ROSE LANE CEMETERY

A list of people supposedly buried in Rose Lane Cemetery, Herberton

A very sudden death occurred in town on the 7th. The poor fellow, whose name was Walter M'Coll Geddes, was only 25 years of age, and, though he has been sickly and ailing for some long time past, no immediate danger was apprehended either by himself or his friends. He retired on the night of the 6th in good spirits, but in the morning he was dead.

Country News. (1882, April 29). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 519. Link to TROVE

When Mr. John W. Skene was speared by the blacks, on Friday last, he was looking for horses about five miles from town. He was surrounded by the blacks, and speared in four places, one spear being driven right through his lungs. He fought them for some time, and got away, but died from internal hemorrhage while a spear was being withdrawn. The native police are scouring the country in pursuit of the murderers.

HERBERTON. (1882, April 8). Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), p. 5. Link to TROVE

HERBERTON.

The Advertiser of the 10th says : - A magisterial inquiry was instituted on Thursday to inquire into the particulars of a sad and fatal accident by which a fine little boy, aged two years, son of Mr. Othello Barrett, of this town lost his life. The evidence adduced was brief and conclusive. The unhappy child fell into an unprotected water-hole or well close to his home ; and, although but a few minutes in the water, life was extinct when his father took him out.

NORTHERN MAIL NEWS. (1882, June 22). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 2. Link to TROVE

Christie Palmerston's black boy " Pompo" died in the hospital last week.

Herberton. (1882, September 16). The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954), p. 2. Link to TROVE

DEATH. JOSS.—At her residence, Nigger Creek, on the 13th instant, Annie Clara, the beloved wife of William Ronald Joss, aged 22 years. Home papers please copy.

Family Notices (1883, May 29). The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954), p. 2. Link to TROVE

HERBERTON.

In writing of a fatal accident to a little son of Mr. Veen's, who was killed by the kick of a horse, the Advertiser says :— In the unfortunate case under notice Mr. Veen and his deceased boy were walking down the main street of West Herberton and at the same time a carter named Day let loose his horses. These came galloping down the street, most probably frisky after a feed, and one of them kicked out. Veen but narrowly escaped receiving the full force of the kick, but his poor son did, which fractured the forehead and skull and from which were protruding the child's brains. The deceased child was followed to the cemetery by a large number of Sunday School children and several residents.

NORTHERN MAIL NEWS. (1883, October 6). The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1875 - 1929), p. 8. Link to TROVE

I regret to say we have had two deaths lately, and both suddenly, viz. John McManus, publican, and R. D. Cruickshank, both well known in the North.

Herberton. (1883, October 23). The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954), p. 2. Link to TROVE

GWYNNE.—On the 28th October, at Herberton, North Queensland, from a fall from his horse, J. J. Gwynne, surveyor, aged 53 years.

Family Notices (1883, November 12). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 2. Link to TROVE

At Herberton, a young woman knowing as Ellen Begley, has drunk herself to death. She got into the " horrors " and wandered out into the bush, clad in only a night-gown. Death from the effects of the exposure. She was 24 years of age.

[?]RSONALS (1884, January 12). Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld. : 1883 - 1885), p. 11. Link to TROVE

A Herberton Scandal.

I learn from a Herberton correspondent that there is an exciting scandal up In that lively little field. It will be remembered that a woman named Ellen Begley was found lying dead in a paddock there the other day. My correspondent, writing on the 4th inst., says that the enquiry into her death had not then come off, but that, " unless facts were suppressed," (I use my correspondent's own language, which may have a covert significance) there would be some extraordinary evidence about a previous procuration of abortion.

A Herberton Scandal. (1884, January 19). Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld. : 1883 - 1885), p. 17. Link to TROVE

A magisterial inquiry of considerable length has been held touching the death of a young woman named Ellen Begley, aged 21 years. Revelations were made showing that a human life has been lost by the terror of the age — drink ; and a second by sheer neglect.

HERBERTON. (1884, January 19). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 2. Link to TROVE