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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro renders honors to their fallen shipmate Fireman Derek Russell at Kodiak State Airport in Kodiak, Alaska, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Russell suffered a fatal fall while hiking on Barometer Mountain. His remains were recovered by Alaska State Troopers, Kodiak Island Search and Rescue and the Coast Guard on Christmas Day following several searches for him.
(Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis photo / U.S. Coast Guard)
written by Philip Zimmerman closely following an icon written by Monk Gregory Kroug
“Acquire the Spirit of peace and thousands around you will be saved.”
— St. Seraphim of Sarov
It was Father Germann, a monk I met in the Russian city of Vladimir, who first told me about Saint Seraphim of Sarov. He was showing me the local cathedral, still a museum in those days of Soviet rule. The tourists in the church were startled to see a living monk complete with long hair, full black beard and black monk’s cap — they couldn’t stop staring. It wasn’t only his appearance that attracted attention. He possessed a contagious joy and freedom. I mentioned to him that this church must have wonderful acoustics. Immediately he sang an unrestrained, banner-like, “Amen.” The church reverberated in an astonishing way.
I had traveled enough in Russia to be vaguely aware of Saint Seraphim, the icon of whose compassionate face seemed to grace the walls of every parish church and to have a place in many homes, but Father Germann was the first to tell me the saint’s life story.
“Saint Seraphim helped me to become a believer,” he said. Reaching into his pocket, he showed me a fragment of a large rock on which Saint Seraphim prayed for a thousand days. It was a gift from an old nun who knew a nun who knew a nun who had been in the Diveyevo convent near Sarov, a community closely linked with Saint Seraphim. The saint’s few possessions, among them the heavy cross he wore, were kept in the custody of the sisters at Diveyevo.
Father Germann explained that Seraphim was born in 1759, the son of a builder. He was still a baby when his father died. His mother took over the business while raising her children. While still a boy, he had what should have been a fatal fall from scaffolding. Miraculously, he was unharmed, an event which prompted a local “holy fool” to say the boy must surely be “one of God’s elect.”
When Seraphim was ten, he had his first vision of the Mother of God. Nine years later he entered monastic life where he began the regular recitation of the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
Later, following his ordination as priest in 1793, he was led to seek a hermit’s vocation in the forest, or, as he regarded it, his “Holy Land.” Here he lived alone, devoting himself to prayer, study and tending his small garden, with few aware he was alive apart from the wild animals he befriended with gifts of food, among them a bear who sometimes lay at his feet, a scene portrayed in some of the icons of Saint Seraphim.
During this period of social withdrawal, he was nearly beaten to death by robbers who had heard there was a treasure hidden in his cabin. The injuries he suffered made him walk with a bent back for the rest of his life, a stance occasionally shown in icons. After recovering from his injuries, he spent a thousand days and nights in prayer on a large rock in the forest, sometimes standing, other times kneeling, leaving the rock only for brief periods.
After his long apprenticeship in solitude, people began coming to Staretz Seraphim for confession and advice, a few at first, but finally they came in floods. One of the first pilgrims was a rich man, gravely ill, who was healed by Seraphim, so healed that he gave up all his wealth and embraced holy poverty.
During the last eight years of his life, Saint Seraphim spent many hours each day talking with those in need, some of whom had walked for weeks to reach him. Others came by carriage, among them Czar Alexander I, who later gave up the throne and lived a pious life in Siberia — some say under the influence of Saint Seraphim.
Among many remarkable stories left to us about Seraphim’s life, one of the most impressive comes from the diary of Nicholas Motovilov, who as a young man came to Sarov seeking advice. At a certain point in their conversation, Seraphim said to his guest, “Look at me.” Motovilov replied, “I am not able, Father, for there is lightning flashing in your eyes. Your face has grown more radiant than the sun and my eyes cannot bear the pain.” The staretz answered, “Do not be afraid, my dear lover of God, you have also now become as radiant as I. You yourself are now in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Otherwise you would not be able to perceive me in the exact same state.” Saint Seraphim asked him how he felt. “I feel a great calm in my soul, a peace which no words can express,” Motovilov replied. “I feel an amazing happiness.”
At the heart of Saint Seraphim’s teaching was use of the Jesus Prayer and continuing inner struggle to “acquire the Holy Spirit, the one treasure which will never pass away.” He reassured those who came to him that there is nothing selfish about seeking to save your soul. “Acquire the Spirit of peace and thousands of souls around you will be saved.”
Without a vital spiritual life, he said, we cannot love. “God is fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. And so, if we feel in our hearts coldness, which is from the devil — for the devil is cold — then let us call upon the Lord and He will come and warm our hearts with perfect love not only for Him but for our neighbor as well.”
He was an apostle of the way of love and kindness. “You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of him who gives and kindles joy in the heart of him who receives. All condemnation is from the devil. Never condemn each other. We condemn others only because we shun knowing ourselves. When we gaze at our own failings, we see such a swamp that nothing in another can equal it. That is why we turn away, and make much of the faults of others. Instead of condemning others, strive to reach inner peace. Keep silent, refrain from judgment. This will raise you above the deadly arrows of slander, insult and outrage and will shield your glowing hearts against all evil.”
No matter what season of the year it was, he greeted visitors with the paschal salutation, “Christ is risen!” As another paschal gesture, he always wore a white robe.
Before his death, Saint Seraphim said to the sisters: “My joys, come as often as you can to my grave. Come to me as if I’m alive and tell me everything, and I will always help you.”
On January 2, 1833, Saint Seraphim was found dead in his cell, kneeling with hands crossed before an icon of Mary.
“Saint Seraphim is a unique saint,” Father Germann told me. “In him and his character, in his spirituality, we find the principal Christian characteristics — love for all people without exception, and a readiness to sacrifice. That’s why people love him so much.”
“We live in a time that pays special homage to advanced education and intellectual brilliance,” Father Germann added. “But faith isn’t just for the clever. Seraphim didn’t graduate either from university or seminary. All his ideals were gifts from God revealed through prayer and deeds. And so through Saint Seraphim many different people are drawn to belief — the intellectuals, the simple, and now not only people in the Russian Orthodox Church but other churches.”
“Saint Seraphim is the face of the Church,” said Father Germann.
Living in a period in which iconography had been influenced by western art, old icons of Saint Seraphim often resemble portraits while more recently made icons are usually in the simpler, more symbolic Byzantine style. The one reproduced here, showing Saint Seraphim praying on the rock, was made in 1992 by the iconographer Philip Zimmerman closely following an icon made earlier in the century in France by the monk Gregory Kroug. In all icons of Saint Seraphim, there is a prayer rope in his hands, a reminder of his devotion to the Jesus Prayer.
(extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest -- Orbis Books)
It seems crazy to me - one slip and you are down and out. On the other hand, we all approach a mountain from our perspectives, taking away our own experiences.
Free soloing, is a form of free climbing where the climber forgoes ropes, harnesses and other protective gear while ascending and relies only on his or her physical strength, climbing ability, and psychological fortitude to avoid a fatal fall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_solo_climbing
Climbing at Joshua Tree National Park is on Quartz monzonite
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Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper, MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey, and MTA Chief Safety Officer Patrick Warren at the Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St Station on the L line on Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 after one teen was killed and another seriously injured during a subway surfing incident.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper, MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey, and MTA Chief Safety Officer Patrick Warren at the Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St Station on the L line on Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 after one teen was killed and another seriously injured during a subway surfing incident.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper, MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey, and MTA Chief Safety Officer Patrick Warren at the Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St Station on the L line on Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 after one teen was killed and another seriously injured during a subway surfing incident.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Continuing on from last year's Project... Ted's New Zealand Herald News Reports
Monday July 4th 2011
Ted and I were SHOCKED to read this tragic news in last Mondays Herald...
The freak accident and untimely death on Saturday July 2nd of this poor Lady Inna Rudyy-Collie...
Who was struck on the head by falling rocks while walking her dogs along Rothesay Bay Beach.
Ted, my Shadow and I often frequent this spot in our lunch break...
It is one of our favourite spots to take photos along this wonderful coastline.
Churchill Reserve lies directly above and it is quite a sheer drop to the beach below.
On Friday July 1st @ 9pm Auckland was jolted by a small Earthquake of Magnitude 2.9...
There has been no 'confirmed' connection between the quake and the falling rocks...
It does make one ponder though... about the frailties and forces of Nature and it's consequences...
FAMILY DEMAND ANSWERS AFTER ROCKFALL TRAGEDY...
The first sign for Inna Rudyy-Collie's family that something was wrong came when one of her dogs arrived home from a beach walk without her. Her husband, Stephen Collie, found their Yorkshire terrier Saska at their Murrays Bay home - but Inna, 44, was nowhere to be seen. He hoped it simply meant the dog had run off without his wife of nine years and that she would still be on nearby Rothesay Bay beach with their other dog, Max. But Mrs Rudyy-Collie had been struck by rocks that fell 50m from the cliff overlooking the path of her beach walk and died almost instantly from head injuries.
Saturday's tragedy has left the grieving family seeking answers, and prompted renewed calls for vigilance near the cliffs. Yesterday, additional signs warning of the danger were placed near the walking track, about 300m south of Rothesay Bay beach. Mr Collie told the Herald yesterday he believed that if his wife had been lying injured, Saska wouldn't have left her side. "It sounds silly, but it was trying to tell us something."
Mr Collie, 62, and his 19-year-old stepson, Andrew, split up to look for Inna. Mr Collie went to the beach, 500m from their home and her favourite walking track. As he got there, he saw emergency service personnel and others huddled around an object. He asked a firefighter if someone had been injured. "He said it was more serious than that, and there had been a fatality." Fearing the worst, he spoke to a detective, who said the dead person was a woman. "He asked me what she had been wearing and I said I didn't know because I'd gone to work before she was up." The officer asked him if his wife had a pink dog lead. She had. He showed Mr Collie the cellphone found with the body, and that confirmed his fears. "I rang [the phone]. I already knew there had been a fatality and I knew it was her phone." Her cellphone began ringing in the police officer's hand.
ROCK FALL DEATH... DANGER ALWAYS EXISTS...
Inna Rudyy-Collie, 44, died after being struck by falling rocks while walking her two dogs on Rothesay Bay beach on Saturday. Auckland Council checked drainage at 40 clifftop properties and asked for reports on the stability of the area in the wake of her death. A Tonkin and Taylor geotechnical report released today said rockfall danger had "always existed" in the area around Rothesay Bay. It found no evidence to suggest erosion caused by water discharged from stormwater drains in the cliffs had caused the fatal fall.
Weak rock was widespread throughout the East Coast Bays and measures to shield the public from danger along its seaside cliffs would be difficult to implement, it said. "The recent accident is indeed tragic and to our knowledge is the first known fatality of its type in Auckland. The coastline is used by people at mid to low tide, and the measures required to secure the public from injury from rockfall right up to the foot of the cliff would be extensive, expensive and difficult to construct."
From the depth of the highest sky, fell Hena, racing rain drops to its fatal fall. She appeared as a huge rain drop. In reality this shape was created because of the air speed combined with the surrounding rain drops. In that state she only could close her eyes as tight as possible and concentrate. Few seconds later this huge rain drop hit the ground in full speed causing a loud bang.
Hena opened her eyes and found her self sitting in the middle of a vast hall in the ground caused by the great hit. Her appearance changed to be more human like. Had the body of a 20 years old woman, her eyes as blue as the clear sky, her skin so white and soft like the clouds and her hair gold as the shining sun, so long covering her wonderful figure.
She knew that she somehow used her powers and united with the rain and so was saved. In wonder she looked around her, she knew nothing of what she is seeing. She touched the ground around her and felt the soil. It was a bit muddy by the rain. Hena tried to figure out what was she surrounded by, were these long bushy figures the creatures living in this alien land! In fear she tried to stand, but could not. It was the first time that she actually felt her weight and the solid ground underneath her. All of a sudden she heard a sound coming from behind one of those long scary figures in the dark. It kept coming nearer and nearer till it stepped into the light near the edge of the hall. It was a huge man with a very angry ugly face. He held an ax in his right hand and looked directly at Hena. She looked at him in fear, as he saw in her an easy prey to capture.
He jumped into the hall and ran towards her through the mud. She knew that he was not up to anything good so she tried to escape. But it was no use, her feet were so weak and so she could only crawl. She struggled through the muddy soil unable to move freely. And As she reached her hand to grab the tree root sticking out of the ground, the ax was thrown cutting the root into two half’s. She looked back and saw the man jumping at her. He held her arms and tried to stabilize her. She struggled as she shouted for help. The continuous thunder made Hena’s voice impossible to hear and lightning revealed the ugly man’s face. She shouted and moved her feet, terrified of what that man might do to her. “There is no use of shouting beautiful one, no one will hear you in this woods, it’s not called “Demons Eye” for nothing” then her exploded a loud laugh and added “I was lucky enough to be around here when you apparently hit the ground, demons are definitely on my side tonight” he uttered as he smelled Hena’s nick. Hena closed her eyes and wished that her father would be here to save her.
The man looked around as if checking if someone was watching him or not, then tried to carry Hena by force. She refused and pushed his hands away. He lost his temper and slapped her face. She fell on the ground helpless, tears filling her eyes and thought “this is not the earth that I wanted to see!”
The man carried her on his shoulders and ran as fast as he could. He knew that if the demons knew he was in their territory and had this wonderful pray with him they will defiantly kill him. Rain poured heavily and everything turned darker. Hena was struggling to not lose her conscious. All of a sudden she felt a cold blow of air crossing above her head swiftly. When she tried to look above her at the man’s face some liquid dripped on her face. She looked at him and saw a huge bloody wound on his cheek. He stopped, and looked behind him with fear filling his heart. He knew he is facing his death.
On the end of the dark way between the long trees, a figure was visible. It appeared to be of a man riding a horse.
“Show your self” the man shouted with trembling hands.
“Are you sure that you want me to do so! It is better to just die” the figure answered.
“I found the girl and she is mine”
“You mean you stole her from us”
“I found her first!”
“She fell here in this land, the land of the Damned!”
“I won’t give her to you”
Lightning stroke and the figure was no longer there. The man looked around him in fear as thunder echoed across the woods and rain poured. Lightning stroke again, revealing the black figure of a man on a winged horse back aiming his sword at the “thief’s” nick. Before the man could even blink his head was off his body. Hena terrified and covered with splashes of blood lost consciousness and was about to fall on the ground along with the headless body. With a light hand the black night of the Demons grabbed her from her arm and carried her away into the sky…
To be continued…
NOTE: THIS STORY IS TOTALLY FICTIONAL AND DOES NOT, BY ANY WAY, CONTAIN REAL NAMES, NOR REAL PLACES OR EVENTS. SHOT AND STORY TAKEN AND WRITTEN BY IVORYILLUSION ©.
All Rights Reserved.
Sorry all for not posting the chapter earlier as promised but I've got busy and didn't have time to write!
Oh and please tell me if you found the name "Eva" written instead of "Hena" it's because I'm writing another story in which the heroin is called Eva >_< and things got bit mixed up! Hope you'll enjoy this chapter! will wait for your feed back as usual ^_______^
Enjoy
Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper, MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey, and MTA Chief Safety Officer Patrick Warren at the Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St Station on the L line on Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 after one teen was killed and another seriously injured during a subway surfing incident.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
“Acquire the Spirit of peace and thousands around you will be saved.”
— St. Seraphim of Sarov
It was Father Germann, a monk I met in the Russian city of Vladimir, who first told me about Saint Seraphim of Sarov. He was showing me the local cathedral, still a museum in those days of Soviet rule. The tourists in the church were startled to see a living monk complete with long hair, full black beard and black monk’s cap — they couldn’t stop staring. It wasn’t only his appearance that attracted attention. He possessed a contagious joy and freedom. I mentioned to him that this church must have wonderful acoustics. Immediately he sang an unrestrained, banner-like, “Amen.” The church reverberated in an astonishing way.
I had traveled enough in Russia to be vaguely aware of Saint Seraphim, the icon of whose compassionate face seemed to grace the walls of every parish church and to have a place in many homes, but Father Germann was the first to tell me the saint’s life story.
“Saint Seraphim helped me to become a believer,” he said. Reaching into his pocket, he showed me a fragment of a large rock on which Saint Seraphim prayed for a thousand days. It was a gift from an old nun who knew a nun who knew a nun who had been in the Diveyevo convent near Sarov, a community closely linked with Saint Seraphim. The saint’s few possessions, among them the heavy cross he wore, were kept in the custody of the sisters at Diveyevo.
Father Germann explained that Seraphim was born in 1759, the son of a builder. He was still a baby when his father died. His mother took over the business while raising her children. While still a boy, he had what should have been a fatal fall from scaffolding. Miraculously, he was unharmed, an event which prompted a local “holy fool” to say the boy must surely be “one of God’s elect.”
When Seraphim was ten, he had his first vision of the Mother of God. Nine years later he entered monastic life where he began the regular recitation of the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
Later, following his ordination as priest in 1793, he was led to seek a hermit’s vocation in the forest, or, as he regarded it, his “Holy Land.” Here he lived alone, devoting himself to prayer, study and tending his small garden, with few aware he was alive apart from the wild animals he befriended with gifts of food, among them a bear who sometimes lay at his feet, a scene portrayed in some of the icons of Saint Seraphim.
During this period of social withdrawal, he was nearly beaten to death by robbers who had heard there was a treasure hidden in his cabin. The injuries he suffered made him walk with a bent back for the rest of his life, a stance occasionally shown in icons. After recovering from his injuries, he spent a thousand days and nights in prayer on a large rock in the forest, sometimes standing, other times kneeling, leaving the rock only for brief periods.
After his long apprenticeship in solitude, people began coming to Staretz Seraphim for confession and advice, a few at first, but finally they came in floods. One of the first pilgrims was a rich man, gravely ill, who was healed by Seraphim, so healed that he gave up all his wealth and embraced holy poverty.
During the last eight years of his life, Saint Seraphim spent many hours each day talking with those in need, some of whom had walked for weeks to reach him. Others came by carriage, among them Czar Alexander I, who later gave up the throne and lived a pious life in Siberia — some say under the influence of Saint Seraphim.
Among many remarkable stories left to us about Seraphim’s life, one of the most impressive comes from the diary of Nicholas Motovilov, who as a young man came to Sarov seeking advice. At a certain point in their conversation, Seraphim said to his guest, “Look at me.” Motovilov replied, “I am not able, Father, for there is lightning flashing in your eyes. Your face has grown more radiant than the sun and my eyes cannot bear the pain.” The staretz answered, “Do not be afraid, my dear lover of God, you have also now become as radiant as I. You yourself are now in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Otherwise you would not be able to perceive me in the exact same state.” Saint Seraphim asked him how he felt. “I feel a great calm in my soul, a peace which no words can express,” Motovilov replied. “I feel an amazing happiness.”
