Lena Marion Buckley (known as Marion) and her brother Stanley were born in Greenwich, Kent, England. They left London on the Athenic on 4 March 1910 along with their mother…
Category: Accident
JOHN DAVID MCLEAN
“Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever” (Job 19:24) Our third photo from the Berry & Co collection features the grave of John David McLean…
CRUSHED TO DEATH IN A GOODS ELEVATOR
The Hanratty monument in the first Catholic section has a poignant memorial above the inscription. Two angels are supporting a woman whose eyes are raised and hands are clasped in…
GEORGE HENRY ATHEA – ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Deep in Public2 section is this fine headstone to 28 year old George Henry Athea who “met with a fatal accident whilst in the execution of his duty”. He had…
James Doxy Burtinshaw
Accidentally killed February 1904. Erected by his shipmates. This charming headstone caught our eye. Who can walk past “accidentally killed” and not wonder? According to newspaper reports, James (aged 19)…
Wreck of the S. S. Penguin
WRECK OF THE U.S.S. PENGUIN, NEAR WELLINGTON HEADS, N.Z., ON THE NIGHT OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12: INCIDENTS; AND PORTRAITS OF SOME OF THOSE SAVED AND DROWNED. (The Australian, 27 Feb…
Last Post
“LAST POST” AT FRIDAY’S FUNERAL.—BugIer blowing the “Last Post,” the Legion of Frontiersmen standing at attention, outside the Crematorium at Karori Cemetery on Friday afternoon at the funeral of Messrs….
Fatal Railway Accident in Wellington
Frank Wilde was killed in 1914 when the horse drawn express cart he was driving was run into by a locomotive travelling to or from the Te Aro Station, Wakefield…
Four Killed Car Over 40ft bank Island Bay Tragedy
Exploring the stories behind the adjacent plots of Olga BARDEBES, age 19, & Ernest DICKSON, age 22, in the Catholic section, reveals a tragic tale. They were two passengers in…