The issues of 16, 20, 23 and 27 February and 1, 5, 8 March are missing from the collection at the British Library.

Tuesday 2 January 1872

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 30th December 1871, Edwinea, the beloved wife of William JACKMAN, aged 62 years and 5 months.

DIED at De Beer’s New Rush, Diamond Fields, on the 8th December 1871, Charles Edward BROWN, formerly of Port Elizabeth.

DIED at Leg Kraal, in the District of Middelburg, on the 23rd inst, Cecil Ernest, the beloved and eldest Son of James and Mary COLLETT, aged 10 years, 11 months and 23 days, deeply regretted by his bereaved Parents and Relatives.
James COLLETT Jr
Middelburg, Dec 26 1871

DEATH OF MRS. DENYSSEN
The Standard of Thursday says:- One of the most painful events it has ever been our melancholy duty to chronicle is the death, at the early age of 33, of Mrs. DENYSSEN, the wife of the Honourable Mr. Justice DENYSSEN. On Friday the deceased lady appeared to be in perfectly good health, and in as good spirits as a recent sad bereavement would allow her to feel. In the night of that day she was seized with puerperal convulsions of the most violent description, and she gradually sank till she expired on Tuesday the 26th instant, in perfect calmness, and after recovering sufficient consciousness to bid farewell to her sorrowing family around her. Mrs. DENYSSEN was thoroughly esteemed by all who knew her in every relation of life; and few dying at so early an age will leave a greater number of true friends to mourn their loss. The funeral took place in the burial-ground of the Dutch Reformed Church yesterday afternoon, and was attended by a large concourse of people, the Rev G. STEGMANN Jr. officiating at the grave, and delivering a most touching and eloquent address.

Friday 5 January 1872

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on New Year’s Day 1872, the wife of R.D. BUCHANAN Esq. of a son.

DIED on the 4th instant, Mary, the beloved wife of Edward SLATER Esq., aged 53 years. Requiescat in Pace.
Port Elizabeth, Jan 5 1872.

DIED at Aberdeen on Thursday 28th December 1871, Harriet Maria Jane, beloved daughter of Captain D.G. and Elizabeth SIM, aged 9 months and 19 days.

DIED at Graaff-Reinet on the 2nd inst, Frances C.K., beloved child of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. DU TOIT, aged 2 years and 2 months.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT
On Christmas Day Mr. W. JEFFREY, of Kamastone, met with a serious accident, which necessitated the amputation of his left arm. He was engaged in rolling boulders down a steep place, when he got his arm under one, which crushed it to a pulp.

Friday 12 January 1872

BIRTH at Humansdorp on Friday 5th January 1872, the wife of Mr. John BAKER of a son.

DIED at her Residence, South-end, Port Elizabeth, on the 10th January 1872, Anna, the beloved wife of Mr. Dennis DUNN, aged 37 years and 6 months, leaving a large family to mourn her loss.
Requiescat in Pace.

FATAL ACCIDENT
A very sad accident occurred in the Dock on Wednesday night last. The quarter-master of the Natal (George BOLTER), whilst going to his vessel, walked into the Dock, and in falling struck his head, and is thought to have been stunned, for, although assistance was promptly rendered, when the man was picked up he was found to be dead. The flags of the mail-boats in the Dock on Thursday were at half-mast in acknowledgement of this sad event.

DROWNED AT KLIPDRIFT
Our diamond-field correspondent, whose letter in its entirety we have not space for today, reports the following fatal accident at Klipdrift. He writes under date 4th January 1872:- A sad and fatal accident occurred to a transport rider named COLMAN, well known in Port Elizabeth, on Friday last. The poor fellow brought up a load of goods for Mr. Willhelm SCHULZ, and was returning with his empty wagons. When he arrived at the outspan near the drift he outspanned his oxen, that they might drink, and whilst the animals were doing so he and some friends of his went to the river for a swim. He had not been long in the water before he was seen to sink. No timely aid could be rendered him, and he was drowned. The body was not recovered till yesterday, when it was found entangled in the reeds growing in the bed of the river.