At the heart of Saint Seraphim’s teaching was use of the Jesus Prayer and continuing inner struggle to “acquire the Holy Spirit, the one treasure which will never pass away.” He reassured those who came to him that there is nothing selfish about seeking to save your soul. “Acquire the Spirit of peace and thousands of souls around you will be saved.”
Without a vital spiritual life, he said, we cannot love. “God is fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. And so, if we feel in our hearts coldness, which is from the devil — for the devil is cold — then let us call upon the Lord and He will come and warm our hearts with perfect love not only for Him but for our neighbor as well.”
He was an apostle of the way of love and kindness. “You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of him who gives and kindles joy in the heart of him who receives. All condemnation is from the devil. Never condemn each other. We condemn others only because we shun knowing ourselves. When we gaze at our own failings, we see such a swamp that nothing in another can equal it. That is why we turn away, and make much of the faults of others. Instead of condemning others, strive to reach inner peace. Keep silent, refrain from judgment. This will raise you above the deadly arrows of slander, insult and outrage and will shield your glowing hearts against all evil.”
No matter what season of the year it was, he greeted visitors with the paschal salutation, “Christ is risen!” As another paschal gesture, he always wore a white robe.
Before his death, Saint Seraphim said to the sisters: “My joys, come as often as you can to my grave. Come to me as if I’m alive and tell me everything, and I will always help you.”
On January 2, 1833, Saint Seraphim was found dead in his cell, kneeling with hands crossed before an icon of Mary.
“Saint Seraphim is a unique saint,” Father Germann told me. “In him and his character, in his spirituality, we find the principal Christian characteristics — love for all people without exception, and a readiness to sacrifice. That’s why people love him so much.”
“We live in a time that pays special homage to advanced education and intellectual brilliance,” Father Germann added. “But faith isn’t just for the clever. Seraphim didn’t graduate either from university or seminary. All his ideals were gifts from God revealed through prayer and deeds. And so through Saint Seraphim many different people are drawn to belief — the intellectuals, the simple, and now not only people in the Russian Orthodox Church but other churches.”
“Saint Seraphim is the face of the Church,” said Father Germann.
Living in a period in which iconography had been influenced by western art, old icons of Saint Seraphim often resemble portraits while more recently made icons are usually in the simpler, more symbolic Byzantine style. In all icons of Saint Seraphim, there is a prayer rope in his hands, a reminder of his devotion to the Jesus Prayer.
(extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest -- Orbis Books)
“Acquire the Spirit of peace and thousands around you will be saved.”
— St. Seraphim of Sarov
It was Father Germann, a monk I met in the Russian city of Vladimir, who first told me about Saint Seraphim of Sarov. He was showing me the local cathedral, still a museum in those days of Soviet rule. The tourists in the church were startled to see a living monk complete with long hair, full black beard and black monk’s cap — they couldn’t stop staring. It wasn’t only his appearance that attracted attention. He possessed a contagious joy and freedom. I mentioned to him that this church must have wonderful acoustics. Immediately he sang an unrestrained, banner-like, “Amen.” The church reverberated in an astonishing way.
I had traveled enough in Russia to be vaguely aware of Saint Seraphim, the icon of whose compassionate face seemed to grace the walls of every parish church and to have a place in many homes, but Father Germann was the first to tell me the saint’s life story.
“Saint Seraphim helped me to become a believer,” he said. Reaching into his pocket, he showed me a fragment of a large rock on which Saint Seraphim prayed for a thousand days. It was a gift from an old nun who knew a nun who knew a nun who had been in the Diveyevo convent near Sarov, a community closely linked with Saint Seraphim. The saint’s few possessions, among them the heavy cross he wore, were kept in the custody of the sisters at Diveyevo.
Father Germann explained that Seraphim was born in 1759, the son of a builder. He was still a baby when his father died. His mother took over the business while raising her children. While still a boy, he had what should have been a fatal fall from scaffolding. Miraculously, he was unharmed, an event which prompted a local “holy fool” to say the boy must surely be “one of God’s elect.”
When Seraphim was ten, he had his first vision of the Mother of God. Nine years later he entered monastic life where he began the regular recitation of the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
Later, following his ordination as priest in 1793, he was led to seek a hermit’s vocation in the forest, or, as he regarded it, his “Holy Land.” Here he lived alone, devoting himself to prayer, study and tending his small garden, with few aware he was alive apart from the wild animals he befriended with gifts of food, among them a bear who sometimes lay at his feet, a scene portrayed in some of the icons of Saint Seraphim.
During this period of social withdrawal, he was nearly beaten to death by robbers who had heard there was a treasure hidden in his cabin. The injuries he suffered made him walk with a bent back for the rest of his life, a stance occasionally shown in icons. After recovering from his injuries, he spent a thousand days and nights in prayer on a large rock in the forest, sometimes standing, other times kneeling, leaving the rock only for brief periods.
After his long apprenticeship in solitude, people began coming to Staretz Seraphim for confession and advice, a few at first, but finally they came in floods. One of the first pilgrims was a rich man, gravely ill, who was healed by Seraphim, so healed that he gave up all his wealth and embraced holy poverty.
During the last eight years of his life, Saint Seraphim spent many hours each day talking with those in need, some of whom had walked for weeks to reach him. Others came by carriage, among them Czar Alexander I, who later gave up the throne and lived a pious life in Siberia — some say under the influence of Saint Seraphim.
Among many remarkable stories left to us about Seraphim’s life, one of the most impressive comes from the diary of Nicholas Motovilov, who as a young man came to Sarov seeking advice. At a certain point in their conversation, Seraphim said to his guest, “Look at me.” Motovilov replied, “I am not able, Father, for there is lightning flashing in your eyes. Your face has grown more radiant than the sun and my eyes cannot bear the pain.” The staretz answered, “Do not be afraid, my dear lover of God, you have also now become as radiant as I. You yourself are now in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Otherwise you would not be able to perceive me in the exact same state.” Saint Seraphim asked him how he felt. “I feel a great calm in my soul, a peace which no words can express,” Motovilov replied. “I feel an amazing happiness.”
At the heart of Saint Seraphim’s teaching was use of the Jesus Prayer and continuing inner struggle to “acquire the Holy Spirit, the one treasure which will never pass away.” He reassured those who came to him that there is nothing selfish about seeking to save your soul. “Acquire the Spirit of peace and thousands of souls around you will be saved.”
Without a vital spiritual life, he said, we cannot love. “God is fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. And so, if we feel in our hearts coldness, which is from the devil — for the devil is cold — then let us call upon the Lord and He will come and warm our hearts with perfect love not only for Him but for our neighbor as well.”
He was an apostle of the way of love and kindness. “You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of him who gives and kindles joy in the heart of him who receives. All condemnation is from the devil. Never condemn each other. We condemn others only because we shun knowing ourselves. When we gaze at our own failings, we see such a swamp that nothing in another can equal it. That is why we turn away, and make much of the faults of others. Instead of condemning others, strive to reach inner peace. Keep silent, refrain from judgment. This will raise you above the deadly arrows of slander, insult and outrage and will shield your glowing hearts against all evil.”
No matter what season of the year it was, he greeted visitors with the paschal salutation, “Christ is risen!” As another paschal gesture, he always wore a white robe.
Before his death, Saint Seraphim said to the sisters: “My joys, come as often as you can to my grave. Come to me as if I’m alive and tell me everything, and I will always help you.”
On January 2, 1833, Saint Seraphim was found dead in his cell, kneeling with hands crossed before an icon of Mary.
“Saint Seraphim is a unique saint,” Father Germann told me. “In him and his character, in his spirituality, we find the principal Christian characteristics — love for all people without exception, and a readiness to sacrifice. That’s why people love him so much.”
“We live in a time that pays special homage to advanced education and intellectual brilliance,” Father Germann added. “But faith isn’t just for the clever. Seraphim didn’t graduate either from university or seminary. All his ideals were gifts from God revealed through prayer and deeds. And so through Saint Seraphim many different people are drawn to belief — the intellectuals, the simple, and now not only people in the Russian Orthodox Church but other churches.”
“Saint Seraphim is the face of the Church,” said Father Germann.
Living in a period in which iconography had been influenced by western art, old icons of Saint Seraphim often resemble portraits while more recently made icons are usually in the simpler, more symbolic Byzantine style. The one reproduced here, showing Saint Seraphim praying on the rock, was made in 1992 by the iconographer Philip Zimmerman closely following an icon made earlier in the century in France by the monk Gregory Kroug. In all icons of Saint Seraphim, there is a prayer rope in his hands, a reminder of his devotion to the Jesus Prayer.
(extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest -- Orbis Books)
Charles Sweeny, a wealthy businessman living in London, began recruiting American citizens to fight as a US volunteer detachment in the French Air Force, echoing the Lafayette Escadrille of World War I. Following the Fall of France in 1940, a dozen of these recruits joined the RAF.
On 21 February 1933, and after converting to his Roman Catholic faith, Margaret married Charles Sweeny at the Brompton Oratory, London. Their wedding party comprised eight adult bridesmaids (Pamela Nicholl, Molly Vaughan, Angela Brett, The Hon. Sheila Berry, Baba Beaton, Dawn Gold, Jeanne Stourton and Lady Bridgett Paulett) and the groom's brother, Robert Sweeny, as best man. Such had been the publicity surrounding her Norman Hartnell wedding dress, that the traffic in Knightsbridge was blocked for three hours. For the rest of her life, she was associated with glamour and elegance, being a firm client of both Hartnell and Victor Stiebel in London before and after the war. She had three children with Charles Sweeny: a daughter, who was stillborn at eight months in late 1933; another daughter, Frances Helen (born 1937, she married Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland), and a son, Brian Charles (born 1940). The Sweenys divorced in 1947.
In 1943, Margaret Sweeny had a near fatal fall down a lift shaft while visiting her chiropodist on Bond Street. "I fell forty feet to the bottom of the lift shaft", she later recalled. "The only thing that saved me was the lift cable, which broke my fall. I must have clutched at it, for it was later found that all my finger nails were torn off. I apparently fell on to my knees and cracked the back of my head against the wall". After her recovery, Sweeny's friends noted that not only had she lost all sense of taste and smell due to nerve damage, she also had become sexually voracious. As she once reportedly said, "Go to bed early and often". Given her numerous earlier romantic escapades, including an affair with the married Prince George, Duke of Kent, in her youth, this may have been a change in degree rather than predisposition.
Brookwood Cemetery
A tall peak whose name is often used in conjunction with Yosemite. Inspite of the fact that there are far more scenic hikes, far higher peaks with far better views, it is considered the hike in Yosemite. I am not sure what attracts people like moths towards a deadly light, but I was too.
The Stats:
The 16.3 mile roundtrip hike with a total elevation gain of 4800 ft (~26km and 1463m) is strenuous by many standards. The last half a mile gains about 1000ft of elevation; the first half of which is on narrow switch-backed steps cut into the granite and the second half on the infamous cables to assist ascending ~50 degree slope of slick granite.
The difficulty:
To compound to that is the weather. This tall peak often creates its own weather and the afternoon thunderstorms that often strike this place are deadly. They can quickly form and leave many a hiker stranded on the top. The high elevation and the associated lower temperatures often result in hail, even in the middle of summer. The slickrock in the last section becomes as slippery as walking on black ice.
The danger:
People come unprepared. Some come up to this saddle where this image was taken dressed in shorts and a thin T-shirt carry just a litre or two of water. Sandals seem to be pretty common here. The danger signs are often not heeded to. The weather, forgotten. All of this brewing a recipe for disaster.
The result:
Accidents. Quite a few of them happen every year. This lists some of them. Not all of them are fatal, but a small percentage is. The day of this hike happened to be one of them.
I knew about the frequent afternoon thunderstorms that hit Yosemite (having been a victim a couple of times) and hence I started to climb early. Really early - even foregoing sleep the previous night. That enabled me to get there early in the morning and get done with the hike by afternoon, just when it started to pour. Around 1pm, when I was on my way down, I still saw people heading up towards this tall rock. What got into their mind is beyond me....
The victim on Saturday was coming down the rocks at around 3:30pm (just about when the hail and rain started), that he slipped and fell about 100ft onto a gully at the side of the neck (where people are standing in the above shot). It was a fatal fall and the bad weather conditions made rescues difficult. About 40 other folks who were stuck on the top had to be rescued down by the Park Service due to tricky conditions on the rock.
Hiking is dangerous. There are a million things that can go wrong in one. It is our responsibility to ensure our own safety. Sure, there can be regulations. But eventually, it comes to us. We are responsible for our own lives.
Would I do it again?
Probably. In a few years. With better gear.
Probably Not. Until I get over the fear. Of death.
Taken from atop Quarter Dome
View Large on Black
Yosemite National Park
CA USA
Eastern shore of Lake Eibsee, seen from the village of Eibsee, which belongs to the municipality of Grainau, Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps), Bavaria, Germany
Some background information:
Eibsee is a natural lake 9 km (6 miles) southwest of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. At an elevation of 973.28 m, its surface area is 177.4 ha and its maximum depth is 34,5 m (113 feet). Lake Eibsee lies at the base of Zugspitze (2,962 m resp. 9,718 feet above sea level), Germany's highest mountain. In the village of Eibsee (located on the eastern shore of the lake) you can also enter either the Eibsee Cable Car, which brings you right on top of Zugspitze, or the rack railway, which brings you to Zugspitzplatt, the plateau southeast of the mountain, some hundred metres beneath the summit.
Because of its location at the base of Zugspitze and its greenly tinted water, Lake Eibsee is considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the Bavarian Alps. In the northeast the little branch Untersee is connected with the main part of the lake by a bottleneck, which is only 50 metres broad. This bottleneck can be crossed by a footbridge. Lake Eibsee has eight islands, of which Sasseninsel near the lake’s southeast shore is the largest one.
The lake was formed during the Würm glaciation, when the Isar-Loisach glacier vanished and left a basin behind which filled up with water. 3,400 to 3,700 years ago, a tremendous rockslide with an expanse of 13 square kilometres and a volume of 350 cubic metres crossed the middle and eastern parts of the lake. Its energy release was estimated at 2.9 megatons of TNT resp. 220 Hiroshima atomic bombs. The rockslide resulted in a significant change of the Eibsee basin’s morphological shape. At that time today’s shape was formed with its 29 shallows and eight islands. Hence Lake Eibsee is one of the very rare cases, in which shallows and islands are much younger than the lake basin itself.
Lake Eibsee is fed by two streams, Kotbach in the northwest and Weiterbach in the south of the lake. However, Eibsee is a so-called "blind lake" with no outlet above ground. Its water only flows or trickles off subterraneously. It is presumed, that the headwater of Kreppbach stream, which is situated two kilometres northeast of the lake is fed subterraneously by the waters of lake Eibsee.
Not before 1900, a first inn was built at the lakeside. In 1913, the inn was converted into a small hotel, which was again converted into a much larger hotel with a guest capacity of 200 after World War I. In 1941 the hotel was annexed by German airforce and after Word War II it was confiscated by US Army, which used the hotel as a recreation home for their forces. Today Lake Eibsee is still a very popular recreation area with lawns for sunbathing at the whole northern lakefront. However, only dauntless people venture a plunge into the cold water of this mountain lake.
The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m (9,718 feet) above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains in the Eastern Alps as well as the highest mountain in Germany. On the flanks of the Zugspitze are three glaciers, including the two largest in Germany: the Northern Schneeferner with an area of 30.7 hectares and the Hoellentalferner with an area of 24.7 hectares. The third is the Southern Schneeferner which covers 8.4 hectares. All three glaciers are in extreme danger of completely disappearing in the next couple of years due to climate warming and greenhouse effect caused by human activities.
To this day the ascent of Zugspitze, that was first climbed in 1820, is still a bold venture, which is often seriously underestimated. There are some routes to the summit, with different levels of difficulty, but all of them are still fraught with risks. Therefore many more or less experienced mountain climbers have already lost their lifes during their attempt to climb the summit. The last one was a female Chinese climber in 2013, who had a fatal fall of 500 metres just 100 metres beneath the summit. However, the biggest catastrophy in regard to the number of losses of human lifes happened 50 years ago, in 1965, and there were no mountain climbers involved. A huge snow avalange came down from the mountain side and when it arrived in the skiing area on the Zugspitzplatt, the plateau southeast of the mountain, some hundred metres beneath the summit, it swept ten skiers to their death.
There are also some ways to get to the summit without any physical effort: Three cable cars run to the top of the Zugspitze. The first one, the Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car with its lower terminus on the Austrian side, was built in 1926 and terminated on an arête below the summit before the terminus was moved to the actual summit in 1991. The second one connects the summit of Zugspitze with the Zugspitzplatt and was opened in 1931. On Zugspitzplatt the top station of a rack railway is located, which was founded in 1928, running through the northern flank of the mountain and leading to several stations on the Bavarian side. Finally there’s a third cable car, the Eibsee Cable Car, which was opened in 1963.
On top of Germany you can find a meteorological station and the Muenchner Haus, which belongs to the Alpine Club section. It offers meat and drink as well as thirty beds for overnight stays and is open to overnight guests from May to October. But there are also several shops (even one selling Rolex watches) and other restaurants (even one with exclusive cuisine). There’s an observation platform, Germany’s highest beer garden and more than enough toilets (even special ones for Arab women). And finally there’s a short via ferrata (about 40 metres long), running obliquely up and down from the observation platform to the peak and its summit cross. With such a touristic infrastructure it’s no wonder that the summit of the Zugspitze is visited by more than 500,000 people per year at an average.
On the road up to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. The rock in the background is one of the famous "Flatirons." NCAR is located in a nice park called Boulder Mountain Park which offers numerous hikes very close to the city of Boulder. The Flatirons appeals to rock climbers. It seems as though at least one person dies per year from a fatal fall.
Vintage postcard, no. 330. Photo: Warner Bros.
Sultry American jazz and pop singer Peggy Lee (1920-2002) recorded such classics as 'Fever', 'Manana', 'Big Spender' and 'Is That All There Is?'. In Hollywood, she made herself a name with parts in The Jazz Singer (1952) and Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). And she composed songs for Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1955), for which she also voiced the unforgettable Peg, a broken-down old showgirl of a dog, whose provocative walk was based on the stage-prowl of Peggy Lee.
