[Issues for Apr 10 and May 5,8 and 12 are missing from the collection at the British Library]

Friday 3 April 1874

SHOCKING ACCIDENT
About three o’clock on Tuesday afternoon a quarryman named Francis CUSLETT was employed in the quarries in the rear of Rudolf-street, when he met with a serious accident. He was about to fire a charge, when by some means or other a piece of the burning fuse fell upon a 14lb keg of powder. A terrible explosion followed, and the poor fellow was shockingly mutilated. He had a deep cut on one arm and under his chin, one wrist bone was broken, and his head, face, body and legs scorched and burnt. He was at once removed to the Hospital, where his hand was amputated and his serious wounds attended to.

Tuesday 7 April 1874

Guardian Assurance and Trust Company of Port Elizabeth
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS
In the Estate of Samuel WELSFORD of Exeter, Devonshire, formerly of Port Elizabeth.
All Persons claiming to be Creditors of the above Estate are requested to file their Claims at this Office, Main-street, Port Elizabeth, within six weeks from this date; and Debtors thereto are required to settle their Accounts at the same place, within the same period, or legal proceedings will be instituted against them.
Francis H. CARPENTER
Secretary Guardian Company
Executor Dative
Port Elizabeth, 27th March 1874

Guardian Assurance and Trust Company of Port Elizabeth
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS
In the Testate Estate of John MONKMAN of Port Elizabeth, wool presser.
All Persons claiming to be Creditors of the above Estate are requested to file their Claims at this Office, Main-street, Port Elizabeth, within six weeks from this date; and Debtors thereto are required to settle their Accounts at the same place, within the same period, or legal proceedings will be instituted against them.
Francis H. CARPENTER
Joseph SIMPSON q.q. J.E. BRUTON
Executors
Port Elizabeth, 27th March 1874

BIRTH on the 6th instant, Mrs. A. BARSDORF of a son.

Tuesday 14 April 1874

MARRIED on the 8th inst. at the Church of St.Mary, by the Venerable Archdeacon White and the Rev. E. Pickering, C. Rickman (Denis), son of Harry O’FLAHERTY Esq., late of Folkestone, to Mary, eldest daughter of William JECKS Esq. J.P., County of Suffolk.
[Transcriber’s note: Marriage certificate shows that groom’s full name is Caleb Rickman O’FLAHERTY]

BIRTH at Uitenhage on the 10th April, the wife of G.W. CAITHNESS, of New Year’s Kop, Alexandria, of a son.

BIRTH on the 11th instant, Mrs. M.M. LOUBSER of a son.

DIED on the 8th instant at No.1 Cora Terrace, Cecilia Orford (Lily), youngest daughter of the late Henry Joseph SHERMAN, aged 16 years.

DIED at Queen’s Town, Cape of Good Hope, John Macgill HEPBURN, aged 33 years, late accountant of the Queen’ Town Bank, eldest son of the Rev. E.D. HEPBURN, Uitenhage. Relicts, a Young Widow and Infant Daughter.
Relatives in Scotland, England and Canada will please accept of this notice.

NARROW ESCAPE
On Tuesday afternoon a child of Mr. Peter POTE’s, about two years of age, fell from the upper story [sic] of the verandah in front of his house, a depth of eighteen or twenty feet, to the ground. Wonderful to relate, the child escaped with nothing more serious than a few bruises. – Penny Mail.

Tuesday 21 April 1874

BIRTH at Burghersdorp on the 28th March, Mrs. James MOSENTHAL of a son.

BIRTH at Middelburg on the 17th April 1874, the wife of Mr. R.J. TAYLOR of a daughter.

DREADFUL GUN ACCIDENT
We regret to hear of a terrible accident that happened some days ago, on the farm Leeuwdans, in this district, by which a girl of 11, named Johanna Alberta MARE, lost her life. It appears that on the day in question, Carel STOREBECK (a trader from Cradock) was standing in the front room of the farm-house, and was doing something to the lock of a loaded gun, when it suddenly exploded. The deceased was at that moment coming in the doorway, and the bullet unfortunately struck her almost full in the forehead. She fell, covered with blood, and STOREBECK, terrified at the fearful catastrophe, ran away. On receipt of the intelligence here, Dr. FEHRSEN was sent out and made a post mortem examination of the body. He found that she had lingered for about an hour after the accident, the bullet having passed in an upward direction, crushing the skull. The bereaved parents have our heartiest sympathy in the terrible affliction that has so suddenly befallen them. As for the unfortunate man who has caused this distress, and who is now in the hnads of the authorities, having given himself up shortly after the mishap, he may have to answer for his carelessness before a court of justice, and we trust this will be a warning to him to be more careful in future. It is most astonishing notwithstanding the dreadful accidents that are daily occurring, hoe careless people are with firearms. – Cradock Register.