Tuesday 16 January 1872

MARRIED at Uitenhage on the 11th January 1872, by the Venerable the Archbishop of Graham’s Town, J. George J. RAWSTORNE Esq., Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of Alexandria, to Lillie, eldest daughter of the late Captain William DARKE, of Launceston and Penzance (Cornwall).

DIED on the 18th November last, on the “Marc Antony” Steam Ship, in sight of the Canary Isles, Robert Hunter, second son of John RHIND M.D., of Dewsbury in the County of York, aged 3 months.

FIRE IN CAPE TOWN
A few nights ago a store belonging to Mrs. MAXWELL, situate in St.Andrew’s Square, Cape Town, took fire, and was completely burnt out. Mr. D’Arcy READ’s theatrical properties, including the Protean cabinet, were stored in the building, and were consumed by the flames.

Friday 19 January 1872

NOTICE
The Undersigned, about to retire from his present Business, requests that all Claims against him be sent in no later than the 20th January 1872; and persons indebted to him are requested to settle their accounts by that time.
W. SCRUTON
Main-street, Port Elizabeth
December 29 1871

Tuesday 23 January 1872

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 23rd January, Mrs. P.W. COURT of a son.

Tuesday 30 January 1872

BIRTH at Worcester Park, Epsom, on the 22nd December, the wife of H.B. DEARE Esq., of a daughter.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
BIRTHS
BAKER, Mrs. J., at Humansdorp, on the 5th inst, of a son.
BUCHANAN, Mrs. R.D., at Port Elizabeth, on the 1st inst, of a son.
COURT. Mrs. P.W., at Port Elizabeth, on the 23rd inst, of a son.
DEARE, Mrs. H.B., at Worcester Park, near Epsom, on the 22nd December 1871, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE
RAWSTORNE, Mr. J.G.J., at Uitenhage, on the 11th inst, to Miss Lillie DARKE.
DEATHS
BROWN, Mr. C.E., at De Beer’s New Rush, on the 8th ult.
COLLETT, C.E., at Middelburg, on the 23rd ult, aged 11 years.
DUNN, Mrs. Anna, at Port Elizabeth, on the 14th inst, aged 37 years.
DU TOIT, F.C.K., at Graaff-Reinet, on the 2nd inst, aged 2 years.
JACKMAN, Mrs. E., at Port Elizabeth, on the 30th ult, aged 62 years.
RHIND, R.H., off the Canary Isles, on the 18th November, aged 3 months.
SLATER, Mrs. M., at Port Elizabeth, on the 4th inst, aged 53 years.
SIM, H.M.J., at Aberdeen, on the 28th ult, aged 9 months.

Friday 2 February 1872

DIED at Burnshill on Sunday 28th January, after a week’s illness from Pneumonia with Bronchitis, the Reverend James LAING, Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland, aged 68 years.