Peggy Lee was Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1920. She was the seventh of the eight children of Selma Amelia (née Anderson) Egstrom and Marvin Olof Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad. At age four, her mother died. Peggy's father remarried Minnie Schaumberg Wiese, but he later left home, leaving Peggy's care entrusted to a stepmother who physically abused her. Peggy used singing as an escape. She later memorialised this in the calypso number 'One Beating a Day', one of 22 songs she co-wrote for the autobiographical musical 'Peg' (1983), in which she made her Broadway debut at the age of 62. Young Peggy worked as a milkmaid, later turning to singing for money in her teens. While singing on a local radio station in Fargo, the program director there suggested she change her name to Peggy Lee. She developed her trademark sultry purr, having decided to compete with the noisy crowd with subtlety rather than volume. Peggy's big break came in 1941 when Benny Goodman hired her to sing with his band after hearing her perform in a Chicago nightclub. She replaced vocalist Helen Forrest. In 1942, Lee had her first No. 1 hit, 'Somebody Else Is Taking My Place', followed in 1943 by 'Why Don't You Do Right?', which sold more than one million copies and made her famous. She sang with Goodman's orchestra in two films, Stage Door Canteen (1943) and The Powers Girl (1943). In March 1943, Lee married Dave Barbour, a guitarist in Goodman's band. She had to leave the band and became a housewife. In 1947, she drifted back to songwriting and occasional recording sessions for Capitol Records. She had hits with 'Golden Earrings', 'It's a Good Day', and the no. 1 hit 'Manana', which she also wrote. Later, such classics followed as 'Fever' in 1958, 'Lover', 'Big Spender' and 'Is That All There Is?' - the latter winning her a Grammy Award in 1969. Peggy's vocal style provided a distinctive imprint to countless swing tunes, ballads and big band numbers. She was considered the type of performer equally capable of interpreting a song as uniquely as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith.
Peggy Lee also became known as a film actress. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: "An elegant, intimate performer with a minimalist style, her recording and supper club fame eventually led to movie offers". She appeared opposite Danny Thomas in The Jazz Singer (Michael Curtiz, 1952), a remake of the Al Jolson film, The Jazz Singer (1927). She made her mark in Hollywood, winning an Academy Award nomination for her role as a singer who battles the bottle in the jazz saga, Pete Kelly's Blues (Jack Webb, 1955). She composed songs for the Walt Disney animated classic Lady and the Tramp (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, 1955). She also voiced four different characters in the film: Darling, both the Siamese cats, and Peg, a broken-down old showgirl of a dog, whose provocative walk was based on the stage-prowl of Peggy Lee. In 1991, 36 years later, she won $2.3 million against Disney to recoup royalties from videocassette sales of Lady and the Tramp. The case hinged on a clause in her pre-video-era contract barring the sale of 'transcriptions' of the film without her approval. But music was her first love, and she continued on the road, crossing over occasionally from the easy jazz to the pop field. At the age of 62, she made her Broadway debut in the autobiographical musical 'Peg' (1983). It was one of the few projects in her life that was not a success.
Peggy Lee was nominated for twelve Grammy Awards, winning Best Contemporary Vocal Performance for her 1969 hit 'Is That All There Is?' Her 1989 album, 'Peggy Sings the Blues', was a Grammy Award nominee. Peggy was a prolific songwriter and arranger, and her 1990 album 'The Peggy Lee Songbook' contained four songs she wrote with guitarist John Chiodini. Peggy also wrote for jazz greats Duke Ellington, who called her "The Queen", and Johnny Mercer, and composer Quincy Jones. Also in 1990, Peggy was awarded the coveted Pied Piper Award presented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In 1995, she was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Peggy's private life was racked by physical ailments, a near-fatal fall in 1976, diabetes, and she was semi-confined to a wheelchair since the 1980s, but she valiantly continued performing. She was married four times, to guitarist Dave Barbour, actor Brad Dexter, actor Dewey Martin, and actor Jack del Rio, all marriages ending in divorce. She and David Barbour had a daughter, Nicki Lee Foster (1943), her only child. Peggy and Dave were on the verge of a reconciliation in 1965, but he died of a heart attack before the couple got back together. At the time, Dave had divorced her because he felt his drinking was not good for his daughter. They engaged again four days before he died. Dave claimed he had been sober for 13 years by then and was ready to remarry Peggy. In 1998, Peggy Lee had a stroke, and in 2002, she died of a heart attack in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Just a week before her death, she earned a preliminary approval of $4.75 million in a class lawsuit (she was the lead plaintiff of a group of Decca recording artists) for royalties against Universal Music Group. Gary Brumburgh: "'Miss Peggy Lee', as she was always introduced, was a class act all the way and, in talent, is often deemed a smooth, self-contained combination of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday." And according to IMDb, Lee is the namesake of the Margarita cocktail. In 1948. Santos Cruz, a bartender at the famed Texas nightclub the Balinese Room, mixed up a new drink especially for her. He named it for the Spanish version of 'Margaret', which is the formal version of 'Peggy'.
Sources: Kelly E.F. Wiebe (IMDb), Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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In loving memory of
Alexander
Beloved husband of
Cephy BRICKLEY
Accidentally killed May 15th 1907
Aged 32 years
BLOCK PUBLIC2 PLOT 83 H
*************************************************************
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12479, 25 January 1904, Page 6
“On Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. M. Sullivan, the bride's sister, Karori, Wellington, Mr. Alex. Brickley was married to Miss Cephy Bascand, fourth daughter of the late Captain Bascand, who for many years sailed in New Zealand waters. Mr. C. Bascand, of Christchurch, was best man, while nieces of the bride and bridegroom attended the bride. The Rev. W. J. Elliott performed the marriage ceremony.” [5]
They had 2 children
Ernest Robert born 1 December 1904 and died c1987
Alexander McKenzie born c1906 and died c1939 [4]
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 1291, 16 May 1907, Page 5
Alex. Brickley, who was injured while shipping mail hampers aboard the Mararoa on Monday evening, died this
afternoon [1]
Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 116, 17 May 1907, Page 4
[Interesting to note all through this report his name is given as Frederick. Historic BDM indexes death entry on Dept Internal Affairs states his name Is Alexander]
A FATAL FALL
INQUEST ON F. BRICKLEY. An enquiry into the cause of the death of Frederick Brickley, who met with an accident on Queen's Wharf on Monday, was held at the hospital yesterday afternoon by the District Coroner (Mr. J. Ashcroft). Mr. W. Higginbottom was foreman of the jury.
Robert Hepburn, driver, who was near the spot at the time of the accident, described what he saw. When he passed Brickley, the latter was handling a hamper on the mail lorry. The hamper, if full of mail matter, would weigh about l cwt. After passing, witness heard a cry, turned round, and saw Brickley lying on tho wharf alongside the wheel of the lorry driven by witness. Brickley’s neck was alongside, not under the tire of the wheel. Brickley was conscious, and complained of the back of his neck. Was sure he (witness) did nothing to cause Brickley to fall off his lorry. There was about 4ft space between the two vehicles. He did not know the cause of the accident, but thought Brickley must have overbalanced himself and fell over. The hamper had fallen on to the wharf. There was no one within thirty yards of the spot at the time of the accident, and witness knew of no one who saw what happened. Brickley was a sober man, and he never knew him to drink. Witness obtained assistance immediately after tho accident. Dr. Henry, who rendered aid immediately after the accident and sent Brickley on to tho hospital, said he found the injured man conscious, but in a somewhat dazed condition. There was concussion of the brain, but there were then no signs of fracture. Witness asked Brickley how he got his injury, and he replied that he had fallen off his vehicle. He was quite sober, and there were no signs of his having had a fit. Dr. Gilray, senior house surgeon at the hospital, testified as to the condition Brickley was in when received into the institution. He was unconscious, and there were signs of a fracture at the base of the skull, which would account for death. Such a fall as deceased experienced, and even a slip off a kerbstone, would cause fracture of the base of tho skull, William Richards, an office boy, who saw the accident, said that as the hamper was thrown over the side of the lorry it appeared to pull Brickley after it. The hamper landed on its end, Brickley jumped on to it to save himself, the hamper tipped over, and Brickley fell backwards on his head on the wharf. It looked like a heavy fall. Witness saw Hepburn's vehicle pass Brickley's lorry before the accident. He was quite satisfied Hepburn's vehicle did not cause the accident. The coroner complimented the lad on his powers of observing things. Evidence was also given by Constable Fleming, Wm. Brickley (brother of tho deceased, who said the latter was thirty two years of age), and Daniel Keir (who said that the deceased was one of the best drivers in their employ, was a temperance advocate, and was not subject to fits). A verdict of accidental death was returned, the jury not attaching blame to any one. [2]
Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 6
THANKS.
I DESIRE to tender my sincerest heartfelt Thanks to all those kind friends and sympathisers who in any way whatever showed their sympathy to me at the loss of my dear husband. CEPHY BRICKLEY[6]
Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 115, 15 May 1908, Page 1
BRICKLEY – In sad but loving memory of Alexander BRICKLEY, who died through accident on the Queen’s Wharf on 15th May, 1907. “A true husband and a loving father.”
Inserted by his loving wife, C BRICKLEY, Christchurch [3]
BRICKLEY – In loving memory of Alexander BRICKLEY, who was accidentally killed on th 15th May 1907.
Oh, for a touch of the vanished hand,
And the sound of the voice that’s still.
Inserted by his loving nephew, B. BAILEY [3]
BRICKLEY – In sad but loving remembrance of our dear brother, Alex. BRICKLEY who was accidentally killed on the 15th May 1907. In the midst of life we are in death.
Inserted by Tom, Lizzie and Nellie [3]
BRICKLEY – In loving memory of Alex. BRICKELY, who departed this life on the 15th May, 1907. Gone, but not forgotten
Inserted by his father, sister and brother-in-law [3]
Cephy remarried to Thomas WOOD in 1917 [7], he died on November 2 1942 at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland.[8]
She died c1965 aged 90.
SOURCES:
[1]
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[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[4]
NZ Department of Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes
[5]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[6]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[7]
Marriage registration 1917/2685 NZ Department of Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes
[8]
In loving memory of
Thomas Benjamin EVANS
Second beloved son of
Williams & Mary EVANS
Born April 16, 1872 Died Dec 14, 1894
Aged 22 years
So loved So mourned.
Christ Gathereth in his own
Also
William Underwood Whitney
The beloved husband of
Mary EVANS
Born Jan 17, 1830 Died April 4, 1906
Aged 76 years
A loving parent gone to rest
Also Mary
Beloved wife of
William Underwood Whitney EVANS
Born 1841, Died Sept 2, 1920
A beloved mother at rest.
Thomas
Block 23 Plot 17
Occupation: Jeweller
Place of birth: London, UK
Years in NZ: 20 [1]
A fatal accident happened on the New Brighton tram-line last night, the victim being a young man. When the 10.10 tram from Christchurch was nearing Mr M'Haffie's, at Flemington, the deceased, who was riding a rover bicycle behind the tram, was seen to pass the car on the left hand side, and when opposite the horses appeared to shoot into them. He fell under tho horses, and although the driver tried to stop the car, it went over him. Deceased was placed, in the car and driven back to the house of Dr Lomax- Smith, who pronounced life extinct. The body was then brought on to town, and removed to the Clarendon Hotel. The deceased was identified as Thomas Evans, aged twenty-two years, son of Mr W. Evans, of 165, Hereford Street, Lin wood. It appears that he left town with the intention of visiting his mother and sisters at New Brighton. He was a jeweller in the employ of Mr Partridge. An inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel at twelve o'clock to-day. Mr H. W. Bishop (Coroner), presided, and Mr J. Stevenson was chosen Foreman of the jury. Sergeant-Major Mason conducted the inquiry, and Mr G. J. M'Intyre watched the proceedings on behalf of the New Brighton Tramway Company. Evidence was given by Alexander Thomson, guard; Walter J. Allpress, driver; W. Tippler, groom; E. C. Bishop and H. D. Pine, passengers on the tram John Thomson, Manager of the Tramway Company, and William Whitney Evans, brother of deceased. No new facts were brought out beyond the statement that a pair of spectacles had been found at the scene of the accident this morning. William Evans stated that they were very like a pair worn by his brother, who was short-sighted. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." [5]
IN MEMORIAM.
EVANS.— in loving remembrance of Thomas Benjamin Evans, who lost his life through a bicycle accident Dec.14. 1894, Three years and more are past
Since we missed your Sunday's call,
And for your noble and manly ways
You have been missed amongst us all.
We never thought your death so soon,
When you met with that fatal fall.
For you were cut off like a rose in full bloom,
You were cut off at a moment's call.
But now we know you are better off,
And to call you back we could not do,
For sooner or later we shall all be called away,
When we hope to meet with you.
Inserted by his fond and loving uncle and aunt, T. and M. A. Evans. [6]
William
Block 23 Plot 16
Cause of death: Nephritis
Address: 165 Hereford Street
Occupation: Oil refiner
Place of Birth: England
Years in NZ: 33 [2]
His probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23085975
Note it was not proven until 1921 – this was post his wife’s death.
William and Mary [nee STEVENS] Married in the registration district of St George in the East, London
in quarter of July-Sept 1858, Volume 1C Page 798 [7]
Mary
Block 23 Plot 17
Address: 466 Cashel St
Place of birth: England
Years in NZ: 47 [3]
Star , Issue 9119, 27 December 1907, Page 3
Silver wedding notice of William and Mary’s daughter Mary Martha and Henry Frank Lambert HADDRELL
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[This daughter is also buried in Linwood in Block 47 Plot 350 [4]
References:
[1]
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[2]
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[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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[7]
Findmypast.co.uk
In loving memory of
Thomas Benjamin EVANS
Second beloved son of
Williams & Mary EVANS
Born April 16, 1872 Died Dec 14, 1894
Aged 22 years
So loved So mourned.
Christ Gathereth in his own
Also
William Underwood Whitney
The beloved husband of
Mary EVANS
Born Jan 17, 1830 Died April 4, 1906
Aged 76 years
A loving parent gone to rest
Also Mary
Beloved wife of
William Underwood Whitney EVANS
Born 1841, Died Sept 2, 1920
A beloved mother at rest.
Thomas
Block 23 Plot 17
Occupation: Jeweller
Place of birth: London, UK
Years in NZ: 20 [1]
A fatal accident happened on the New Brighton tram-line last night, the victim being a young man. When the 10.10 tram from Christchurch was nearing Mr M'Haffie's, at Flemington, the deceased, who was riding a rover bicycle behind the tram, was seen to pass the car on the left hand side, and when opposite the horses appeared to shoot into them. He fell under the horses, and although the driver tried to stop the car, it went over him. Deceased was placed, in the car and driven back to the house of Dr Lomax- Smith, who pronounced life extinct. The body was then brought on to town, and removed to the Clarendon Hotel. The deceased was identified as Thomas Evans, aged twenty-two years, son of Mr W. Evans, of 165, Hereford Street, Lin wood. It appears that he left town with the intention of visiting his mother and sisters at New Brighton. He was a jeweller in the employ of Mr Partridge. An inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel at twelve o'clock to-day. Mr H. W. Bishop (Coroner), presided, and Mr J. Stevenson was chosen Foreman of the jury. Sergeant-Major Mason conducted the inquiry, and Mr G. J. M'Intyre watched the proceedings on behalf of the New Brighton Tramway Company. Evidence was given by Alexander Thomson, guard; Walter J. Allpress, driver; W. Tippler, groom; E. C. Bishop and H. D. Pine, passengers on the tram John Thomson, Manager of the Tramway Company, and William Whitney Evans, brother of deceased. No new facts were brought out beyond the statement that a pair of spectacles had been found at the scene of the accident this morning. William Evans stated that they were very like a pair worn by his brother, who was short-sighted. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." [5]
IN MEMORIAM.
EVANS.— in loving remembrance of Thomas Benjamin Evans, who lost his life through a bicycle accident Dec.14. 1894, Three years and more are past
Since we missed your Sunday's call,
And for your noble and manly ways
You have been missed amongst us all.
We never thought your death so soon,
When you met with that fatal fall.
For you were cut off like a rose in full bloom,
You were cut off at a moment's call.
But now we know you are better off,
And to call you back we could not do,
For sooner or later we shall all be called away,
When we hope to meet with you.
Inserted by his fond and loving uncle and aunt, T. and M. A. Evans. [6]
William
Block 23 Plot 16
Cause of death: Nephritis
Address: 165 Hereford Street
Occupation: Oil refiner
Place of Birth: England
Years in NZ: 33 [2]
His probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23085975
Note it was not proven until 1921 – this was post his wife’s death.
William and Mary [nee STEVENS] Married in the registration district of St George in the East, London
in quarter of July-Sept 1858, Volume 1C Page 798 [7]
Mary
Block 23 Plot 17
Address: 466 Cashel St
Place of birth: England
Years in NZ: 47 [3]
Star , Issue 9119, 27 December 1907, Page 3
Silver wedding notice of William and Mary’s daughter Mary Martha and Henry Frank Lambert HADDRELL
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[This daughter is also buried in Linwood in Block 47 Plot 350 [4]
Thomas's flowers appear to be daffodils/narcissus (rebirth & resurrection); a Rose that is not fully blooming (young adult dying) with buds (life cut short/child). The bow is for unity and binds all together. Note the more masculine option of a scarf edge rather than ribbon.
References:
[1]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
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[3]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[4]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[5]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[6]
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[7]
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British Greetings card. Photo: J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Tall, dark and charming English actor Terence Morgan (1921-2005) played many attractive villains and criminals in British films. But he is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake (1961-1962), about the first Englishman to sail round the world. After this success, parts started to dry up as Morgan was no longer seen as ‘the bad guy’.
Terence Ivor Grant Morgan was born in Lewisham, London, in 1921. He was the nephew of British character actor Verne Morgan. He started work as a shipping clerk at Lloyd's of London before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After training at RADA, Morgan began as a repertory theatre actor. His career was interrupted by two years in the army in World War II before he was invalided out with claustrophobia and returned to the stage. He played in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night in London's West End. Laurence Olivier spotted the handsome Morgan and gave him the role of Cain in Thornton Wilder's classic Skin of Our Teeth. This 1945 production which also starred Vivien Leigh, proved a huge boost to his career. Morgan joined the Old Vic Company alongside Olivier, playing parts in Sheridan and William Shakespeare. He made his film debut in the role of Laertes opposite Olivier’s Hamlet in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948). Ronald Bergan in The Guardian: “His Laertes (…) was everything a Laertes should be: daring, dashing and tempestuous. And, at 27, he was young enough to make a convincing student, 14 years younger than Olivier's over-age Hamlet. He wields his sword with aplomb before dying beautifully in Peter Cushing's arms.” Morgan was probably the first actor in the part to get fan mail from teenage girls. Hamlet is still the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Morgan signed a contract with the Rank studio. He played a support to Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo in the American adventure film Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (Raoul Walsh, 1951), made in England. In Mandy (Alexander Mackendrick, 1952) he played the insensitive father of a deaf girl. In Gigolo And Gigolette, one of the three Somerset Maugham stories in Encore (Harold French, 1951) he played a cad risking the life of his wife (Glynis Johns). In 1953 he again played a villain in Turn the Key Softly (Jack Lee, 1953) as a crook who gets his well-bred girlfriend (Yvonne Mitchell) a prison sentence for helping him in a burglary. More nasty roles quickly followed with Always a Bride (Ralph Smart, 1953) where he played a Treasury Investigator who turns bad as well as Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954) as a smuggler and Tread Softly Stranger (Gordon Parry, 1958) where he is an embezzler and murderer, who robs a steel mill in order to keep his girlfriend Diana Dors in fancy clothes. He was often given dramatic exits: Dance Little Lady (Val Guest, 1954) saw him fry in the conflagration at the end, The Scamp (Wolf Rilla, 1957) had him suffer a fatal fall down a flight of stairs, and in Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954), he attempted to drive across Tower Bridge as it was opening and drowned in the Thames. Two films he made in 1955 saw him cast in more positive roles - in the espionage melodrama They Can't Hang Me (Val Guest, 1955) he starred as a dapper Special Branch officer charged with discovering the identity of an enemy agent, and in The March Hare (George More O'Ferrall, 1956) he played an impoverished aristocrat riding a horse for the Derby. One of his nastiest roles was in crime drama The Shakedown (John Lemont, 1959), when he played a pornographer and blackmailer. He just played a petty thief planning a big haul in the thriller Piccadilly Third Stop (Wolf Rilla, 1960) with Yoko Tani. In 1958, Morgan bought a small hotel in Hove, Sussex, and ran the hotel for 16 years.
