FUNERAL NOTICE.
The friends of the late James Burgess are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave Scott’s Hotel, Tinwald, on MONDAY next, May 28th, at 3 o’clock, for the new cemetery.
BAKER BROS., Undertakers. -Ashburton Guardian, 26/5/1883.
A case of sudden death occurred at the Hinds on Saturday. It appears that the James Burgess was ploughing a field, when a man who was working in the same paddock saw the horses dragging the plough alone. Looking back he discovered Burgess lying on the ground and on going up to him found him quite dead. The body was brought down to the Tinwald Hotel, where an inquest was held this afternoon. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence. -Ashburton Guardian, 28/5/1883.
Another newspaper at the time reported that James had bled to death. It is reasonable to assume that he fell off his seat and the plough ran over him.
DEATHS.
Burgess. — May 25, suddenly, at the Hinds, James, son of the late John Burgess, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, aged 41 years, Home papers please copy. -Star, 30/5/1883.
Hinds Cemetery.
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