Sunday, May 07, 2017

Brisbane Hospital Deaths

 
Deaths at the Hospital.— There was an unusual number of deaths at the Hospital during the fortnight ended on the 6th instant. The following are the particulars :— David Kirby, aged 40, miner, Brisbane ; died October 26, heart disease. William Brodie, aged 24, seaman, Dunwich ; died October 27, disease of spine. Elizabeth Gilmore, aged 46, housewife, Brisbane ; died October 28, cancer. Toorook, South Sea Islander, Indooroopilly, died October 30, phthisis. Philip Bride, aged 38, seaman, steamship Laura ; died November 3, strangulated hernia. Mick, South Sea Islander, Logan sugar factory ; died November 4, exhaustion after amputation. Lahore, South Sea Islander, South Brisbane ; died November 4, dysentery. Nils Renstrom, 43, ship carpenter, Thornborough; died November 4, pneumonia. Jeremiah Cadwallader, aged 28, farmer, Indooroopilly ; died November 6, typhoid fever.
 
No title (1880, November 10). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 2. TROVE