When his Rank contract finished, Terence Morgan had his biggest screen success. He landed the title role in the British adventure television series TV series Sir Francis Drake (Clive Donner, Harry Booth, 1961-1962). Drake is the commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind during the 1500s and one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. As well as battles at sea and sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Jean Kent). During his career, Morgan appeared in 20 films and later notable roles included the villainous brother of the mummy (Rameses VIII) in the Hammer horror film Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Michael Carreras, 1964), Lord Blackwood in the successful French-Spanish-Italian adventure film Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers/The Sea Pirate (Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland, 1966) starring Gérard Barray, and an estate agent who is forced to watch as his girlfriend (Suzy Kendall) is abused by thugs in the shocker The Penthouse (Peter Collinson, 1967). Since roles dried up, he spent an increasing amount of time as a property developer in Brighton and Hove. Incidentally he appeared in films like Hide and Seek (David Eady, 1972) with a young Gary Kemp, and The Lifetaker (Michael Papas, 1976), which had him back as the bad guy again where as a wealthy business man he plans ritualistic revenge on his wife and her lover. Later he gave a haunting performance on television as an ageing, homosexual matinée idol being blackmailed in an episode of King and Castle (1986) and he had a small part in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Timothy Forder, 1993), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. In 2005, Terence Morgan died of a heart attack in Brighton, England. He was 83. Since 1945, he was married to actress Georgina Jumel. The couple had a daughter.
Sources: Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Anthony Hayward (The Independent), The Telegraph, Wikipedia and IMDb.
CLARKE, H
Rank:……………………......Private
Service No:……………….2871
Date of Death:…………..07/01/1916
Age:………………………......50
Regiment:…………………..Essex Regiment
……………………………........2nd/6th Provisional Bn.
Grave Reference:………25. 175.
Cemetery:………………..…NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2803089/CLARKE,%20H
Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private 2871 Harry Clarke “Died” on the 7th January 1916 whilst serving on the home front with the 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment. No place of birth was shown, but he was resident Tilbury Docks, Essex and enlisted West Ham, Essex.
There does not appear to be a Medal Index Card held for him at the National Archive but given that he was probably home-service only, this is to be expected.
His Service Records do not appear to have survived the incendiary bombs that hit the warehouse where they were being stored during the Blitz of 1941.
There is no obvious Soldiers Will or Civil Probate for this man.
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone shows him as aged 50, but a check of the General Registrars Office Index of Deaths for England and Wales shows only one likely match in Norfolk in the period 1915-1917, and that’s for a 45 year old Harry.
I then tried a search for a Harry Clarke with a Tilbury connection in the census records and found only one possible match, a 40 year old “Henry” on the 1911 census who was born Sheffield. I’ve therefore set out his details below but at this point it could all just be co-incidental.
1871 Census of England and Wales & Scotland
The 5 month old Harry Clarke, born Sheffield, was recorded living at Newholds Yard, Woodside Lane, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield. This was the household of his parents, Charles, (aged 50, a Greengrocer, born London) and Sarah, (aged 39, born Sheffield).
As well as Harry their other children living with them are:-
Annie………aged 17….born Sheffield…Cutler
Thomas……aged 16…..born Sheffield…Cutler
Edith………aged ??.......born Sheffield (entry faded)
Charles…….aged 11…..born Sheffield…Errand Boy
George…….aged 9…….born Sheffield
Joseph……..aged 7…….born Sheffield
William……aged 5…….born Sheffield
Martha……..aged 2……born Sheffield
1881 Census of England and Wales & Scotland
The Clarke family were now recorded living at 81 Robert Street, Nether Hallam. As well as parents Charles, (aged 60, now shown working as a Stoker and born London, Middlesex) and Sarah, (49), children still living at home are Thomas, (26, Brick Maker), Charles, (21, Brick Maker), Edith, (23, “Mettle Ruler”), George, (19), Joseph, (17), William, (15, Silver Stamper), Martha, (12), Harry, 10), and new additions, Albert, (7) and Arthur, (5) – both born Sheffield. The Clarkes also have a lodger.
1891 Census of England and Wales & Scotland
There is a 20 year old Harry, single and a General Labourer from Sheffield, who was recorded living with his widowed mother Sarah, (59, born Sheffield) at 2 / 3 Watery Lane, Nether Hallam, Sheffield. Sarah has two other unmarried sons living with her “Wm”, (25, General Labourer) and Albert, (17, General Labourer) – both born Sheffield.
1901 Census of England and Wales & Scotland
There is no obvious match for Harry on this census. His brother Joseph, (with whom he would be recorded living in 1911), appears on the census already married and living at 16, Toronto Road, Tilbury, Essex, although he is recorded as a “Clark”. While there is an adult Harry in his household, it’s a boarder, Harry Page, a 26 year old Dock Labourer from Poplar, London.
1911 Census of England and Wales
The 40 year Henry Clarke, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, who was single and a Dock Labourer for Messrs Scrutton Ltd, was recorded living at 16 Toronto Road, Tilbury, Essex. This was household of his married brother Joseph H, aged 47, who was also born Sheffield and working as a Dock Labourer for Messrs Scrutton Ltd. Joseph and his wife Rosetta, (aged 47, born Gravesend, Kent), have been married 26 years and have had 7 children, all of whom were then still living at home.
Herbert…….aged 25….born Gravesend, Kent….Mercantile Clerk, Port of London Authority
Gertrude……aged 20…born Sheffield……Elementary School Teacher, Gravesend Education Committee
Frederick…..aged 17…born Gravesend, Kent…Mercantile Clerk, Messrs Scrutton, Ltd
Joseph……..aged 15…born Tilbury…..Clothiers Assistant, Lyndon Rhodes
Charles…….aged 12…born Tilbury
Dora……….aged 9……born Tilbury
Edith………aged 6…….born Tilbury
His Unit
2/6th Battalion
Formed at West Ham in November 1914 as a second line unit.
Moved to Peterborough in December 1914. By summer 1915 was at Thetford. Moved in July 1916 to Harrogate, April 1917 to Welbeck, winter 1917 to Middlesbrough. Disbanded in January 1918.
On the day
The death of a Harry Clarke, aged 45, was recorded in the Norwich District in the January to March quarter, (Q1), of 1916.
From the Eastern Daily Press, Tuesday January 11th 1916
FATAL FALL AT MUNDESLEY
A CLIFF GANGWAY TRAGEDY
The Deputy City Coroner (Mr.W.N. Ladell) held an inquiry at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital yesterday afternoon touching the death of Private Harry Clarke, aged 45, who met with his death from a fall at Mundesley on Friday.
Private Henry Dewdney identified the body. Deceased’s home was at 113, Dock Road, Tilbury, London. Witness had known deceased for the last ten or twelve years.
Corpl. Hubert Bennett stated that at 9.15 on Friday night he went with deceased down the steps leading from the Manor Hotel to the beach. Deceased lost his footing and fell down the steps and over a barricade. Assistance was at once obtained, and deceased was removed to the hotel. There he was attended to by a doctor, and afterwards taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Deceased was quite sober. The steps were rather steep, and the night was very dark and windy. There was a handrail, and there were barricades at intervals. Deceased fell over one of the barricades. A strong wind was blowing at the time.
Mr. D.G.F. Gaul, representing Messrs. Bullard & Sons Ltd., the owners of the Manor Hotel, said the gangway was erected twenty years ago at considerable expense, and had been repaired many times since. There had never been the slightest accident there before. He could not make out how deceased could have fallen over the barricade.
Staff-Sergeant Edmund Askew Smith gave evidence of a corroborative character.
Corporal Robert Cornish, of the R.A.M.C., attached to deceased’s regiment, said that deceased passed away at Coltishall while being conveyed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
Dr. A.H. Davies said deceased was brought to the Hospital dead. A post-mortem examination revealed numerous punctures at the base of the skull. Death was due to injury to the brain.
The jury returned a verdict that deceased met with his death through injuries received in an accidental fall.
Captain Nunnelry expressed the deep sympathy of the officers of the regiment with the relatives of the deceased.
Mr.Gaul said that on behalf of the directors of Messrs. Bullards he wished to join in that expression. They deeply regretted that the accident should have occurred, but he was sure the jury would agree that no blame attached to the firm with regard to the gangway. It was used by the children, aged people, and invalids, and no accident had ever before occurred.
The Coroner and jury unanimously agreed that no blame could be attached to the firm.
In loving memory of
Thomas Benjamin EVANS
Second beloved son of
Williams & Mary EVANS
Born April 16, 1872 Died Dec 14, 1894
Aged 22 years
So loved So mourned.
Christ Gathereth in his own
Also
William Underwood Whitney
The beloved husband of
Mary EVANS
Born Jan 17, 1830 Died April 4, 1906
Aged 76 years
A loving parent gone to rest
Also Mary
Beloved wife of
William Underwood Whitney EVANS
Born 1841, Died Sept 2, 1920
A beloved mother at rest.
Thomas
Block 23 Plot 17
Occupation: Jeweller
Place of birth: London, UK
Years in NZ: 20 [1]
A fatal accident happened on the New Brighton tram-line last night, the victim being a young man. When the 10.10 tram from Christchurch was nearing Mr M'Haffie's, at Flemington, the deceased, who was riding a rover bicycle behind the tram, was seen to pass the car on the left hand side, and when opposite the horses appeared to shoot into them. He fell under the horses, and although the driver tried to stop the car, it went over him. Deceased was placed, in the car and driven back to the house of Dr Lomax- Smith, who pronounced life extinct. The body was then brought on to town, and removed to the Clarendon Hotel. The deceased was identified as Thomas Evans, aged twenty-two years, son of Mr W. Evans, of 165, Hereford Street, Lin wood. It appears that he left town with the intention of visiting his mother and sisters at New Brighton. He was a jeweller in the employ of Mr Partridge. An inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel at twelve o'clock to-day. Mr H. W. Bishop (Coroner), presided, and Mr J. Stevenson was chosen Foreman of the jury. Sergeant-Major Mason conducted the inquiry, and Mr G. J. M'Intyre watched the proceedings on behalf of the New Brighton Tramway Company. Evidence was given by Alexander Thomson, guard; Walter J. Allpress, driver; W. Tippler, groom; E. C. Bishop and H. D. Pine, passengers on the tram John Thomson, Manager of the Tramway Company, and William Whitney Evans, brother of deceased. No new facts were brought out beyond the statement that a pair of spectacles had been found at the scene of the accident this morning. William Evans stated that they were very like a pair worn by his brother, who was short-sighted. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." [5]
IN MEMORIAM.
EVANS.— in loving remembrance of Thomas Benjamin Evans, who lost his life through a bicycle accident Dec.14. 1894, Three years and more are past
Since we missed your Sunday's call,
And for your noble and manly ways
You have been missed amongst us all.
We never thought your death so soon,
When you met with that fatal fall.
For you were cut off like a rose in full bloom,
You were cut off at a moment's call.
But now we know you are better off,
And to call you back we could not do,
For sooner or later we shall all be called away,
When we hope to meet with you.
Inserted by his fond and loving uncle and aunt, T. and M. A. Evans. [6]
William
Block 23 Plot 16
Cause of death: Nephritis
Address: 165 Hereford Street
Occupation: Oil refiner
Place of Birth: England
Years in NZ: 33 [2]
His probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23085975
Note it was not proven until 1921 – this was post his wife’s death.
William and Mary [nee STEVENS] Married in the registration district of St George in the East, London
in quarter of July-Sept 1858, Volume 1C Page 798 [7]
Mary
Block 23 Plot 17
Address: 466 Cashel St
Place of birth: England
Years in NZ: 47 [3]
Star , Issue 9119, 27 December 1907, Page 3
Silver wedding notice of William and Mary’s daughter Mary Martha and Henry Frank Lambert HADDRELL
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[This daughter is also buried in Linwood in Block 47 Plot 350 [4]
Thomas's flowers appear to be daffodils/narcissus (rebirth & resurrection); a Rose that is not fully blooming (young adult dying) with buds (life cut short/child). The bow is for unity and binds all together. Note the more masculine option of a scarf edge rather than ribbon.
References:
[1]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[2]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[3]
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[6]
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[7]
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In loving memory of
Alexander
Beloved husband of
Cephy BRICKLEY
Accidentally killed May 15th 1907
Aged 32 years
BLOCK PUBLIC2 PLOT 83 H
*************************************************************
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12479, 25 January 1904, Page 6
“On Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. M. Sullivan, the bride's sister, Karori, Wellington, Mr. Alex. Brickley was married to Miss Cephy Bascand, fourth daughter of the late Captain Bascand, who for many years sailed in New Zealand waters. Mr. C. Bascand, of Christchurch, was best man, while nieces of the bride and bridegroom attended the bride. The Rev. W. J. Elliott performed the marriage ceremony.” [5]
They had 2 children
Ernest Robert born 1 December 1904 and died c1987
Alexander McKenzie born c1906 and died c1939 [4]
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 1291, 16 May 1907, Page 5
Alex. Brickley, who was injured while shipping mail hampers aboard the Mararoa on Monday evening, died this
afternoon [1]
Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 116, 17 May 1907, Page 4
[Interesting to note all through this report his name is given as Frederick. Historic BDM indexes death entry on Dept Internal Affairs states his name Is Alexander]
A FATAL FALL
INQUEST ON F. BRICKLEY. An enquiry into the cause of the death of Frederick Brickley, who met with an accident on Queen's Wharf on Monday, was held at the hospital yesterday afternoon by the District Coroner (Mr. J. Ashcroft). Mr. W. Higginbottom was foreman of the jury.
Robert Hepburn, driver, who was near the spot at the time of the accident, described what he saw. When he passed Brickley, the latter was handling a hamper on the mail lorry. The hamper, if full of mail matter, would weigh about l cwt. After passing, witness heard a cry, turned round, and saw Brickley lying on tho wharf alongside the wheel of the lorry driven by witness. Brickley’s neck was alongside, not under the tire of the wheel. Brickley was conscious, and complained of the back of his neck. Was sure he (witness) did nothing to cause Brickley to fall off his lorry. There was about 4ft space between the two vehicles. He did not know the cause of the accident, but thought Brickley must have overbalanced himself and fell over. The hamper had fallen on to the wharf. There was no one within thirty yards of the spot at the time of the accident, and witness knew of no one who saw what happened. Brickley was a sober man, and he never knew him to drink. Witness obtained assistance immediately after tho accident. Dr. Henry, who rendered aid immediately after the accident and sent Brickley on to tho hospital, said he found the injured man conscious, but in a somewhat dazed condition. There was concussion of the brain, but there were then no signs of fracture. Witness asked Brickley how he got his injury, and he replied that he had fallen off his vehicle. He was quite sober, and there were no signs of his having had a fit. Dr. Gilray, senior house surgeon at the hospital, testified as to the condition Brickley was in when received into the institution. He was unconscious, and there were signs of a fracture at the base of the skull, which would account for death. Such a fall as deceased experienced, and even a slip off a kerbstone, would cause fracture of the base of tho skull, William Richards, an office boy, who saw the accident, said that as the hamper was thrown over the side of the lorry it appeared to pull Brickley after it. The hamper landed on its end, Brickley jumped on to it to save himself, the hamper tipped over, and Brickley fell backwards on his head on the wharf. It looked like a heavy fall. Witness saw Hepburn's vehicle pass Brickley's lorry before the accident. He was quite satisfied Hepburn's vehicle did not cause the accident. The coroner complimented the lad on his powers of observing things. Evidence was also given by Constable Fleming, Wm. Brickley (brother of tho deceased, who said the latter was thirty two years of age), and Daniel Keir (who said that the deceased was one of the best drivers in their employ, was a temperance advocate, and was not subject to fits). A verdict of accidental death was returned, the jury not attaching blame to any one. [2]
Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 6
THANKS.
I DESIRE to tender my sincerest heartfelt Thanks to all those kind friends and sympathisers who in any way whatever showed their sympathy to me at the loss of my dear husband. CEPHY BRICKLEY[6]
Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 115, 15 May 1908, Page 1
BRICKLEY – In sad but loving memory of Alexander BRICKLEY, who died through accident on the Queen’s Wharf on 15th May, 1907. “A true husband and a loving father.”
Inserted by his loving wife, C BRICKLEY, Christchurch [3]
BRICKLEY – In loving memory of Alexander BRICKLEY, who was accidentally killed on th 15th May 1907.
Oh, for a touch of the vanished hand,
And the sound of the voice that’s still.
Inserted by his loving nephew, B. BAILEY [3]
BRICKLEY – In sad but loving remembrance of our dear brother, Alex. BRICKLEY who was accidentally killed on the 15th May 1907. In the midst of life we are in death.
Inserted by Tom, Lizzie and Nellie [3]
BRICKLEY – In loving memory of Alex. BRICKELY, who departed this life on the 15th May, 1907. Gone, but not forgotten
Inserted by his father, sister and brother-in-law [3]
Cephy remarried to Thomas WOOD in 1917 [7], he died on November 2 1942 at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland.[8]
She died c1965 aged 90.
SOURCES:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[4]
NZ Department of Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes
[5]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[6]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[7]
Marriage registration 1917/2685 NZ Department of Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes
[8]
In loving memory of
Thomas Benjamin EVANS
Second beloved son of
Williams & Mary EVANS
Born April 16, 1872 Died Dec 14, 1894
Aged 22 years
So loved So mourned.
Christ Gathereth in his own
Also
William Underwood Whitney
The beloved husband of
Mary EVANS
Born Jan 17, 1830 Died April 4, 1906
Aged 76 years
A loving parent gone to rest
Also Mary
Beloved wife of
William Underwood Whitney EVANS
Born 1841, Died Sept 2, 1920
A beloved mother at rest.
