DEATH.
Nightingale. — On the 12th September, at the Oamaru Hospital, William, eldest son of William and Georgina Nightingale, aged 21 1/2 years.
The funeral will leave his parents' residence, Hull street, for the Oamaru Cemetery on Sunday, September 13th (to-morrow), at 430 p.m. Friends are kindly invited to attend.
G. L. Grenfell, Undertaker, Tees-street. -Oamaru Mail, 12/9/1896.
It is notified in another column that the Garrison Band will meet for special practice at nine o'clock this evening. The object is to make preparations for the funeral tomorrow afternoon of their late comrade Bandsman W. Nightingale, who died in the Hospital early this morning as the result of an accident which happened to him on Monday, entailing a painful operation. Mr Nightingale, who was a smart young man of 21 years of age and an active footballer, strained himself severely while at work in Messrs McCallum and Co.'s timber yard, and deep sympathy is felt with his sorrowing parents. -Oamaru Mail, 12/9/1896.
OAMARU GARRISON BAND.
THE MEMBERS of the above are requested to MEET at the Volunteer Hall THIS EVENING, at 9 o'clock, for SPECIAL PRACTICE.
W. S. KING, Bandmaster.
THE Members of the Excelsior Football Club are Requested to ATTEND the Funeral of their late Comrade, William Nightingale, TO-MORROW.
W. E. BYRNE, Hon. Sec. -Oamaru Mail, 12/9/1896.
The funeral of William Nightingale, son of Mr W. Nightingale, of the Railway Department, took place yesterday, and was largely attended, the Garrison Band, of which deceased was a member, playing Beethoven's Funeral March to the grave. The coffin was borne to the grave by members of the Excelsior Football Club, and at the grave the Rev. Canon Gould conducted the burial service, at the conclusion of which the Band played "Vital Spark." Deceased was about 21 years of age, and some time ago — it is not exactly known when — met with an injury which terminated fatally on Friday last. Deceased worked in Messrs McCallum and Co.'s timber yard, but did not make known that he had sustained any hurt either at his work or elsewhere, no doubt thinking the injury a trivial one. On Thursday the pain was so intense that he was taken to the Hospital for medical treatment. It was found that he was suffering from strangulated hernia, but an operation was ineffectual, inasmuch as mortification had already set in. -North Otago Times, 14/9/1896.
The funeral of William Nightingale, son of Mr W. Nightingale, of the Railway Department, whose death in the Hospital on Saturday under painful circumstances was recorded in our last issue, took place yesterday, afternoon, an exceptionally large number of people attending to show sympathy with the sorrowing parents. The Garrison Band, of which the deceased was a member, headed the mournful procession, playing Beethoven's impressively solemn Funeral March, and the coffin was borne to the grave by members of the Excelsior Football Club. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Gould, and at its close the band played the anthem "Vital Spark." -Oamaru Mail, 14/9/1896.
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