Friday 2 January 1874

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 27th instant, Mrs. D. MACDONALD of a son.

BIRTH at Sunnyside, Port Elizabeth, on the 26th instant, Mrs. William HUME of a son.

BIRTH on the 27th December 1873 at Murraysburg, Mrs. SISSISON of a daughter, still-born.

DIED at Middelburg on Sunday 28th instant, Margaretha, only and beloved daughter of Isidor and Natalia FRIEDLANDER, at the early age of 1 year and 8 months, deeply lamented.
Middelburg, December 30th 1873

SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Mr. Frank ANDERSON left Dordrecht on Wednesday last to join Mr. MULLER’s wagons, having a revolver with him. On his arrival there he took the revolver out of the holster and placed it on the ground. Mr. Walter CATHERINE immediately picked it up. Mr. ANDERSON begged him not to touch it, saying “Be careful: it is loaded.” He had scarcely said so when the pistol exploded in the hands of CATHERINE, the bullet entering ANDERSON’s right breast and lodging somewhere in the back. The bullet has not yet been extracted.

[Issues for January 6,9,13,16, 20, 23, 27 and 30 are missing from the collection at the British Library]

Tuesday 3 February 1874

DEATH on the 25th inst, William John, third son of Robert DUNLOP and Harriet Louisa BUCHANAN, aged 7 years, 11 months and 25 days.

Tuesday 10 February 1874

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 8th inst, the wife of Mr. John PATERSON of a son.

CART ACCIDENT
On Wednesday week while Mrs. HINWOOD, of Blaauwkrantz, was on her way to Bedford, accompanied by her son and daughter, the cart they were in was accidentally capsized. The HINWOOD family escaped with a few scratches, but the unfortunate driver, a white man named JAMES, fell on his head, and received such serious injuries that he died on the following Friday.

THREE MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED – A SAD DEATH
It was learned in town yesterday morning that three men who were engaged in quarrying, two miles and a half from Wellington, for the railway, had been seriously injured. It seems that the men, who are supposed to have been sailors, had on Tuesday last rammed home a charge of gunpowder, and the fuse would not ignite. Yesterday morning they returned to their work, and it is supposed that some of the instruments struck fire and ignited the powder, which threw up the rock, damaging two men severely about the face and the other one about the thighs and wrists. A special train, consisting of a carriage and locomotive, was bringing the sufferers to town. At Lady Grey’s Bridge the Stationmaster was seen to pass over the rails and make the necessary signals for the train to pass on. He then waited for the engine to come up, and when it was within a few yards of him he either fell accidentally or threw himself on the rails. The train passed over him; it was going very slowly, and in about a hundred and fifty yards it was stopped. On returning to the station it was found that the unfortunate Stationmaster was a mangled corpse. His feet were cut off, his body was crushed, and his head was dreadfully battered. He was not quite dead when he was picked up. The mass of pulp-like flesh heaved a heavy sigh and life had fled. The man’s name was SMITH, and his father was once ranger of the Cape Downs. The wife, who was in quite a frenzy, told those who had alighted from the train that he had been taking too much liquor during the last few days, and they had quarrelled, and so it is left to an uncertainty whether the poor fellow met his death by accident or met it at his own will and desire. It is a very sad case anyhow, and Mrs. SMITH is left helpless with four young children, who will have now to look to her for support. – Standard

Tuesday 17 February 1874

MARRIED at Trinity Church on the 12th instant, by the Rev. W. Greenstock, R.W. METELERKAMP, son of W.S. METELERKAMP Esq., of Zuur Bron, to Frances Emily, third daughter of the late J.J. D’EWES Esq., Fountain Farm, Addo Heights.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 13th February, the wife of Mr. George SCAER of a son.

BIRTH at Kraggakamma on the 12th instant, Mrs. T.W. TITTERTON of a son.

DIED on February 13, 1874, Mr. John MONKMAN, formerly of Burton Agnes, Yorkshire, aged 54 years.