Thomas
Block 23 Plot 17
Occupation: Jeweller
Place of birth: London, UK
Years in NZ: 20 [1]
A fatal accident happened on the New Brighton tram-line last night, the victim being a young man. When the 10.10 tram from Christchurch was nearing Mr M'Haffie's, at Flemington, the deceased, who was riding a rover bicycle behind the tram, was seen to pass the car on the left hand side, and when opposite the horses appeared to shoot into them. He fell under the horses, and although the driver tried to stop the car, it went over him. Deceased was placed, in the car and driven back to the house of Dr Lomax- Smith, who pronounced life extinct. The body was then brought on to town, and removed to the Clarendon Hotel. The deceased was identified as Thomas Evans, aged twenty-two years, son of Mr W. Evans, of 165, Hereford Street, Lin wood. It appears that he left town with the intention of visiting his mother and sisters at New Brighton. He was a jeweller in the employ of Mr Partridge. An inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel at twelve o'clock to-day. Mr H. W. Bishop (Coroner), presided, and Mr J. Stevenson was chosen Foreman of the jury. Sergeant-Major Mason conducted the inquiry, and Mr G. J. M'Intyre watched the proceedings on behalf of the New Brighton Tramway Company. Evidence was given by Alexander Thomson, guard; Walter J. Allpress, driver; W. Tippler, groom; E. C. Bishop and H. D. Pine, passengers on the tram John Thomson, Manager of the Tramway Company, and William Whitney Evans, brother of deceased. No new facts were brought out beyond the statement that a pair of spectacles had been found at the scene of the accident this morning. William Evans stated that they were very like a pair worn by his brother, who was short-sighted. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." [5]
IN MEMORIAM.
EVANS.— in loving remembrance of Thomas Benjamin Evans, who lost his life through a bicycle accident Dec.14. 1894, Three years and more are past
Since we missed your Sunday's call,
And for your noble and manly ways
You have been missed amongst us all.
We never thought your death so soon,
When you met with that fatal fall.
For you were cut off like a rose in full bloom,
You were cut off at a moment's call.
But now we know you are better off,
And to call you back we could not do,
For sooner or later we shall all be called away,
When we hope to meet with you.
Inserted by his fond and loving uncle and aunt, T. and M. A. Evans. [6]
William
Block 23 Plot 16
Cause of death: Nephritis
Address: 165 Hereford Street
Occupation: Oil refiner
Place of Birth: England
Years in NZ: 33 [2]
His probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23085975
Note it was not proven until 1921 – this was post his wife’s death.
William and Mary [nee STEVENS] Married in the registration district of St George in the East, London
in quarter of July-Sept 1858, Volume 1C Page 798 [7]
Mary
Block 23 Plot 17
Address: 466 Cashel St
Place of birth: England
Years in NZ: 47 [3]
Star , Issue 9119, 27 December 1907, Page 3
Silver wedding notice of William and Mary’s daughter Mary Martha and Henry Frank Lambert HADDRELL
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[This daughter is also buried in Linwood in Block 47 Plot 350 [4]
Thomas's flowers appear to be daffodils/narcissus (rebirth & resurrection); a Rose that is not fully blooming (young adult dying) with buds (life cut short/child). The bow is for unity and binds all together. Note the more masculine option of a scarf edge rather than ribbon.
References:
[1]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[2]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[3]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[4]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
[5]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[6]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS...
[7]
Findmypast.co.uk
In loving memory of
Alexander
Beloved husband of
Cephy BRICKLEY
Accidentally killed May 15th 1907
Aged 32 years
BLOCK PUBLIC2 PLOT 83 H
*************************************************************
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12479, 25 January 1904, Page 6
“On Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. M. Sullivan, the bride's sister, Karori, Wellington, Mr. Alex. Brickley was married to Miss Cephy Bascand, fourth daughter of the late Captain Bascand, who for many years sailed in New Zealand waters. Mr. C. Bascand, of Christchurch, was best man, while nieces of the bride and bridegroom attended the bride. The Rev. W. J. Elliott performed the marriage ceremony.” [5]
They had 2 children
Ernest Robert born 1 December 1904 and died c1987
Alexander McKenzie born c1906 and died c1939 [4]
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 1291, 16 May 1907, Page 5
Alex. Brickley, who was injured while shipping mail hampers aboard the Mararoa on Monday evening, died this
afternoon [1]
Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 116, 17 May 1907, Page 4
[Interesting to note all through this report his name is given as Frederick. Historic BDM indexes death entry on Dept Internal Affairs states his name Is Alexander]
A FATAL FALL
INQUEST ON F. BRICKLEY. An enquiry into the cause of the death of Frederick Brickley, who met with an accident on Queen's Wharf on Monday, was held at the hospital yesterday afternoon by the District Coroner (Mr. J. Ashcroft). Mr. W. Higginbottom was foreman of the jury.
Robert Hepburn, driver, who was near the spot at the time of the accident, described what he saw. When he passed Brickley, the latter was handling a hamper on the mail lorry. The hamper, if full of mail matter, would weigh about l cwt. After passing, witness heard a cry, turned round, and saw Brickley lying on tho wharf alongside the wheel of the lorry driven by witness. Brickley’s neck was alongside, not under the tire of the wheel. Brickley was conscious, and complained of the back of his neck. Was sure he (witness) did nothing to cause Brickley to fall off his lorry. There was about 4ft space between the two vehicles. He did not know the cause of the accident, but thought Brickley must have overbalanced himself and fell over. The hamper had fallen on to the wharf. There was no one within thirty yards of the spot at the time of the accident, and witness knew of no one who saw what happened. Brickley was a sober man, and he never knew him to drink. Witness obtained assistance immediately after tho accident. Dr. Henry, who rendered aid immediately after the accident and sent Brickley on to tho hospital, said he found the injured man conscious, but in a somewhat dazed condition. There was concussion of the brain, but there were then no signs of fracture. Witness asked Brickley how he got his injury, and he replied that he had fallen off his vehicle. He was quite sober, and there were no signs of his having had a fit. Dr. Gilray, senior house surgeon at the hospital, testified as to the condition Brickley was in when received into the institution. He was unconscious, and there were signs of a fracture at the base of the skull, which would account for death. Such a fall as deceased experienced, and even a slip off a kerbstone, would cause fracture of the base of tho skull, William Richards, an office boy, who saw the accident, said that as the hamper was thrown over the side of the lorry it appeared to pull Brickley after it. The hamper landed on its end, Brickley jumped on to it to save himself, the hamper tipped over, and Brickley fell backwards on his head on the wharf. It looked like a heavy fall. Witness saw Hepburn's vehicle pass Brickley's lorry before the accident. He was quite satisfied Hepburn's vehicle did not cause the accident. The coroner complimented the lad on his powers of observing things. Evidence was also given by Constable Fleming, Wm. Brickley (brother of tho deceased, who said the latter was thirty two years of age), and Daniel Keir (who said that the deceased was one of the best drivers in their employ, was a temperance advocate, and was not subject to fits). A verdict of accidental death was returned, the jury not attaching blame to any one. [2]
Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 6
THANKS.
I DESIRE to tender my sincerest heartfelt Thanks to all those kind friends and sympathisers who in any way whatever showed their sympathy to me at the loss of my dear husband. CEPHY BRICKLEY[6]
Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 115, 15 May 1908, Page 1
BRICKLEY – In sad but loving memory of Alexander BRICKLEY, who died through accident on the Queen’s Wharf on 15th May, 1907. “A true husband and a loving father.”
Inserted by his loving wife, C BRICKLEY, Christchurch [3]
BRICKLEY – In loving memory of Alexander BRICKLEY, who was accidentally killed on th 15th May 1907.
Oh, for a touch of the vanished hand,
And the sound of the voice that’s still.
Inserted by his loving nephew, B. BAILEY [3]
BRICKLEY – In sad but loving remembrance of our dear brother, Alex. BRICKLEY who was accidentally killed on the 15th May 1907. In the midst of life we are in death.
Inserted by Tom, Lizzie and Nellie [3]
BRICKLEY – In loving memory of Alex. BRICKELY, who departed this life on the 15th May, 1907. Gone, but not forgotten
Inserted by his father, sister and brother-in-law [3]
Cephy remarried to Thomas WOOD in 1917 [7], he died on November 2 1942 at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland.[8]
She died c1965 aged 90.
SOURCES:
[1]
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[2]
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[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[4]
NZ Department of Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes
[5]
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[6]
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[7]
Marriage registration 1917/2685 NZ Department of Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes
[8]
In loving memory of
Thomas Benjamin EVANS
Second beloved son of
Williams & Mary EVANS
Born April 16, 1872 Died Dec 14, 1894
Aged 22 years
So loved So mourned.
Christ Gathereth in his own
Also
William Underwood Whitney
The beloved husband of
Mary EVANS
Born Jan 17, 1830 Died April 4, 1906
Aged 76 years
A loving parent gone to rest
Also Mary
Beloved wife of
William Underwood Whitney EVANS
Born 1841, Died Sept 2, 1920
A beloved mother at rest.
Thomas
Block 23 Plot 17
Occupation: Jeweller
Place of birth: London, UK
Years in NZ: 20 [1]
A fatal accident happened on the New Brighton tram-line last night, the victim being a young man. When the 10.10 tram from Christchurch was nearing Mr M'Haffie's, at Flemington, the deceased, who was riding a rover bicycle behind the tram, was seen to pass the car on the left hand side, and when opposite the horses appeared to shoot into them. He fell under the horses, and although the driver tried to stop the car, it went over him. Deceased was placed, in the car and driven back to the house of Dr Lomax- Smith, who pronounced life extinct. The body was then brought on to town, and removed to the Clarendon Hotel. The deceased was identified as Thomas Evans, aged twenty-two years, son of Mr W. Evans, of 165, Hereford Street, Lin wood. It appears that he left town with the intention of visiting his mother and sisters at New Brighton. He was a jeweller in the employ of Mr Partridge. An inquest was held at the Clarendon Hotel at twelve o'clock to-day. Mr H. W. Bishop (Coroner), presided, and Mr J. Stevenson was chosen Foreman of the jury. Sergeant-Major Mason conducted the inquiry, and Mr G. J. M'Intyre watched the proceedings on behalf of the New Brighton Tramway Company. Evidence was given by Alexander Thomson, guard; Walter J. Allpress, driver; W. Tippler, groom; E. C. Bishop and H. D. Pine, passengers on the tram John Thomson, Manager of the Tramway Company, and William Whitney Evans, brother of deceased. No new facts were brought out beyond the statement that a pair of spectacles had been found at the scene of the accident this morning. William Evans stated that they were very like a pair worn by his brother, who was short-sighted. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." [5]
IN MEMORIAM.
EVANS.— in loving remembrance of Thomas Benjamin Evans, who lost his life through a bicycle accident Dec.14. 1894, Three years and more are past
Since we missed your Sunday's call,
And for your noble and manly ways
You have been missed amongst us all.
We never thought your death so soon,
When you met with that fatal fall.
For you were cut off like a rose in full bloom,
You were cut off at a moment's call.
But now we know you are better off,
And to call you back we could not do,
For sooner or later we shall all be called away,
When we hope to meet with you.
Inserted by his fond and loving uncle and aunt, T. and M. A. Evans. [6]
William
Block 23 Plot 16
Cause of death: Nephritis
Address: 165 Hereford Street
Occupation: Oil refiner
Place of Birth: England
Years in NZ: 33 [2]
His probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23085975
Note it was not proven until 1921 – this was post his wife’s death.
William and Mary [nee STEVENS] Married in the registration district of St George in the East, London
in quarter of July-Sept 1858, Volume 1C Page 798 [7]
Mary
Block 23 Plot 17
Address: 466 Cashel St
Place of birth: England
Years in NZ: 47 [3]
Star , Issue 9119, 27 December 1907, Page 3
Silver wedding notice of William and Mary’s daughter Mary Martha and Henry Frank Lambert HADDRELL
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[This daughter is also buried in Linwood in Block 47 Plot 350 [4]
Thomas's flowers appear to be daffodils/narcissus (rebirth & resurrection); a Rose that is not fully blooming (young adult dying) with buds (life cut short/child). The bow is for unity and binds all together. Note the more masculine option of a scarf edge rather than ribbon.
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[7]
Findmypast.co.uk
Blue shows the old route after leaving the Ebersbacher Ledges. The old route was close to the edge, and loose in spots. Red shows where the trail was moved to after a fatal fall in the late '90s.
Fort Jefferson interior, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida.
Walking around on the upper level was not for anyone with a fear of heights, or balance issues. Uneven surface, lots of obstacles, no railings, and a slip would result in a painful or fatal fall.
FOUND DEAD.
RETIRED FARMER.
BODY NEAR RAILWAY LINE.
DISCOVERY THIS MORNING,
Mr. Allen John Ross, aged 64, a retired farmer and single man, was found dead this morning near the railway line close to the overhead bridge at Dominion Road.
At 6.20 a.m. in answer to a telephone message Constable Bowley went to the bridge. There he saw two men, who informed him that they had noticed the body of the man on a lawn below a 50ft embankment.
The body was still warm when examined by the constable. There were bruises on the face, and the ground for 25 feet towards the railway line was disturbed. A garden seat was overturned, and it was thought that ths man had seized it in an endeavour to struggle on his feet. Marks on the clothing suggested that he had crawled some distance.
The deceased's effects included a gold chain, a watch and a little over £1 in money.
The body was identified by a brother, Mr. David Miller Ross, of Waitakere. He last saw deceased about a month ago. The latter lived some time at Mont Le Grande Road, Mount Eden. He had complained of bad health, and after effects of influenza.
The inquest was opened before Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., coroner, and was adjourned for the making of a postmortem examination.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19330926.2.104
ROSS.—On September 26, 1933, at Auckland, Allan John, fifth son or the late Andrew and Margaret Ross, of Kihikihi. Funeral will leave mortuary or W. H. Tongue, 1, Mount Eden Road, to-morrow (Thursday), at 2 p.m., for Waikumete Cemetery.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19330927.2.5
MAN'S FATAL FALL
OVERBALANCED OFF RAIL
CHILD WITNESSES ACCIDENT
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST
Fatal injuries were suffered by a rotired farmer, Mr. Allan John Ross, aeed 64, as a result of a fall from the overhead bridge in Dominion Road, Mount Eden, about 6.15 a.m. yesterday. Mr. Ross, who was a single man living in Mont le Grand Road, Mount Eden, was sitting on the rail on the Eden Terrace side of the bridge when he lost his balance, falling heavily to a lawn near the railway line passing under the structure.
The accident was noticed by Sylvia Jean Bradcock, aged 11, of 6 Dominion Road, and Mr. P. C. Calkin, of 249 Balmoral Road, saw deceased lying on the grass. He informed the Mount Eden police at 6.20, Constable Bowley proceeding to the scene immediately. When he arrived, Mr. Ross was dead.
An inquest was opened in the afternoon before Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., coroner. Percival Charles Calkin described seeing deceased lying on the grass below the bridge, and Sylvia Bradcock said she was standing outside her home when she saw a man sitting on the rail of the bridge, facing tho road. He was engaged in rolling a cigarette when his hat was blown backward. The man turned round in an attempt to catch his hat, and overbalanced, falling off the rail to the section below. Witness ran to the bridge and saw the man lying on his back. He seemed to have stopped breathing. Witness then gave the alarm.
Constable Bowley said deceased was dead upon witness' arrival shortly after the police received a telephone message. About 25ft. toward the railway line, from the point where the body was lying, the ground was disturbed and a garden seat overturned, as though deceased had struggled to his feet and pulled it over. The height of the embankment was about 50ft. Deceased's knees showed earth marks, which could have been caused by his crawling to where he was found. The coroner adjourned the inquiry for the report following a post-mortem examination.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19330927.2.119
CORONER MISLED.
REVISES HIS VERDICT.
CHILD’S UNTRUTHFUL STATEMENT.
AUCKLAND, Thursday. After hearing a statement made by a girl, aged 11, when he re-opened the inquest concerning the death of a retired farmer, Mr Allan John Ross, aged 64, the Coroner, Mr W. R. McKean, S.M., revised his original verdict. Mr Ross was found lying on a lawn near the railway line below the overhead bridge in Dominion Road, and he died shortly afterwards.
When the Inquest was opened, the girl, said she saw a man sitting on the edge of the bridge, facing the road. He was rolling a cigarette, when his hat was blown backward. The man turned round in an attempt to catch his hat, and overbalanced, falling off the rail on to the section below. When the inquest was re-opened yesterday, Senior-Detective S. G. Hall produced a further statement made by the girl, in which she said she did not see the man fall. She heard onlookers expressing opinions as to how he had fallen, and what she had told the police in her first statement was not what she had seen, but consisted of opinions she had heard other people express. When she went home, she told her mother she had seen a man fall from the bridge, and told the policeman who interviewed her the same story, as she was afraid to tell him anything different in front of her parents. “I am very, very sorry for not telling the policeman the truth," she concluded.
“It is obvious from the other evidence that the girl’s statment is untrue;” the coroner said. It was only because the girl was so young that the coroner refrained from taking further steps. As it was, she apparently did not realise the enormity of her offence.
“I was misled at the first inquest by the statement made by this little girl," he added. “It did not occur to me that a child of such tender years could Invent such a story.”
The coroner revised his original verdict of accidental death to read that death was due to Injuries received as a result of falling from the bridge, there being no evidence to show how deceased had fallen.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19331123.2.4
Plot 27: Allan John Ross – Rtd Farmer – Fell from bridge
Agnes Isobel Ross (79) 1951 – Miss
In Loving Memory
of
ALLAN JOHN ROSS
Died 26th Sept. 1933
Aged 64 Years.
This girl made several attempts to walk the length of this slackline across a narrow part of a 1000' deep canyon near Moab, Utah. She is tethered to prevent a fatal fall. Unfortunately, in spite of her dogged determination and many tries, she wasn't successful while I was there.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
FALL FROM TRAM CAR.
RESULTS IN WOMAN'S DEATH.
A married woman named Emily Jane Mason fell from a moving tram car in Hobson Street yesterday, and received injuries from which she died at the General Hospital at 1 o'clock this morning.
Apparently the accident was the result of Mrs Mason's attempt to leave the tram before it had stopped at the Cook Street junction. She was thrown heavily, the base of her skull being fractured. When she was admitted to the hospital at 5 p.m. she was unconscious. Deceased, who was 38 years of age, was the wife of a waterside worker, and resided in Manukau Road. An inquest is being held.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19161003.2.67
An inquest was opened yesterday by Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., into the circumstances of the death of Emily Jane Mason, a married woman, aged 38 years, who died at the hospital on Tuesday following injuries received by falling off a tramcar in Hobson Street on Monday. Dr. A. Bewes, senior resident medical officer at the hospital, said that when deceased was admitted at 4.20 p.m. on Monday she was unconscious, and was bleeding from the mouth, nostrils and left ear. There were also wounds on the back of the head and the skull was fractured. She was operated upon at 5 p.m., and she died at 1 a.m. the following day. The cause of death was fracture of the skull and cerebral hemorrhage. Witness stated that the deceased's husband informed him that she was subject to fits. James Mason, a waterside worker, and husband of the deceased, said his wife had suffered from indifferent health, and often used to faint. She told witness that she took drugs, but he had never seen her do so. The inquest was then adjourned until October 11.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19161005.2.37
FATAL FALL FROM TRAM
THE HOBSON ST. ACCIDENT
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST.