DROWNED IN THE UMGWALI
A European, in the employ of Mr. VENABLES, of the Bolota, has been drowned in the Umgwali River, near Clarkesbury, on the 15th inst. His body was found four days after. The man’s name was John ESTANDOLF. “Nothing,” says a correspondent, “is known at the Umgwali about his relatives.” – Watchman.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT EAST LONDON
The Watchman of Monday says:- From a private source we learn that the putting off of the boat from the Madeleine on Saturday afternoon was one of the most foolhardy things ever witnessed at the port. The sea and bar were excessively rough, and it was evident to all that no boat could live in it, yet in spite of the signals from the shore that even the life-boat could not work, the mad-brained mate of the Madeleine selected three of his crew, launched a boat, and proceeded towards the shore. They had not, however, been many minutes in the water before the mate, who was steering, was observed to be pitched out by a heavy sea striking the boat, and in a few seconds afterwards the boat, with the remaining crew, was sent whirling, as it were, in the air. The mate and two of the men were seen for a short time struggling with the waves, and then to sink, while the fourth man managed as by a miracle to get to shore. From his statement it appears that the mate had ordered the boat to be launched for purpose of fetching sand from the beach, but all the men had in vain expressed their unwillingness to venture in such a sea. It is believed that the mate must have been in liquor at the time.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT BUSHMAN’S RIVER MOUTH
It is our painful duty to record the death by drowning of Mrs. H. COLTMAN, of Alexandria, a lady well-known to many of our readers, and universally esteemed. Mr. and Mrs. COLTMAN and family and Mr. and Mrs. PATTISON, of Alexandria, accompanied by Miss RICHES, of Port Elizabeth, sister of the two ladies, were on a visit to Bushman’s River Mouth. It appears that on the morning of Wednesday the 31st ult the unfortunate lady and her sister, Miss R., proceeded to the usual bathing-place, and were enjoying their morning’s bath, standing at a few feet from the bank, and holding each other’s hands. The current, which was unusually strong, suddenly swept them both towards a dangerous hole in the river, and compelled them to unclasp their hands. Miss R. fell on her back, and, becoming insensible, must have floated over the treacherous spot to the bank of the river, where she recovered her consciousness a few minutes afterwards. Her shrieks soon brought COLTMAN and PATTISON to her assistance, but it was, alas!, too late. Mrs. C. had disappeared. Information was immediately conveyed to Dick VAN RENSBURG, who resides at the distance of about two miles, and who arrived in an incredibly short space of time, with ten or twelve men, and began to search for the body. At about three o’clock in the afternoon a Kafir of Mr. KROG’s climbed the hill at the back of the cottages, and looking down the river discerned something white glittering at a considerable depth near the sand-bank in the middle of the river. Swimming to the spot, he discovered the body in about four feet of water, and speedily brought it to the surface. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband and children, of whom there are four, the youngest only eight months old. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr. Dick VAN RENSBURG (one of Nature’s own gentlemen) for the promptitude with which he rendered assistance towards the recovery of the body. – Communicated.

Tuesday 6 February 1872

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 4th instant, the wife of Henry Coles BAKER of a son.

Friday 9 February 1872

MARRIED at St.Mary’s Church, Port Elizabeth, on the 6th inst, by the Rev. Mr. Pickering, Colonial Chaplain, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Greenstock, Ryk Tulbagh LE SUEUR M.D., son of J.L. LE SUEUR Esq., late Postmaster-General, to Florence DANIEL, daughter of the late Captain DANIEL R.N., of Sidbury, and niece of Dr. George DUNSTERVILLE, of Port Elizabeth.
Port Elizabeth, 7th February 1872.

DROWNED on the 31st January 1872, while bathing near Bushman’s River Mouth, Mary Jane, the beloved wife of Mr. N. COLTMAN, of Alexandria, aged 29 years.

Tuesday 13 February 1872

FATAL ACCIDENT – FIVE MEN DROWNED
The Hope Town correspondent of the Standard and Mail, writing under date January 26, says:- The diamond-fields mail-cart arrived here this morning, bringing one passenger, the Hon. P.W. SCHOLTZ, who has brought the sad tidings of an unfortunate accident at the Riet River. It appears that on Wednesday, the 24th inst, the small pont attempted to bring across eight oxen and about nine men. The Riet River was coming down mountains high. When in the middle of the stream, the pont was turned over, and everybody precipitated in the rolling torrent. Out of the nine men four escaped. Poor Mr. TULLOCK, of Simon’s Town, who has just built the pont, was drowned; also a Mr. PRETORIUS and three others. Poor TULLOCK’s body has been found and interred.

Tuesday 12 March 1872

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 11th instant, Mrs. N. ADLER of a son.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 11th March 1872, Mrs. W.A. BUTLER of a son.

MARRIED at Port Elizabeth on Thursday, 7th inst, by the Rev. J.C. Macintosh, assisted by the Rev. D.M. Walker, Mr. Heinrich Willhelm DALLDORF, of Otterndorf, North Germany, to Edith, eldest daughter of Edward PREISS Esq. of Port Elizabeth.

MARRIED at the Independent Church, Port Elizabeth, on the 7th March, by the Rev. J.C. Macintosh, Mr. William GASSON to Lucy, daughter of the late Mr. George ADAMS of this town.

DIED on the 1st March 1872, at the Nazaar, on his way from the Diamond Fields, William SMITH, aged 28 years and 8 months, son of the late Joseph SMITH Esq., of this town.