OBITUARY
During the past few days that fell reaper Death has been busy in our midst, and old and young have been cut off from the land. Among those whose decease it is our painful duty to chronicle, we find the name of Mr. John MONKMAN, who died on Friday last, at a comparatively early age. Mr. MONKMAN, who has been for many years a resident of this town, was highly respected, having won for himself the esteem of his fellow-citizens by his probity and genial disposition. After a military career in the 2nd Regiment (Queen’s Royals), he settled down in this town, and of late years has been engaged in wool-pressing, with which business he was connected up to the time of his death.

DEATH OF MR. JAMES ISBELL
It is with sincere regret, which we believe will be shared by the whole community, that we learn that Mr. James ISBELL, for many years Postmaster of Uitenhage, died yesterday morning, in the Port Elizabeth Hospital. Mr. ISBELL has been suffering for a long time from the breaking out of an old wound he received in the leg many years ago, while in the Royal Navy, by a rope coiling round the limb. He was removed to the Hospital a few weeks ago, and the doctors, after consultation, resolved upon amputation. This was performed with remarkable skill by Dr DUNSTERVILLE, in the presence of Dr. ARNOLD of Graaff-Reinet, and all the medical gentlemen of Port Elizabeth. The writer of this notice spent an hour with the patient a few days before the operation. He was then exceedingly cheerful and hopeful, stating that he knew he had the most skillful and attentive staff in the colony, and with God’s blessing all would be well. Notwithstanding his high spirits and the skill of the operator, the shock was too much for a shattered constitution and [he] gradually drooped until yesterday morning, when the end came. Mrs. ISBELL attended him from the time of the operation to his death. We tender our heartfelt sympathy. – Uitenhage Times.

Friday 20 February 1874

MARRIED at Trinity Church, Port Elizabeth, on the 14th February 1874, by the Rev. W. Greenstock, William Henry Charles BIDEN to Marion, second daughter of W. ATMORE Esq., Government Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer, of Seymour.

A GUN ACCIDENT
A few days ago, whilst out shooting game near Bedford, Mr. W. KEEN met with an accident which nearly cost him his life. When driving in a cart with a gun, the butt-end resting on the bottom, it suddenly discharged, probably caused by a sudden jolt, and its contents fired upwards, the ball grazing Mr. KEEN’s face, leaving an ugly mark on the cheek, sent his hat flying, and damaged the cart tent. – Journal.

Friday 27 February 1874

BIRTH at Hillside House on Wednesday the 25th February, the wife of A.J. MACDONALD of a daughter.

MARRIED on the 20th January at Christ Church, Lancaster-gate, by the Rev. W.H. Fowle, Vicar of Milverton, Somerset, Alfred Cecil PADDAY Esq., of Penang, seventh son of J. PADDAY Esq. of Inverness-terrace, to Katharine Antoinetta, second daughter of Alfred EBDEN Esq., of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope.

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 22nd instant, of White Sore Throat, after ten days’ suffering, Junette Catherine Maude Woolacott, beloved daughter of Jacob and Catherine BREDELL, aged 2 years, 8 months and 21 days. Relatives and friends will please accept this notice.

DIED at 28 Southernhay, Exeter, England, on the 24th November 1873, Mary Browne, the beloved wife of Capt. M.H. PENFOLD R.N.R., SS Edinburgh Castle, deeply regretted.

DIED February 24th, William Robert, son of Robert and Hannah FOWLER, aged 9 months and 4 days.

Tuesday 3 March 1874

MARRIED on the 19th February at St.Mary’s Terrace, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. J.C. Macintosh, David HENDERSON to Ellen Mary Lord, youngest daughter of the late W.B. FRAMES Esq.

INSANE
A meeting of the paternal and maternal relations of the insane person John CULLINAN will be held before the Resident Magistrate of Stockenstrom on Friday the 27th March next, to select some fit and proper person to be appointed, jointly with William Henry BATES, curator dative of the said insane person, in the room of John Crichton BELL, deceased.

Friday 6 March 1874

BIRTH on the 3rd instant, Mrs. ALLENBERG of a son.