TRAMWAY OFFICERS NOT TO BLAME.
The adjourned inquest into the circumstances of the death of Emily Jane Mason, a married woman, who died at the hospital on October 3, as the result of injuries received by falling from a tramcar in Hobson Street, was concluded yesterday by Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M, at the Magistrate's Court.
Mr. Cahill appeared for the Tramway Company, and Mr. W. D. Lysaght, superintendent of the company's claims department, also watched the proceedings.
At the previous hearing medical evidence was given to the effect that death was due to fracture of the skull and cerebral hemorrhage.
Harriet Russell stated that on the afternoon in question she was standing outside her shop in Hobson Street, when she saw a tramcar approach, with a woman standing on the front platform. As the cat reached the shop the woman moved across the platform, and after one foot had reached the ground she fell face downwards. She appeared to be deep in thought, absent-minded, or stupid," and apparently forgot that the car had not stopped. The car was travelling on a straight line, and not very fast.
Frederick William Eccles, a retired grain merchant, said the woman seemed to rush towards the steps. It appeared to witness that she was being flung forward by the car rounding the curve, when the motorman put out his hand, caught her, and twisted her round, with the result that he prevented her from falling head first. The woman fell with her face towards the tramcar. The car came round the curve at a fair pace, and witness thought the woman intended to alight at the next stopping place. The motorman certainly saved the woman from being killed instantly.
William Henry Harvey, a conductor stated that he was in charge of the tramcar and that when he went to collect the woman's fare in Queen Street she was "dozing." She appeared to have taken liquor. Shortly after leaving the stop at St. Matthew's Church she walked from the rear to the front end of the car. Knowing that she had a 2d ticket witness thought she was leaving the smoking for the non-smoking compartment, and paid no further attention to her. He noticed her next on the front platform, and went through to warn her, but before he could reach her the car rounded the curve, and the woman disappeared.
William Craigie Butchard, the motorman on the tramcar, said that as he approached the Cook Street stop he heard someone say "Next stop." He glanced around, and saw the deceased on the extreme edge of the platform. He gave a shout of warning, but she overbalanced and fell. He put out his hand in an effort to save her, and just managed to stay her progress before she fell on to the back of her head. On stopping he found the woman badly hurt, and sent for a doctor. The woman was not holding any rail, and the curve undoubtedly caused her to fall.
A verdict was returned to the effect that death was due to a fracture of the skull and cerebral hemorrhage, the coroner adding that the deceased met her death by being thrown from the platform of a tramcar as it travelled round a curve. No blame was attachable to the conductor or motorman.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19161012.2.22
MR. J. F. MASON.
Prominently associated with the Labour movement in Auckland in its early stages, Mr. James Frederick Mason, aged 68, has died at his daughter's residence at Huapai. In his early days Mr. Mason was a well-known figure on the goldfields at Karangahake and Waihi. At Auckland he took a keen interest in the political side of the Labour party, being for some time president of the central branch. He was also associated with the General Labourers' Union soon after its inception, and was for a period chairman of the Auckland city schools' committee. His wife died some years ago. He is survived by a son and a daughter.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19400826.2.38
Plot 1c: Emily Jane Mason (38) 3/10/1916 – Fractured skull & cerebral haemorrhage
James Frederick Mason (68) 24/8/1940 – Sailmaker
unmarked grave
Dutch collector card, no. 42.
Sultry American jazz and pop singer Peggy Lee (1920-2002) recorded such classics as 'Fever', 'Manana', 'Big Spender' and 'Is That All There Is?'. In Hollywood, she made herself a name with parts in The Jazz Singer (1952) and Pete Kelly's Blues (1955). And she composed songs for Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1955), for which she also voiced the unforgettable Peg, a broken-down old showgirl of a dog, whose provocative walk was based on the stage-prowl of Peggy Lee.
Peggy Lee was Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1920. She was the seventh of the eight children of Selma Amelia (née Anderson) Egstrom and Marvin Olof Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad. At age four her mother died. Peggy's father remarried Minnie Schaumberg Wiese, but he later left home, leaving Peggy's care entrusted to a stepmother who physically abused her. Peggy used singing as an escape. She later memorialised this in the calypso number 'One Beating a Day', one of 22 songs she co-wrote for the autobiographical musical 'Peg' (1983), in which she made her Broadway debut at the age of 62. Young Peggy worked as a milkmaid, later turning to singing for money in her teens. While singing on a local radio station in Fargo, the program director there suggested she change her name to Peggy Lee. She developed her trademark sultry purr, having decided to compete with the noisy crowd with subtlety rather than volume. Peggy's big break came in 1941 when Benny Goodman hired her to sing with his band after hearing her perform in a Chicago nightclub. She replacied vocalist Helen Forrest. In 1942 Lee had her first No. 1 hit, 'Somebody Else Is Taking My Place', followed in 1943 by 'Why Don't You Do Right?', which sold more than one million copies and made her famous. She sang with Goodman's orchestra in two films, Stage Door Canteen (1943) and The Powers Girl (1943). In March 1943 Lee married Dave Barbour, a guitarist in Goodman's band. She had to leave the band and became a housewife. In 1947, she drifted back to songwriting and occasional recording sessions for the Capitol Record. She had hits with 'Golden Earrings', 'It's a Good Day' and the no. 1 hit 'Manana', which she also wrote. Later, such classics followed as 'Fever' in 1958, 'Lover', 'Big Spender' and 'Is That All There Is?' - the latter winning her a Grammy Award in 1969. Peggy's vocal style provided a distinctive imprint to countless swing tunes, ballads and big band numbers. She was considered the type of performer equally capable of interpreting a song as uniquely as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith.
Peggy Lee also became known as a film actress. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: "An elegant, intimate performer with a minimalist style, her recording and supper club fame eventually led to movie offers". She appeared opposite Danny Thomas in The Jazz Singer (Michael Curtiz, 1952), a remake of the Al Jolson film, The Jazz Singer (1927). She made her mark in Hollywood, winning an Academy Award nomination for her role as a singer who battles the bottle in the jazz saga, Pete Kelly's Blues (Jack Webb, 1955). She composed songs for the Walt Disney animated classic Lady and the Tramp (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, 1955). She also voiced four different characters in the film: Darling, both the Siamese cats, and Peg, a broken-down old showgirl of a dog, whose provocative walk was based on the stage-prowl of Peggy Lee. In 1991, 36 years later, she won $2.3 million against Disney to recoup royalties from videocassette sales of Lady and the Tramp. The case hinged on a clause in her pre-video-era contract barring the sale of 'transcriptions' of the film without her approval. But music was her first love and she continued on the road, crossing over occasionally from the easy jazz to pop field. At the age of 62, she made her Broadway debut in the autobiographical musical 'Peg' (1983). It was one of the few projects in her life that was not a success.
Peggy Lee was nominated for twelve Grammy Awards, winning Best Contemporary Vocal Performance for her 1969 hit 'Is That All There Is?' Her 1989 album, 'Peggy Sings the Blues', was a Grammy Award nominee. Peggy was a prolific songwriter and arranger and her 1990 'The Peggy Lee Songbook' contained four songs she wrote with guitarist John Chiodini. Peggy also wrote for jazz greats Duke Ellington, who called her "The Queen", and Johnny Mercer, and composer Quincy Jones. Also in 1990 Peggy was awarded the coveted Pied Piper Award presented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In 1995 she was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Peggy's private life was racked by physical ailments, a near-fatal fall in 1976, diabetes and she was semi-confined to a wheelchair since the 1980s, but she valiantly continued performing. She was married four times, to guitarist Dave Barbour, actor Brad Dexter, actor Dewey martin, and actor Jack del Rio, all marriages ending in divorce. She and David Barbour had a daughter, Nicki Lee Foster (1943), her only child. Peggy and Dave were on the verge of a reconciliation in 1965, but he died of a heart attack before the couple got back together. At the time, Dave had divorced her because he felt his drinking was not good for his daughter. They engaged again four days before he died. Dave claimed he had been sober 13 years by then and was ready to remarry Peggy. In 1998, Peggy Lee had a stroke, and in 2002, she died of a heart attack in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Just a week before her death, she earned a preliminary approval of $4.75 million in a class lawsuit (she was the lead plaintiff of a group of Decca recording artists) for royalties against Universal Music Group. Gary Brumburgh: ""Miss Peggy Lee", as she was always introduced, was a class act all the way and, in talent, is often deemed a smooth, self-contained combination of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday." And according to IMDb, Lee is the namesake of the Margarita cocktail. In 1948. Santos Cruz, a bartender at the famed Texas nightclub the Balinese Room, mixed up a new drink especially for her. He named it for the Spanish version of 'Margaret' which is the formal version of 'Peggy'.
Sources: Kelly E.F. Wiebe (IMDb), Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
FATAL FALL FROM TRAM
MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED.
ACCIDENT DUE TO SEIZURE.
An accident which resulted in the death of Mr. Charles Barrett King, secretary of the Auckland Master Bakers and Grocers' Union, occurred at mid-day on Saturday at the corner of Richmond and Ponsonby Roads. Mr. King had a seizure and fell from a tramcar. He sustained a severe fracture at the base of the skull. He was removed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries at 3.40 p.m. Mr. King, who was an old resident of Auckland, was at one time foreman at the Northern Boot and Shoe Company's factory, and later had a grocery business in Grey Lynn. He was appointed secretary to the union shortly after his retirement from business. Mr. King belonged to the Church of Christ, and was identified with the temperance movement.
An inquest into the fatality was held by the coroner, Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., yesterday. Dr. Spencer, of the hospital staff, stated that death was due to a fractured skull. He thought it probable that a slight seizure had caused deceased to fall from the car. The coroner's finding was in accordance with the medical testimony.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19171112.2.17
OBITUARY
MRS. E. E. KING
An old Auckland resident Mrs. Emily Ellen King died yesterday at the residence of her niece, Mrs. S. W. Barnett, Northboro' Road, Takapuna, in her 95th year. Born in Cornwall, on January 31, 1843, Mrs. King came to New Zealand nearly 60 years ago with her parents and elder brother, landing at Napier. After staying there for about six months, the family came to Auckland and Mrs. King had lived here over since.
Her husband, who predeceased her, Mr. Charles Barrett King, was for some time on the staff of the New Zealand Herald, with which her father, Mr. John Trevelyan, was also connected for many years. The surviving members of Mrs. King s family are Mrs. F. A. F. Burnett, of Devonport, Mr. H. T. King, of Mount Eden, and Mr. Hilton T. King, of Runciman. There are many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19371211.2.167
Plot 1c: Charles Barrett King (70) 10/11/1917 – Union Secretary – Fractured skull
Emily Allen King (94) 10/12/1937
unmarked grave
DEATHS
KlNG.—On November 10, suddenly, at Auckland Hospital, as the result of an accident. Charles Barrett King, dearlyloved husband of Emily Allen King.
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KING.—On December 10, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Barnett, Northboro Road, Takapuna, Emily Allen, widow of the late Charles Barrett King, and loved mother of Mrs. F. A. Burnett. H. T. King and Hilton T. King; in her 95th year.
Funeral will leave above address at 2 p.m. to-day for West Street Church of Christ for service, thence to Waikumete Cemetery.
British postcard by L.D. LTD., London, in the Film Star Autograph Portrait series, no. 55. Photo: J. Arthur Rank Organisation LTD.
Tall, dark, and charming English actor Terence Morgan (1921-2005) played many attractive villains and criminals in British films. But he is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake (1961-1962), about the first Englishman to sail around the world. After this success, parts started to dry up as Morgan was no longer seen as ‘the bad guy’.
Terence Ivor Grant Morgan was born in Lewisham, London, in 1921. He was the nephew of British character actor Verne Morgan. He started work as a shipping clerk at Lloyd's of London before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After training at RADA, Morgan began as a repertory theatre actor. His career was interrupted by two years in the army in World War II before he was invalided out with claustrophobia and returned to the stage. He played in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night in London's West End. Laurence Olivier spotted the handsome Morgan and gave him the role of Cain in Thornton Wilder's classic Skin of Our Teeth. This 1945 production which also starred Vivien Leigh, proved a huge boost to his career. Morgan joined the Old Vic Company alongside Olivier, playing parts in Sheridan and William Shakespeare. He made his film debut in the role of Laertes opposite Olivier’s Hamlet in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948). Ronald Bergan in The Guardian: “His Laertes (…) was everything a Laertes should be: daring, dashing and tempestuous. And, at 27, he was young enough to make a convincing student, 14 years younger than Olivier's over-age Hamlet. He wields his sword with aplomb before dying beautifully in Peter Cushing's arms.” Morgan was probably the first actor in the part to get fan mail from teenage girls. Hamlet is still the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Morgan signed a contract with the Rank studio. He played a support to Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo in the American adventure film Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (Raoul Walsh, 1951), made in England. In Mandy (Alexander Mackendrick, 1952) he played the insensitive father of a deaf girl. In Gigolo And Gigolette, one of the three Somerset Maugham stories in Encore (Harold French, 1951) he played a cad risking the life of his wife (Glynis Johns). In 1953 he again played a villain in Turn the Key Softly (Jack Lee, 1953) as a crook who gets his well-bred girlfriend (Yvonne Mitchell) a prison sentence for helping him in a burglary. More nasty roles quickly followed with Always a Bride (Ralph Smart, 1953) where he played a Treasury Investigator who turns bad as well as Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954) as a smuggler and Tread Softly Stranger (Gordon Parry, 1958) where he is an embezzler and murderer, who robs a steel mill in order to keep his girlfriend Diana Dors in fancy clothes. He was often given dramatic exits: Dance Little Lady (Val Guest, 1954) saw him fry in the conflagration at the end, The Scamp (Wolf Rilla, 1957) had him suffer a fatal fall down a flight of stairs, and in Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954), he attempted to drive across Tower Bridge as it was opening and drowned in the Thames. Two films he made in 1955 saw him cast in more positive roles - in the espionage melodrama They Can't Hang Me (Val Guest, 1955) he starred as a dapper Special Branch officer charged with discovering the identity of an enemy agent, and in The March Hare (George More O'Ferrall, 1956) he played an impoverished aristocrat riding a horse for the Derby. One of his nastiest roles was in crime drama The Shakedown (John Lemont, 1959), when he played a pornographer and blackmailer. He just played a petty thief planning a big haul in the thriller Piccadilly Third Stop (Wolf Rilla, 1960) with Yoko Tani. In 1958, Morgan bought a small hotel in Hove, Sussex, and ran the hotel for 16 years.
When his Rank contract finished, Terence Morgan had his biggest screen success. He landed the title role in the British adventure television series TV series Sir Francis Drake (Clive Donner, Harry Booth, 1961-1962). Drake is the commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind during the 1500s and one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. As well as battles at sea and sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Jean Kent). During his career, Morgan appeared in 20 films and later notable roles included the villainous brother of the mummy (Rameses VIII) in the Hammer horror film Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Michael Carreras, 1964), Lord Blackwood in the successful French-Spanish-Italian adventure film Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers/The Sea Pirate (Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland, 1966) starring Gérard Barray, and an estate agent who is forced to watch as his girlfriend (Suzy Kendall) is abused by thugs in the shocker The Penthouse (Peter Collinson, 1967). Since roles dried up, he spent an increasing amount of time as a property developer in Brighton and Hove. Incidentally he appeared in films like Hide and Seek (David Eady, 1972) with a young Gary Kemp, and The Lifetaker (Michael Papas, 1976), which had him back as the bad guy again where as a wealthy business man he plans ritualistic revenge on his wife and her lover. Later he gave a haunting performance on television as an ageing, homosexual matinée idol being blackmailed in an episode of King and Castle (1986) and he had a small part in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Timothy Forder, 1993), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. In 2005, Terence Morgan died of a heart attack in Brighton, England. He was 83. Since 1945, he was married to actress Georgina Jumel. The couple had a daughter.
Sources: Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Anthony Hayward (The Independent), The Telegraph, Wikipedia and IMDb.
From a great Phoenician god, crowned on his throne, to an insignificant fly posed on Adam’s skull representing his sin; Belcebú, in the course of a few centuries, went from being a divinity worshipped and celebrated by eastern peoples to being demonised and seen as a ridiculous insect by preachers. This transformation of a pagan god is an example of the changing of the god Baal into Satan in several of his biblical manifestations. As regards this god, the most well-known passage is that of King Ozias in the Old Testament, who suffered a fatal fall from a window. Due to his serious injuries he feared for his life and sent his subjects to consult the oracle of Beelzebub, to whom human sacrifices were offered so that he might predict the future. For that reason, and because of the heat, his temple was full of flies. King Ozias died after the consultation with the Philistine god, not so much from his injuries but because he had worshipped a strange god and not trusted in Yahweh, the true god.
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Beelzebub:
De grandioso dios fenicio coronado y entronizado a insignificante mosca posada sobre la calavera de Adán como imagen de su pecado; Belcebú pasó en varios siglos de ser una divinidad adorada y celebrada por pueblos orientales a ser demonizada y vista como un ridículo insecto por parte de los predicadores. Esta transformación de un dios pagano no es más que una muestra de la satanización del dios Baal que pasó a ser un diablo por varias de sus manifestaciones bíblicas. Con respecto a este dios, el pasaje más conocido es el del rey Ozías del Antiguo Testamento, que tuvo una caida fatal desde la ventana. Debido a sus graves heridas temió por su vida y mandó a sus súbditos a que fueran a consultar al oráculo de Beelzebub, al que se le ofrecían sacrificios humanos con vistas a que predijera el futuro y por tanto su templo y debido al calor, se llenaba de moscas. El rey Ozías murió tras la consulta al dios filisteo, no tanto por sus heridas sino porque había desconfiado de Yahvé su verdadero dios y había adorado a un dios extraño a su religión.
I bought my daughter the iPhone 5 for Christmas 2012 along with an expensive case AT&T recommended. The screen cracked from a two-foot fall. So much for the case.
Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 1004. Photo: Rank Film. Terence Morgan in Dance Little Lady (Val Guest, 1954).
Tall, dark, and charming English actor Terence Morgan (1921-2005) played many attractive villains and criminals in British films. But he is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake (1961-1962), about the first Englishman to sail around the world. After this success, parts started to dry up as Morgan was no longer seen as ‘the bad guy’.