Tuesday 28 April 1874

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 25th instant, Charles WHITCOMB Esq., Attorney-at-Law, aged 78 years.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
A young man named Thos. LOUGHLIN unfortunately met his death yesterday while engaged on the railway trucks. He was standing between the railway engine and the trucks, when through the slipping of a plank they came into collision, crushing the poor fellow most frightfully. He died twenty minutes after the accident, and leaves a young wife and child.

Friday 1 May 1874

MARRIED at St.Augustine’s Church, Port Elizabeth, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Glynn, Michael MULLEN to Miss Ellen LYONS.

Friday 15 May 1874

MARRIED at Dordrecht on the 12th instant, by the Rev. H.H. Dugmore, Julius VON MENGERSHAUSEN to Martha, eldest daughter of M.H. WILHELM, Chemist at Dordrecht.

BIRTH at Knysna on the 2nd May, the wife of Mr. W. LLOYD of a son.

SUDDEN DEATH
A carpenter named Alfred SMITH, residing at Lady Grey, died suddenly a few days ago, caused by the bursting of a blood vessel.

THE LASH
Mr. Recorder BARRY is apparently a firm believer in the efficacy of the lash. Nearly all the prisoners convicted before him at the Circuit Court recently held at Kimberley were sentenced to be flogged. Three years’ imprisonment and thirty-six lashes appear to be the orthodox punishment of cattle-stealing.

Tuesday 19 May 1874

MARRIED on the 14th instant at Trinity Church, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. W. Greenstock, Frederick Henry, son of Eden BAKER Esq., St.Helena, to Jane, third daughter of the late Robert M. PRITCHARD Esq., Collector of Customs, St.Helena. No cards.

One by one the original British Settlers of this Province are passing away. On Thursday night Mr. James WALLACE, who arrived in the Colony in 1817, died at Collingham, at a ripe old age. He came out with MOODIE’s Scotch party.

Friday 22 May 1874

DENTAL OFFICE REMOVED
At the solicitation of numerous Patients, who have favoured me with their confidence, I have determined to make Port Elizabeth my Permanent Residence, and have removed to the secluded and convenient premises in Chape Lane, second door below the residence of Doctor DUNSTERVILLE.
A.J. SYMONDS, Dentist
NB Please remember the New Address

Tuesday 26 May 1874

THE LATE MR. J.W. ESTMENT
The death, after a long and painful illness, of this respected citizen, is recorded in today’s issue. The deceased was one whose character was held in the highest esteem by those connected with him, both in his social and commercial relations. – Journal.

SUDDEN DEATHS
On Thursday last an old man named Richard HAWES, for many years resident in this town, was found dead in his miserable hut in the Valley. – On Sunday morning a pauper named Thomas MOLSOP died suddenly at the North-end. He had just finished singing, when he fell down and expired.

Friday 29 May 1874

BIRTH on the 28th May, the wife of Mr. G.H. WEDEKIND of a son.

SUDDEN DEATHS
Since our last two very sudden deaths have occurred in this city. On Saturday morning Mr. J. SHORT died suddenly in his bed, and in the evening Mr. John CARNEY fell down in a fit, at his residence in Beaufort-street, and died immediately. – Star.

OBITUARY
It is our painful duty to record the sudden decease of Captain James MASON, who departed this life at Kinkelbosch on Tuesday last, in his fifty-second year. From the particulars to hand we learn that, during a conversation with one of his servants, he suddenly fell back in his bar, and expired, in an apoplectic fit. Captain MASON was an old and highly respected inhabitant of this town, having exercised the avocation of hotel-keeper here for some fourteen years. For ten years he was in the employ of Messrs. Falconer & Mercer of London, and sailed the vessels Ealing Grove, Hero of the Nile and Alexandrina between England and this colony. He then abandoned the sea and, with his family, took up his residence in Port Elizabeth. Finding his health failing, about three years ago Capt. MASON paid a visit to the Mother Country, and returned after a prolonged stay, occupying a position at the North-end. A few months ago he purchased “Kinkelbosch”, where he died, as above stated, in his fifty-second year. Captain MASON was generally respected throughout the town as a genial host, a firm friend, and a respectable member of our community. Yesterday afternoon the funeral procession, including quite a number of friends and acquaintances, left Steinman’s Masonic Hotel, and proceeded to St.Mary’s Church. The procession then wended its way to St.Mary’s Cemetery, where the mortal remains of James MASON were deposited, awaiting the universal arising. The Rev. E. PICKERING read the funeral service, and P.M. J. BELL delivered an oration over the grave on behalf of the Masonic fraternity.

Tuesday 2 June 1874

DEPARTED THIS LIFE at Riversdale, on Sunday the 31st May 1874, after a long illness, and nine months after the death of his beloved Wife, William WHITE Esq., Deputy Sheriff and Notary Public, aged 51 ears, leaving a young family to mourn their loss.