DIED on the 18th January 1874, of congestion of the lungs, Frederick DIVER, Commander of Union S.S. Company’s Steamer “Teuton”.

MARRIED on the 19th February, at Bethulie, O.F.S., by Rev. S. Rapaport, Julius HEIMANN to Sarah NORDEN.

Friday 13 March 1874

DEATH FROM EXPOSURE
On Tuesday afternoon a German named Samuel GREEBER was found lying in the Market-square, in a very exhausted condition. He was at once removed to the Provincial Hospital, where he died a quarter of an hour after admission.

Tuesday 17 March 1874

DIED at Willow Park on the 2nd inst, Vincent Charles, eldest son of John and Emma SLATER, aged 3 years 3 months and 13 days.

On Sunday afternoon there was quite a large gathering of members of friendly societies to assist at the funeral obsequies of the late Mr. George Charles INGLE, who died in the Hospital on the 12th inst, after a painful illness. The Foresters and Good Templars, of which deceased was a member, mustered to the number of about two hundred, to honour the remains of their departed brother. The chaplain of the Foresters, Bro. the Rev. S. BROOK, delivered a very telling address to the assemblage in St.Mary’s Church, urging upon all present the necessity of being prepared for another world. The interment took place in St.Mary’s Cemetery, the funeral orations of the Foresters and Templars being read over the grave by the duly-appointed officers.

Friday 20 March 1874

DIED on the 19th instant, at the Family Residence of his Son-in-Law, Mr. SHAW, North-end, Mr. George CLAYTON, Hairdresser, aged 47 years.
The Funeral will take place tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 4 o’clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.
Timothy LEE, Undertaker
Port Elizabeth, March 20, 1874

Tuesday 24 March 1874

REMOVAL
J. BREDELL
Organ Builder, Professional Pianoforte Tuner and Repairer of all kinds of Musical Instruments, begs to inform the Gentry and Public of Port Elizabeth that he has removed from his old premises in Main-street, and requests that in future all orders may be left for him with J.W.C. MACKAY, Bookseller and Stationer, 40 Main-street, and which will receive his immediate attention.

ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
On Tuesday last a party of gentlemen, among them Mr. George LEES, salesman to Messrs. COOPER, DRUMMOND & Co., left the town of Somerset East for a day’s shooting, and went onto the Bushberg. Two of the party were a little in advance, the remainder of them, VON DEN BROEK, LANGFORD and LEES had halted to rest a little. When about to proceed, LANGFORD, who had been carrying the gun, was in the act of raising it, to carry it over his shoulder, and at the moment, most unfortunately, it went off spontaneously. LEES, who had been standing in front of LANGFORD, a few paces removed, flung up his arms and fell backwards, and it was a few seconds before his friends realised the terrible truth that poor LEES was shot. The party in advance rushed back, and upon examination it was found that the shot was fatal. The charge entered the upper part of the brow, passing out about the crown of the head and carrying off part of the scalp. For about half an hour there were some faint signs of life, but no word was spoken by him, in fact there was no evidence of consciousness, and he shortly expired.

Friday 27 March 1874

MEETINGS IN INTESTATE ESTATES
A meeting of the next of kin and creditors of the late Jessie Helen HUNTLEY was held before the Resident Magistrate on Wednesday morning, when Mr. Frederick HOLLAND was appointed executor dative. At the same time and place Mr. William Martin INNES was appointed executor dative to the intestate estate of the late Dr. James Rose INNES.

Tuesday 31 March 1874

BIRTH on the 29th March 1874, at Port Elizabeth, the wife of A.O. HORWOOD of a daughter.

BIRTH on the 15th inst, Mrs. William WILSON of a son.

DIED at her Residence, Prospect Hose, on the Hill, on the 29th inst, Maria Sarah, wife of Mr. William WILSON, aged 42 years.

DIED Feb 12th at Torquay, Devonshire, John Brabazon VIVIAN, Commander R.N., second son of Lord VIVIAN, aged 37.