Terence Ivor Grant Morgan was born in Lewisham, London, in 1921. He was the nephew of British character actor Verne Morgan. He started work as a shipping clerk at Lloyd's of London before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After training at RADA, Morgan began as a repertory theatre actor. His career was interrupted by two years in the army in World War II before he was invalided out with claustrophobia and returned to the stage. He played in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night in London's West End. Laurence Olivier spotted the handsome Morgan and gave him the role of Cain in Thornton Wilder's classic Skin of Our Teeth. This 1945 production which also starred Vivien Leigh, proved a huge boost to his career. Morgan joined the Old Vic Company alongside Olivier, playing parts in Sheridan and William Shakespeare. He made his film debut in the role of Laertes opposite Olivier’s Hamlet in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948). Ronald Bergan in The Guardian: “His Laertes (…) was everything a Laertes should be: daring, dashing and tempestuous. And, at 27, he was young enough to make a convincing student, 14 years younger than Olivier's over-age Hamlet. He wields his sword with aplomb before dying beautifully in Peter Cushing's arms.” Morgan was probably the first actor in the part to get fan mail from teenage girls. Hamlet is still the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Terence Morgan signed a contract with the Rank studio. He played a support to Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo in the American adventure film Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (Raoul Walsh, 1951), made in England. In Mandy (Alexander Mackendrick, 1952) he played the insensitive father of a deaf girl. In Gigolo And Gigolette, one of the three Somerset Maugham stories in Encore (Harold French, 1951) he played a cad risking the life of his wife (Glynis Johns). In 1953 he again played a villain in Turn the Key Softly (Jack Lee, 1953) as a crook who gets his well-bred girlfriend (Yvonne Mitchell) a prison sentence for helping him in a burglary. More nasty roles quickly followed with Always a Bride (Ralph Smart, 1953) where he played a Treasury Investigator who turns bad as well as Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954) as a smuggler and Tread Softly Stranger (Gordon Parry, 1958) where he is an embezzler and murderer, who robs a steel mill in order to keep his girlfriend Diana Dors in fancy clothes. He was often given dramatic exits: Dance Little Lady (Val Guest, 1954) saw him fry in the conflagration at the end, The Scamp (Wolf Rilla, 1957) had him suffer a fatal fall down a flight of stairs, and in Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954), he attempted to drive across Tower Bridge as it was opening and drowned in the Thames. Two films he made in 1955 saw him cast in more positive roles - in the espionage melodrama They Can't Hang Me (Val Guest, 1955) he starred as a dapper Special Branch officer charged with discovering the identity of an enemy agent, and in The March Hare (George More O'Ferrall, 1956) he played an impoverished aristocrat riding a horse for the Derby. One of his nastiest roles was in crime drama The Shakedown (John Lemont, 1959), when he played a pornographer and blackmailer. He just played a petty thief planning a big haul in the thriller Piccadilly Third Stop (Wolf Rilla, 1960) with Yoko Tani. In 1958, Morgan bought a small hotel in Hove, Sussex, and ran the hotel for 16 years.
When his Rank contract finished, Terence Morgan had his biggest screen success. He landed the title role in the British adventure television series TV series Sir Francis Drake (Clive Donner, Harry Booth, 1961-1962). Drake is the commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind during the 1500s and one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. As well as battles at sea and sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Jean Kent). During his career, Morgan appeared in 20 films and later notable roles included the villainous brother of the mummy (Rameses VIII) in the Hammer horror film Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Michael Carreras, 1964), Lord Blackwood in the successful French-Spanish-Italian adventure film Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers/The Sea Pirate (Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland, 1966) starring Gérard Barray, and an estate agent who is forced to watch as his girlfriend (Suzy Kendall) is abused by thugs in the shocker The Penthouse (Peter Collinson, 1967). Since roles dried up, he spent an increasing amount of time as a property developer in Brighton and Hove. Incidentally he appeared in films like Hide and Seek (David Eady, 1972) with a young Gary Kemp, and The Lifetaker (Michael Papas, 1976), which had him back as the bad guy again where as a wealthy business man he plans ritualistic revenge on his wife and her lover. Later he gave a haunting performance on television as an ageing, homosexual matinée idol being blackmailed in an episode of King and Castle (1986) and he had a small part in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Timothy Forder, 1993), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. In 2005, Terence Morgan died of a heart attack in Brighton, England. He was 83. Since 1945, he was married to actress Georgina Jumel. The couple had a daughter.
Sources: Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Anthony Hayward (The Independent), The Telegraph, Wikipedia and IMDb.
British postcard in the Picturegoer series, London, no. D 172. Photo: J. Arthur Rank Organisation LTD.
Tall, dark and charming English actor Terence Morgan (1921-2005) played many attractive villains and criminals in British films. But he is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake (1961-1962), about the first Englishman to sail round the world. After this success, parts started to dry up as Morgan was no longer seen as ‘the bad guy’.
Terence Ivor Grant Morgan was born in Lewisham, London, in 1921. He was the nephew of British character actor Verne Morgan. He started work as a shipping clerk at Lloyd's of London before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After training at RADA, Morgan began as a repertory theatre actor. His career was interrupted by two years in the army in World War II before he was invalided out with claustrophobia and returned to the stage. He played in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night in London's West End. Laurence Olivier spotted the handsome Morgan and gave him the role of Cain in Thornton Wilder's classic Skin of Our Teeth. This 1945 production which also starred Vivien Leigh, proved a huge boost to his career. Morgan joined the Old Vic Company alongside Olivier, playing parts in Sheridan and William Shakespeare. He made his film debut in the role of Laertes opposite Olivier’s Hamlet in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948). Ronald Bergan in The Guardian: “His Laertes (…) was everything a Laertes should be: daring, dashing and tempestuous. And, at 27, he was young enough to make a convincing student, 14 years younger than Olivier's over-age Hamlet. He wields his sword with aplomb before dying beautifully in Peter Cushing's arms.” Morgan was probably the first actor in the part to get fan mail from teenage girls. Hamlet is still the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Morgan signed a contract with the Rank studio. He played a support to Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo in the American adventure film Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (Raoul Walsh, 1951), made in England. In Mandy (Alexander Mackendrick, 1952) he played the insensitive father of a deaf girl. In Gigolo And Gigolette, one of the three Somerset Maugham stories in Encore (Harold French, 1951) he played a cad risking the life of his wife (Glynis Johns). In 1953 he again played a villain in Turn the Key Softly (Jack Lee, 1953) as a crook who gets his well-bred girlfriend (Yvonne Mitchell) a prison sentence for helping him in a burglary. More nasty roles quickly followed with Always a Bride (Ralph Smart, 1953) where he played a Treasury Investigator who turns bad as well as Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954) as a smuggler and Tread Softly Stranger (Gordon Parry, 1958) where he is an embezzler and murderer, who robs a steel mill in order to keep his girlfriend Diana Dors in fancy clothes. He was often given dramatic exits: Dance Little Lady (Val Guest, 1954) saw him fry in the conflagration at the end, The Scamp (Wolf Rilla, 1957) had him suffer a fatal fall down a flight of stairs, and in Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954), he attempted to drive across Tower Bridge as it was opening and drowned in the Thames. Two films he made in 1955 saw him cast in more positive roles - in the espionage melodrama They Can't Hang Me (Val Guest, 1955) he starred as a dapper Special Branch officer charged with discovering the identity of an enemy agent, and in The March Hare (George More O'Ferrall, 1956) he played an impoverished aristocrat riding a horse for the Derby. One of his nastiest roles was in crime drama The Shakedown (John Lemont, 1959), when he played a pornographer and blackmailer. He just played a petty thief planning a big haul in the thriller Piccadilly Third Stop (Wolf Rilla, 1960) with Yoko Tani. In 1958, Morgan bought a small hotel in Hove, Sussex, and ran the hotel for 16 years.
When his Rank contract finished, Terence Morgan had his biggest screen success. He landed the title role in the British adventure television series TV series Sir Francis Drake (Clive Donner, Harry Booth, 1961-1962). Drake is the commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind during the 1500s and one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. As well as battles at sea and sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Jean Kent). During his career, Morgan appeared in 20 films and later notable roles included the villainous brother of the mummy (Rameses VIII) in the Hammer horror film Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Michael Carreras, 1964), Lord Blackwood in the successful French-Spanish-Italian adventure film Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers/The Sea Pirate (Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland, 1966) starring Gérard Barray, and an estate agent who is forced to watch as his girlfriend (Suzy Kendall) is abused by thugs in the shocker The Penthouse (Peter Collinson, 1967). Since roles dried up, he spent an increasing amount of time as a property developer in Brighton and Hove. Incidentally he appeared in films like Hide and Seek (David Eady, 1972) with a young Gary Kemp, and The Lifetaker (Michael Papas, 1976), which had him back as the bad guy again where as a wealthy business man he plans ritualistic revenge on his wife and her lover. Later he gave a haunting performance on television as an ageing, homosexual matinée idol being blackmailed in an episode of King and Castle (1986) and he had a small part in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Timothy Forder, 1993), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. In 2005, Terence Morgan died of a heart attack in Brighton, England. He was 83. Since 1945, he was married to actress Georgina Jumel. The couple had a daughter.
Sources: Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Anthony Hayward (The Independent), The Telegraph, Wikipedia and IMDb.
This image is dedicated to Ben, a brilliant photographer and an inspiring contributor.
Last day, I uploaded an image depicting vast expanse of the Gangotri glacier. I clicked that while crossing the glacier.
This one of the snout of holy river ganges--commonly known as Gomukh, which means "Cow's mouth".
This is also about 100 ft high from its base level and nearly a mile wide. It holds millions of tons of rock boulders over it that one needs to carefully cross to avoid fatal fall in hidden crevasses underneath.
A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
WOMAN FALLS OFF TRAIN
NOT FOUND TILL NEXT DAY.
After lying out all night at the entrance to the Parnell tunnel a woman named Margaret Allen, described as a cook, aged about 40 years, was found on the railway line yesterday morning by the police. She was suffering from terrible injuries, including one leg almost severed near the ankle, the other leg broken, and wounds on the back and head. When the woman reached the hospital, the surgeons found that it was necessary to amputate her left leg. She must have suffered fearful agony as long as she retained consciousness. Today she is in a semi-conscious condition. When the Wellington express was coming into Auckland yesterday morning at half-past six, a woman's form was seen by the engine-driver to be lying between the two sets of rails just on the city side of the Parnell tunnel. As soon as he got in the police were notified, and Sergt. Parsons and two constables went to investigate. The woman was conscious when they arrived, but all she could tell them was that she had fallen off a train the night before. She had a railway ticket from Taupiri, and a bag belonging to her was picked up in one of the carriages of the train, which arrived in Auckland from Taupiri at a quarter past eight on Saturday night. It is therefore almost certain that she must have been lying put about ten hours, and the night was cold and stormy.
THE WOMAN'S HAND BAG.
When the Taupiri train reached the Auckland platform on Saturday night, the attention of one of the railway officials was attracted by a man getting off one of the carriages with a woman's hand bag under his arm. The man was challenged, and stated that he had picked the bag up from a seat in the carriage. The matter was referred to a constable with the result that the passenger, George Dunstan, aged, 56, was arrested on a charge of having stolen the bag and contents valued at 20/. Dunstan stated that he had joined the train at Papakura and noticing the bag lying on a seat, when the passengers were leaving the train at Auckland, he picked the bag up. The bag has since been identified as the property of Margaret Allen. Dunsetan came before the Police Court this morning and was remanded till next Monday.
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A THOUGHTLESS ACTION.
George Dunstan (56) admitted the theft of a handbag, the property of Margaret Allen. He had been noted coming out of the Papakura train on the railway 2 station last Saturday with a lady's handbag, and on being challenged had admitted that he had picked it up from a carriage seat. The man's explanation was that he had had some drinks at Papakura and slept most of the way home on the train. He wakened up as the train was entering the Auckland station, and as he hurried out he was the last to leave the car. He noticed a handbag on a seat and picked it up thoughtlessly. Mr. Moody stated for accused that the man had never had any previous offence against him, and he was of good character. The handbag belonged to a woman who had fallen from the train along the line. Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon
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WOMAN'S NIGHT OF AGONY.
TRAIN ACCIDENT VICTIM.
SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL.
Having lingered eight days in hospital, whither she had been taken after falling from the train from Taupiri to Auckland on the night of November 13, Margaret Allen, a woman of 40, engaged in domestic service, died this morning. She had been conscious during the week after her leg, which had been badly mutilated in the fall, had been amputated. The unhappy woman had had a terrilble experience. Travelling to Auckland by the evening train she, in some way as yet to be explained, had fallen out of the carriage just at the entrance to the Parnell tunnel. One leg was all but severed at the ankle, the other broken, and in addition her head and back were badly injured. In the wild weather that prevailed all Saturday night she lay in agony between the rails, and was not discovered until the morning, when the driver of the Wellington train saw the helpless form and brought help. The woman, who was conscious, explained who she was, and gave particulars, so far as she was able, of the accident. The doctors found amputation of the partly-severed leg necessary. She survived for more than a week, partly conscious most of the time. This morning she gradually sank, and died at an early hour. An inquest will be held. In the police court there was a sequel to the accident. A passenger travelling in the same train, finding the woman's bag in the carriage, took it away with him. Arrested and charged with theft, he confessed he had acted thoughtlessly, and was let off, to come up for judgment when called upon. The inquest will be held to-morrow if necessary witnesses who are out of town to-day can be secured by then.
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FATAL FALL FROM TRAIN.
INQUEST ON MRS. M. ALLEN.
ACCIDENTAL OCCURRENCE. An inquest into the circumstances of the death of Mrs. Margaret Allen, who was found lying on the railway track outside the. Parnell tunnel on the morning of Sunday, November 14, was held yesterday by the coroner, Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M.
Constable A. Doel said the driver of the inward Main Trunk train informed him that he had seen a body on the railway track. Witness found Mrs. Allen lying on the ground between the two sets of rails, about fifty to seventy yards from the tunnel. She was conscious. She gave him her name, and said she had fallen off a train. In witness' opinion she had fallen off an inward train, and was run over by an outward train. J. E. Larning, guard on a train that arrived at Auckland from Frankton Junction at 9.18 p.m. on November 13, said he felt sure Mrs. Allen was on the train. He did not notice her after the train arrived at Otahuhu.
Dr. W. R. Lawrence, resident surgeon at the Auckland Hospital, described the injuries sustained by Mrs. Allen, who was unconscious when admitted and collapsed. She was treated for collapse, and as soon as she had recovered she was operated upon, her left leg being amputated. On November 16 she showed signs of developing pneumonia. From this, in conjunction with shock from injuries and exposure during a cold night, and septic wounds, she died on November 23. Witness said Mrs. Allen gave incoherent accounts of how she got, or fell, off the train. She never accused anyone of pushing her off.
The coroner returned, a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. He stated that there was no blame attachable to anyone for the accident.
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Plot 84: Margaret Allen (40) 23/11/1920 – Cook – Result of 'falling off train'
unmarked grave
Tattoo Talk: Wounds Guitarist James Coogan on His Near-Fatal Fall, Some Bad-Ass Scars, Marilyn Manson and Other Dope Ink
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A BOY KILLED.
About six o'clock yesterday evening, a boy named Wm. O'Brien, aged 10, whose parents live in Shortland-street, fell into the Graving Dock, a depth of about 15ft, and received injuries which subsequently resulted in his death at the District Hospital. During the afternoon the Kia Ora was being docked, and as usual a crowd of small boys had collected to watch the process, and obtain the fish left in the dock after the water had been pumped out. About six o'clock (which was some time after the dock had been pumped dry) young O'Brien accidentally slipped and fell to the bottom, his head striking the stone somewhat heavily. He was picked up by some men who happened to be at the dock, and was found to be conscious, but suffering from head severe injuries. He said he wanted to be taken home. He was carried to Mr Hall's chemist shop in Lower Queen-street, and Mr Hall telephoned for a doctor, but was unable to get one at home. The lad was accordingly taken to his father's place in Shortland-street in a cab, where he was subsequently attended to by a doctor, on whose advice he was removed to the hospital, death taking place at an early hour this morning from fracture of the skull. An inquest on the body of deceased was to have taken place this afternoon at the Hospital, before Dr. Philson, coroner.
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In yesterday's issue it was stated that a boy named William O'Brien, aged 10, living with his parents in Shortland-street, had fallen into the Grating Dock, a depth of about 15 feet, and received serious injuries to his head, which necessitated his being sent to the Hospital. The unfortunate lad died yesterday morning. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, at the Hospital, by Dr. Philson, coroner, when the following witnesses gave evidence :— Mr. C. Biggwither, second mate of the barque Glenlora, who saw the boy slip and fall into the dock; Woods, caretaker of the dock; Mrs. O'Brien, the boy's mother; and Dr. Baldwin, who deposed that death was due to fracture of the skull. The caretaker of the dock said it was impossible to keep the boys out of the grounds owing to the easy means of access. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," but a feeling was voiced that the dock authorities should take some steps to exclude boys from the dock grounds, although it was not formally put in the form of a rider. The particulars brought out at the inquest were that during Tuesday afternoon the steamer Kiaora was being docked a crowd of boys had collected to watch the process, and obtain the fish left in the dock after the water out. About 6 p.m. (some time after the dock had been pumped dry), young O'Brien accidentally slipped and fell to the bottom, his head striking the floor of the dock below somewhat heavily. He was picked up by some men and removed to the Hospital, where he died.
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Plot 23: William Ronald O'Brien
Plot 25: Henry O'Brien * headstone fallen face-down
Frances Margaret O'Brien (81) 1929
*headstone details sourced through N.Z.S.G. N.Z. Cemetery Records
*In Loving Memory
of
FRANCIS HENRY
son of Henry and Frances O'BRIEN
born October 1882
died February 1883
In Loving Memory
of
WILLIAM RONALD
son of Henry and Frances O'BRIEN
who died 27. Jany. 1897.
aged 9 years.
God in His wisdom has recalled.
The boon His lore had given.
And though the body lingers here,
The Soul is safe in heaven.
*In Loving Memory
of
HENRY
beloved husband of Frances O'BRIEN
died 27th October 1920
aged 71 years
Also FRANCES O'BRIEN
beloved wife of the above
died 12th November 1928 aged 81 years
DEATHS.
O'BRIEN.—On January 27,1897, William Ronald O'Brien, aged 9 years and 4 months.
The funeral will leave his father's residence, Shortland-street, on Saturday next, at 2 p.m. Friends please accept this intimation.
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O'BRIEN.—On October 27, 1920, at 58, Shortland Street, after a long, and painful illness, Hemry, dearly beloved husband of Frances O'Brien; aged 71 years. R.I.P.
The funeral will leave his late residence, 58, Shortland Street, on Saturday, 30th, at 3.45 p.m., for the Waikumete Cemetery.
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O'BRIEN. —On November 12, 1929, at Auckland, Frances Margaret, dearly beloved wife of the late Henry O'Brien, late of Shortland Street; aged 81 years. The funeral will leave the residence of Mrs. Shepherd, 33, Ireland Street, Ponsonby, at 10 a.m. to-morrow (Thursday), for Waikumete.
DEATH OF A CHILD.
A FATAL FALL.