DEATH OF MR. B.M. SHEPPERSON
It is with extreme regret that we learn this morning, by telegram from King William’s Town, that Mr. B.M. SHEPPERSON has succumbed to the injuries received which we reported in a previous issue, and that death has been the result. Mr. SHEPPERSON was well known in Graham’s Town as a gentleman who had been engaged in business for many years, and at one time was a man of independent means. With many others, he suffered severely by the crisis which occurred a few years ago, and had to begin life anew. He had been engaged by Mr. S. RUDOLF to manage a business for him at Fauresmith, and had just reached the scene of his prospective labours when this sad accident terminated his career. He was an honourable, upright man, and his death will be lamented by a large circle of friends. To his widow and family we tender our sincere sympathy in their severe domestic bereavement.

Friday 15 March 1782

MARRIED at St.Paul’s Church, Port Elizabeth, on Saturday the 2nd inst, by the Rev. Samuel Brook, Thomas William TITTERTON, son of the late William TITTERTON Esq., of Kraggakamma, to Frances Hannah DAWSON, second daughter of the late Captain D.S. DAWSON, of Port Elizabeth. No cards.

MARRIED at St.Paul’s Church, Port Elizabeth, on the 5th March, by the Rev. S. Brook, Frederick, third son of Mr. F.C. FITCH, Baythorne Grove, near Halstead, Essex, to Agnes, second daughter of Mr. G.T. REED, of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope.

TESTIMONIAL TO REV. E.D. HEPBURN
A beautiful silver snuff-box has been subscribed for and purchased by the Wesleyan congregation of Port Alfred, for presentation to the Rev. E.D. HEPBURN, as an acknowledgement of his long and valuable services at that place. – Penny Mail.

Tuesday 19 March 1872

DIED at the residence of his Father, Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth, Edmund Lombard, aged 32 years, the only Son of Mr. E.L. KIFT.
Port Elizabeth, March 18 1872.

SAD AFFAIR
Mr. Albert PEARSE, draper, of Main-street, was found dead in an iron tank at the rear of his residence yesterday morning. The deceased on Sunday night was in a very perturbed condition, and insisted upon walking about the house. At midnight, however, Mrs. PEARSE persuaded him to retire to rest, and everything went right until four o’clock yesterday morning, when she found that her husband had left the room in his night-dress. A diligent search was made for him during the morning, but no clue could be obtained to his whereabouts, until his body was discovered in an iron water-tank at the rear of the house. The deceased had squeezed himself through the round aperture at the top, partly pulled the cover over, and deliberately sat himself down to die. When found he was in a sitting posture, the upper part of his head alone being out of the water. The District Surgeon was called in, and pronounced life extinct. The unfortunate man has for some months exhibited considerable weakness of intellect, and it is feared that while in one of his periodic fits of despondency he committed the rash act.

Friday 29 March 1872

BIRTH, March 13th, at De Beer’s New Rush, the wife of William RHIND Esq., Manager of the Port Elizabeth Bank’s Branch, of a daughter.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
BIRTHS
ADLER, Mrs. N., at Port Elizabeth, on the 11th inst, of a son.
BUTLER, Mrs. W.A., at Port Elizabeth, on the 11th inst, of a son.
JEPSON, Mrs. C.E., at Port Elizabeth, on the 29th ult, of a daughter.
TAYLOR, Mrs. A., at Port Elizabeth, on the 28th ult, of a son.
MARRIAGES
DALLDORF, Mr. H.W., at Port Elizabeth, on the 7th inst, to Miss Edith PREISS.
FITCH, Mr. F., at Port Elizabeth, on the 5th inst, to Miss Agnes REED.
GASSON, Mr. W., at Port Elizabeth, on the 7th inst, to Miss Lucy ADAMS.
TITTERTON, Mr. T.W., at Port Elizabeth, on the 2nd inst, to Miss Frances Hannah DAWSON.
DEATHS
ABLETT, Mrs. Harriet, at Port Elizabeth, on the 8th inst, aged 73 years.
KIFT, Mr. E.L., at Port Elizabeth, on the 18th inst, aged 32 years.
SMITH, Mr. W., at the Nazaar, on the 1st inst, aged 28 years.