Friday 5 June 1874

BIRTH at Sunnyside, near Port Elizabeth, on Friday 5th June, the wife of L.L. MICHELL Esq. of a daughter.

Friday 12 June 1874

BIRTH on 5th inst. at Uitenhage, the wife of R.G. LAMB Esq., L.R.C.P. Irel. Of a son.

DEPARTED THIS LIFE on Tuesday morning, the 2nd instant, at half past 1 o’clock, Elizabeth, the beloved Wife of the Rev. W.C. WEBB, deeply regretted by her sorrowing Relatives and Friends.
Cape Town, 4th June 1874.

We exceedingly regret to notice in the Cape papers an announcement of the death of Mrs. WEBB, wife of the Rev. W.C. WEBB, which sad event occurred on the 2nd inst. Three or four months ago Mr. and Mrs. WEBB left this port for England, but Mrs. WEBB was unavoidably detained in Cape Town, and Mr. WEBB proceeded on his voyage home. The news of his wife’s death will be a severe blow to him, and will be felt by his numerous friends in this Province.

Tuesday 16 June 1874

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on 12th June 1874, the wife of Alphonzo TAYLOR Esq. of a son.

DEATH OF MR. H.M. BARKLY
We much regret to hear of the death of this gentleman, a younger son of His Excellency Sir H. BARKLY, which took place a few days ago on Mr. J.B. EVANSs’ farm, near [Sch…..berg]. The deceased had been on a visit to Port Elizabeth, and caught a cold on his return, which resulted in his death.
[Transcriber’s note: The place name is out of focus. There is a plaque commemorating Henry Melvill BARKLY here]

Friday 19 June 1874

MARRIAGE on the 5th May at St.John’s Presbyterian Church, Forest Hill, London, by the Rev. William Boyd, assisted by the Rev. J. Banks and the Rev. George Clark Hutton, of the United Presbyterian Church, Charles Vine, fifth son of the late W.J. HOLLEBONE Esq., of Park House, Catford Bridge, Kent, to Sarah Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Alexander WARES Esq., of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

DIED at Queen’s Town on the 10th June 1874, at the residence of her son, Mr. Richard WRIGHT, Mrs. Elizabeth WRIGHT, relict of the late Mr. Joseph WRIGHT, after a lingering illness of thirteen years, aged 76 years. Deceased came to this Colony with the Settlers of 1820.

SUDDEN DEATH
A case of very sudden death occurred in this city on Saturday last, when a man named William HARVEY, a German gardener, fell down dead while following his occupation. Deceased was a member of the Good Templars of this city, and the Order turned out in full force, to the number of about 100, at his interment. – Journal.

HORRIBLE DEATH
We hear that child named VAN LINGE met with a terrible death this week, on the farm Zaaifontein. There is a water-mill on the farm, the machinery of which suddenly stopped, and upon search being made, the unfortunate child alluded to was found crushed to death in the works. – Richmond Era.

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE
We regret to announce that between the 5th and 9th inst. Mr. C.M. HOWES, of Dordrecht, lost three young children through illness. The first, a fine young boy of nearly six years old, died on Friday week; on Sunday a little girl of two years breathed its last; and on Tuesday morning the third, a girl of four years, died. The grief of the parents may be better imagined than described. Strange to say, Mr. HOWES lost four young children in Fort Beaufort some years since, so that out of a family of seven there is not one surviving. – Frontier Guardian.

Tuesday 23 June 1874

MARRIED at Graaff-Reinet by Special Licence on the 15th June, by the Father of the Bride, Thomas Witheridge GUBB, eldest son of the late Mr. T.W. GUBB, of Uitenhage, to Marianne KITCHINGMAN, eldest daughter of the Rev. Jos. KITCHINGMAN, of Graaff-Reinet. No cards.

DIED on Sunday the 21st instant, Mr. Thomas WORRALL, in his 28th year. (Late of Birkenhead, England.) Deeply regretted.

DIED on the 18th May at Grafton House, Worcester Park, Surrey, Florence Bellairs, daughter of Henry B. DEARE Esq., aged 20 years and 11 months.

Tuesday 30 June 1874

MARRIED o the 25th instant, at Trinity Church, by the Rev. Edwd. Pickering M.A., Wm. George WOODFORD, second son of the late James WOODFORD Esq. of Guernsey, to Maria, sixth daughter of George CATES Esq., of Brookvale House, Teignmouth, South Devon.

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 27th June, Maude Everlin, youngest daughter of Francis and Eliza HODSON, aged 4 months and 25 days.

WEDDING
Yesterday there was quite a gala scene at St.George’s Cathedral, at the celebration of the wedding of Mr. Advocate REITZ, the Chief Justice elect of the Free State, with Miss THESEN, of the Knysna. The Cathedral was quite crowded on the occasion; and nothing could be more fascinating than the appearance of the charming bride and the almost equally charming bridesmaids. – Argus.