A five-year-old child named Thomas Lonergan, son of Mr Edward Lonergan, plumber, Upper Queen-street, was taken to the District Hospital by his father at half-past eight. o'clock last night, and died shortly after midnight from concussion of the brain. It appears that the lad wandered away from his father's home in Upper Queen-street yesterday afternoon. He was searched for by, his parents for several hours without result, but at about 7.30 o'clock he was found by Miss Doree lying in a vacant allotment in Queen-street, opposite the foot of Alexandra-street. His head was injured, and there was a deep cut in the back of the head at the base of the skull, the boy being unconscious. He was carried to a neighbouring chemist's shop, and was subsequently seen by Dr. Frost, who ordered his removal, to the Hospital, where he died, as stated. The child had apparently got through the railing at the top of the allotment and had fallen a distance of about 20 feet on to a number of loose blocks of concrete which had been deposited there for filling-in purposes. An inquest was opened at the Hospital at 2 p.m. to-day before Mr T. Gresham (Coroner),
The inquest was adjourned to enable the Jury to visit the spot where the child was found; Dr. Frost meanwhile making a post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, there being some doubt as to whether this was due to concussion or to fracture of the skull. A direct fall from the top of the fence would be about four feet, but the child would have rolled down a mass of concrete, a distance of about 15 or 16ft.
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The inquest:
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Mrs. E. Lonergan, a prominent member of the congregation of St. Patrick's Cathedral, died early yesterday morning after a short illness. She had taken an active part in all church matters, and particularly in regard to works of charity. She was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society for a number of years, and was in charge of one of the stalls at the Dominion Fair for a couple of days after the opening, when she had to relinquish her duties owing to illness, which necessitated her removal to a hospital. An operation was performed last Monday, but the condition of the patient showed no improvement, and death intervened at six o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was the wife of Mr. K. Lonergan. the weli-known master plumber, and she leaves a large family to mourn her loss.
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Plot 53: Edward George Lonergan (28) 1913 – Plumber – Consumption * very broken
William Lawrence Lonergan (74) 30/11/1937 – Tailor
Plot 53-55: Mary Lonergan (50) 1908 – Heart Failure
Edward Francis Lonergan (62) 1919 – Plumber – Jaundice
Plot 55: Thomas Vincent Lonergan (5) 1904 – Accident
Of your charity
pray for the soul of
EDWARD GEORGE,
dearly beloved son of
E. & M LONGERGAN,
who died 26th of October 1913.
aged 23 years.
R.I.P.
pray for the soul
ONERGAN.
this life on March 4th 1908.
Also her little son
THOMAS
who was accidentally killed on May 12th 1904
aged 5 years
R. I. P.
Plaque
Also
EDWARD LONGERGAN
beloved husband of Mary
who departed this life June 29th 1919
aged
LONERGAN.—On May 13, 1904, Thomas Vincent, the fifth and dearly-beloved son of Edward and Mary Lonergan, in his fifth year, who met his death through an accident. Interment to-day (Saturday) at Waikumete.
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LONERGAN.—On March 4th, at the Mater Miserecordiae Hospital, Mary, the dearly-beloved wife of Edward Lonergan, Queen-street, age 50 years. R.I.P.
The funeral will leave her late residence for St. Patricks Cemetery at 1.30 o'clock, thence for Waikumete Cemetery, at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Thursday). Friends please accept this intimation. Southern papers please copy.
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LONERGAN.—On Sunday, October 20, 1913, at the residence of his brother-in-law (Fred Booth), Telephone Road, Birkenhead, Edward George, the dearly-beloved son of Edward and the late Mary Lonergan; aged 28 years—R.I.P.
The funeral will leave St. Patrick's Cathedal for Waiumete Cemetery to-morrow (Tuesday), at 2 p.m. Friends please accept this intimation.
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Mr J. Lonergan left for Auckland yesterday in order to attend the funeral of his father who died at the Auckland Hospital on Sunday morning.
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LONERGAN. —On November 30, at Auckland, William Lonergan, beloved brother of Mrs. Mary Purcell, Mrs. Kate O'Neill, Of Auckland; aged 74 years.—R.I.P.
Private interment.
The helicopter removes glass insulators one at a time. Using a helicopter saves time and money because linemen can more quickly access the towers and change out equipment instead of using heavy vehicles like aerial lifts and bucket trucks. Helicopters can also more easily access a staging area where the entire job’s equipment is ready to be picked up. If the crews used vehicles, they would have to carry all the equipment with them for the day. Finally, helicopters improve linemen safety. Climbing several towers a day is tiring and dangerous. Long-line maintenance with helicopters reduces fatigue and the chances for a fatal fall. (Photo by Joel Carrillo)
After a lifetime of tumbles from my nightstand my alarm clock took it's last, fatal fall. I gathered up the scatted pieces, reassembled them, and then watched in horror as every faucet of the digital display groaned to life and then slowly faded out.
Attempts to resuscitate the clock were unsuccessful, and it looked like I was going to have to say goodbye to a good friend. Several days of grieving passed and I decided to revisit my now dark clock. I disassembled as much as two screws would allow, poked and prodded at some wires and then reattached the batteries for one final, desperate attempt.
To my surprise, the display flickered then sprung to life. An unlike the jibberish last time, the clock now displayed distinct numbers as it had done with pride for so many days. I set the time, and alarm and sat back to marvel at the simple magnificence of it all.
As soon as I get home tonight I'm going to build a tether to keep the clock from ever being forcefully introduced to the floor again. Hallelujah!
A FATAL FALL.
MAN DIES IN THE HOSPITAL Last Saturday afternoon a man went to a boarding-house at No. 30, Nelson Street, giving the name of Shepherd. The same day he was unfortunate enough to fall down the stairs. He was confined to his room till Monday, when Dr. Dyer was called in. He was then removed to the hospital, where he has since expired as the result of the injuries received from his fall. The only clue to his occupation was the remark he made on Saturday when he stated that he was to rejoin his boat on the following Monday. This has led the police, who have the matter in hand, to form the opinion that he was a sea-faring man, but up to the present all efforts to get into touch with either friends or relatives of the dead man have failed completely.
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DEATH FOLLOWS A FALL.
STRANGER'S RELATIVES SOUGHT.
The death occurred at the Auckland Hospital yesterday of a man of between 45 and 50 years of age named George Shepherd. He was admitted to the institution last Monday from No. 39, Nelson Street, where he had been lodging since Saturday last. Two days later he was found suffering from injuries sustained through falling down a steep flight of 13 stairs. Very little is known of the deceased man's antecedents, and the police are endeavouring to trace his relatives. Amongst his effects was a Post Office Savings Bank book, showing that he had lived during practically the whole of 1914 at Matawai, Gisborne district, where he deposited several sums of money. The bank-book also shows that in December last he deposited money at the Taneatua post office. There is a balance of a fairly large amount to his credit.
The deceased was a fresh complexioned man, ruddy and clean-shaven. He had fair hair, turning grey, and a large nose, which appeared to have been broken. When the accident occurred he was wearing a well-worn blue suit, heavy boots, and a black soft-felt hat.
An inquest is to be held this afternoon.
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A FATAL FALL.
DEATH AT THE HOSPITAL.
BODY NOT IDENTIFIED.
An inquest regarding the death of George Shepherd, who died at the Auckland Hospital on Thursday last, was held by Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M, yesterday afternoon.
Evidence was given by Mrs. S. J. Bowman that on Saturday evening last deceased came to her house and asked for a bed for two nights. Witness told him she was full up, and took him to a Mrs. West's place in Nelson Street, where he engaged a room. She did not ask him his name. Later the same night deceased came into her shop and stated that he had lost his way, and did not know where the house was. Witness took him along the road and directed him. Some time later Mrs. West came along and told witness that deceased had fallen downstairs, and that he was then in bed asleep. On Sunday morning Mrs. West told witness that deceased was still ill, and that he kept falling out of bed. Witness went over to the house later and put his bed on the floor. At that time deceased was making a sign as if he wanted to write, and witness gave him a pencil, but he was unable to use it. He kept muttering, as if he wanted to speak, but witness only heard him ask for beer. When witness moved the bed on to the floor she found a bottle of whisky at the head of the bed. She thought that deceased must be in the horrors.
Mrs. West, on being called, stated that she went out shopping, and on returning to the house about half an hour later, she found deceased lying on his back at the foot of the stairs. He was conscious, but could not speak. She got him up to bed, and tried to get a doctor, but was unable to do so. On Monday deceased was in the same condition, so she called Dr. Drier, who came round immediately.
Dr. E. Drier stated that, he found deceased curled up on a mattress on the floor. He appeared to be suffering from an injury to the head. He was partly conscious, and was muttering, as if attempting to speak. He also made a movement that he wanted to write. A pencil was placed in his hand, and he attempted to write, but failed. There were signs of cerebral mischief, and also a swelling and abrasion on the left side of the head. In his opinion the injuries were consistent with deceased having fallen downstairs. Witness ordered his removal to the Hospital.
Dr. E. A. Bews, senior resident medical officer at the Hospital, stated that deceased was admitted on the 4th inst. The nasal bones were broken, and both eyes were blackened. He was in a semiconscious state, and remained in that condition until the morning of the 7th inst., when he died. A post mortem examination was held, and in his opinion death was due to congestion of the brain, resulting from chronic alcoholism. The inquest was adjourned to enable the police to make inquiries regarding deceased's relatives.
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A coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Shepherd, who died at the Auckland Hospital on Thursday, was held by Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., yesterday. Mrs. West, of No. 39, Nelson Street, said deceased arranged to board at her house on Saturday. Later in the day, on returning from an errand, she found him at the foot of the stairs in an unconscious condition. Witness secured the aid of two men, who carried deceased to his room. Subsequently Dr. Drier ordered his removal to the hospital. Dr. Bews, senior-resident officer at the hospital, who gave evidence regarding deceased's admission, said he was then semi-conscious, a condition in which ha remained until his death. A postmortem examination revealed congestion of the brain, and to this witness attributed death. The inquiry was adjourned until 10 a.m. on Friday. The police have made inquiries as to deceased's relatives, and it is believed that he has a sister residing at Matawai, near Gisborne.
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Plot 28: George Shepherd (adult) 7/6/1917 – Fall
unmarked grave
Corporal
Pierce Paul GRACE
12/2305 16th Waikato Regiment
Youngest son of J M & C GRACE, Pirongia
Killed at Hunua 24th February 1921
Aged 28 years
Jesus Mercy, Mary Help
R.I.P.
Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 48, 25 February 1921, Page 10
FATAL FALL OVER A CLIFF
A fatal accident occurred in the Hunua Gorge about noon to-day, a single man, Pearce GRACE, aged 28, being killed instantly as a result of a motor-lorry falling over a cliff 70 feet high. The lorry was conveying coal from the Hunua Colliery to Papakura.
Other occupants of the lorry Mrs. H McENTEE and a child aged 5, escaped with bruises and shock. Deceased was a returned soldier and had been wounded three times.[1]
Cenotaph database gives his name as Pierce Paul Christopher GRACE
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/44435.detail?O...
Embarkation date 17 April 1915
Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 99, 24 October 1916, Page 8
Noted as seriously ill with wounds.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 131, 30 November 1916, Page 8
Noted as in hospital Etaples, France
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 83, 7 April 1917, Page 9
Note as wounded but not seriously
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His military records are available online:
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
Interesting to note that there are several Pierce GRACE’s listed in New Zealand. Possible family name?
One Pierce Grace was working as a farrier in Auckland in 1850’s and 60’s
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Another is noted as being 11 years old in 1880 and barely attending school [the Pierce GRACE in this grave was born c1893 so it is not him]:
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Another was the manager of the Portsea mine at Waitekauri in 1894:
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That one was also nominated for a seat on the Waitekauri County Council
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He progressed further..by 1917
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I have been contacted regarding a portrait of him found:
www.teawamutu.nz/courier/archive/2016/2016-04-19.pdf
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Making it to the summit of Longs Peak via the Keyhole Route is quite an accomplishment, but at that point you've still only completed half the journey. You still have to get back to the trailhead safe & sound. Going down the Homestretch, across the Narrows, negotiating the Trough, and taking the Ledges back to the Keyhole all pose their own challenges. Take your time and be safe. For what it's worth, here are a few things I've learned on my two summit ascents that may be helpful if you have a go at Longs:
* Go as light as possible. On my first trip, you would've thought I was setting out from Everest base camp. This time I just took the 40D with wide angle lens, headlamp, trekking pole, rain jacket, small first aid kit, swiss army knife, cell phone, some fruit roll ups & chocolate bars, and 3.5 liters of water. Take as much water as you can carry.
* Take gloves. They'll save your hands a lot of wear & tear on the scrambling/climbing sections. On both hikes, I wore my light cycling gloves and both times I had people say they wish they would've thought to have gloves.
* Start early. It may seem like a joke when you hear that people start at 1 or 2 or 3am, but you want to be well down off the mountain before any storms roll through after noon. In the Colorado High Country, and especially this area around Longs Peak, afternoon storms roll in with alarming regularity & startling speed. Both times I've done this hike, I've got rained on before getting back down to the trailhead. The pretty clouds you see above had turned dark & ominous by the time I'd reached Chasm Junction. A short time later, as I was passing below treeline, it was sprinkling & thunder was booming off in the distance.
* Follow the bulls-eyes, especially on your return across the Ledges. There's a crucial point where the bulls-eyes take you on a sharp descent & if you miss this, you'll end-up ascending off-route toward the False Keyhole. Both times I've done this hike, I've seen people fail to go down here and go up instead, this despite the bulls-eyes and a bright red sign that says "KEYHOLE" with an arrow pointing down. Follow the bulls-eyes.
* Expect there are going to be a lot of other people, of wildly varying abilities, on the trail. I did this hike in 2008 on Labor Day weekend and it was just nuts how many people were trying to summit that day. That's one reason I'd decided to do the hike this time as early as possible after the rangers had rated the Keyhole Route as nontechnical. The route was rated nontechnical on Tuesday, July 13 and I was headed up on Sunday, July 18. There were far fewer people this time and it made for a more enjoyable experience.
* Have fun, but BE SAFE. Don't be afraid to turn back, for whatever reason. The mountain will always be there another day and no hike is worth taking unnecessary risks. Doing Longs is a serious undertaking. On average, one person dies on Longs each year and many others suffer injuries of varying severity. Two days before my hike, there was a fatal fall south of the Keyhole. Two weeks before that, there was a fall off the Narrows and a helicopter had to be called in to rescue the guy. Have fun, but BE SAFE.
** You can check out a more extensive hike report about my experience doing Longs Peak via the Keyhole Route.
British autograph card. Photo: J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Tall, dark and charming English actor Terence Morgan (1921-2005) played many attractive villains and criminals in British films. But he is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake (1961-1962), about the first Englishman to sail round the world. After this success, parts started to dry up as Morgan was no longer seen as ‘the bad guy’.
Terence Ivor Grant Morgan was born in Lewisham, London, in 1921. He was the nephew of British character actor Verne Morgan. He started work as a shipping clerk at Lloyd's of London before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After training at RADA, Morgan began as a repertory theatre actor. His career was interrupted by two years in the army in World War II before he was invalided out with claustrophobia and returned to the stage. He played in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night in London's West End. Laurence Olivier spotted the handsome Morgan and gave him the role of Cain in Thornton Wilder's classic Skin of Our Teeth. This 1945 production which also starred Vivien Leigh, proved a huge boost to his career. Morgan joined the Old Vic Company alongside Olivier, playing parts in Sheridan and William Shakespeare. He made his film debut in the role of Laertes opposite Olivier’s Hamlet in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948). Ronald Bergan in The Guardian: “His Laertes (…) was everything a Laertes should be: daring, dashing and tempestuous. And, at 27, he was young enough to make a convincing student, 14 years younger than Olivier's over-age Hamlet. He wields his sword with aplomb before dying beautifully in Peter Cushing's arms.” Morgan was probably the first actor in the part to get fan mail from teenage girls. Hamlet is still the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Terence Morgan signed a contract with the Rank studio. He played a support to Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo in the American adventure film Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (Raoul Walsh, 1951), made in England. In Mandy (Alexander Mackendrick, 1952) he played the insensitive father of a deaf girl. In Gigolo And Gigolette, one of the three Somerset Maugham stories in Encore (Harold French, 1951) he played a cad risking the life of his wife (Glynis Johns). In 1953 he again played a villain in Turn the Key Softly (Jack Lee, 1953) as a crook who gets his well-bred girlfriend (Yvonne Mitchell) a prison sentence for helping him in a burglary. More nasty roles quickly followed with Always a Bride (Ralph Smart, 1953) where he played a Treasury Investigator who turns bad as well as Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954) as a smuggler and Tread Softly Stranger (Gordon Parry, 1958) where he is an embezzler and murderer, who robs a steel mill in order to keep his girlfriend Diana Dors in fancy clothes. He was often given dramatic exits: Dance Little Lady (Val Guest, 1954) saw him fry in the conflagration at the end, The Scamp (Wolf Rilla, 1957) had him suffer a fatal fall down a flight of stairs, and in Forbidden Cargo (Harold French, 1954), he attempted to drive across Tower Bridge as it was opening and drowned in the Thames. Two films he made in 1955 saw him cast in more positive roles - in the espionage melodrama They Can't Hang Me (Val Guest, 1955) he starred as a dapper Special Branch officer charged with discovering the identity of an enemy agent, and in The March Hare (George More O'Ferrall, 1956) he played an impoverished aristocrat riding a horse for the Derby. One of his nastiest roles was in crime drama The Shakedown (John Lemont, 1959), when he played a pornographer and blackmailer. He just played a petty thief planning a big haul in the thriller Piccadilly Third Stop (Wolf Rilla, 1960) with Yoko Tani. In 1958, Morgan bought a small hotel in Hove, Sussex, and ran the hotel for 16 years.
When his Rank contract finished, Terence Morgan had his biggest screen success. He landed the title role in the British adventure television series TV series Sir Francis Drake (Clive Donner, Harry Booth, 1961-1962). Drake is the commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind during the 1500s and one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. As well as battles at sea and sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at the court of Queen Elizabeth (Jean Kent). During his career, Morgan appeared in 20 films and later notable roles included the villainous brother of the mummy (Rameses VIII) in the Hammer horror film Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Michael Carreras, 1964), Lord Blackwood in the successful French-Spanish-Italian adventure film Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers/The Sea Pirate (Sergio Bergonzelli, Roy Rowland, 1966) starring Gérard Barray, and an estate agent who is forced to watch as his girlfriend (Suzy Kendall) is abused by thugs in the shocker The Penthouse (Peter Collinson, 1967). Since roles dried up, he spent an increasing amount of time as a property developer in Brighton and Hove. Incidentally he appeared in films like Hide and Seek (David Eady, 1972) with a young Gary Kemp, and The Lifetaker (Michael Papas, 1976), which had him back as the bad guy again where as a wealthy business man he plans ritualistic revenge on his wife and her lover. Later he gave a haunting performance on television as an ageing, homosexual matinée idol being blackmailed in an episode of King and Castle (1986) and he had a small part in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Timothy Forder, 1993), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. In 2005, Terence Morgan died of a heart attack in Brighton, England. He was 83. Since 1945, he was married to actress Georgina Jumel. The couple had a daughter.
Sources: Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Anthony Hayward (The Independent), The Telegraph, Wikipedia and IMDb.