - 076
a boy of 8 years, son of Mr T. Crawley, ex-mayor of South
Invercargill was choked yesterday ----- he suffocated
---
Thursday
29 December 1887
Wellington - ADAMS
- 078
----- Mr George Adams, a member of the Hansard staff
-- a student for the Bar ---fell over an embankment 10ft
high and injured his spine -
----- lots more ----
Maintenance - 079
FINN v Finn -----
HIGGOTT v Higgott ----
Friday 30
December 1887
Rakaia Tragedy -
DALZIEL - 081
Martha, widow of late T.Dalziel, who was barman of
the hotel ------- a very long story ------
Wellington -
Fatality - BROWN - 082
George Brown, aged about 8 years son of Mr Samuel
Brown, Mayor of Wellington, was killed this afternoon.
---- more ---
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
10 July 2009
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