Irish Times Nov 14 1905 COUNTY DOWN CENTENARIAN'S DEATH Yesterday the funeral took place of James M'Darragh of Mayo-bridge, County Down, who when he died was in his one hundred and third year. He was intelligent hard-working man, who lived all his life on his farm, and a few days before his death was moving about as usual. Note: Odd--I can't find any McDarraghs in Mayo townland in 1901 and I don't find the name in Ros Davies Surnames Database either.

The Irish Times THE SAD DEATH OF A COUNTY DOWN FARMER Dr Alex Heron, J.P., Coroner for South Down held an inquest at Rathfriland into the melancholy death of HUGH M'ALEARY, a farmer, whose lifeless body, as already reported, was found in a small stream on Tuesday evenng frozen into a block of ice. The jury returned the following verdict: "That the deceased was found drowned in a stream, in the townland of Lenish, on 13th February, 1900, and that no blame is attachable to any person." The jury also passed a resolution of condolence with the deceased's family in their sad bereavement.

Irish Times Jan 12 1894 M'ILLREE January 5, at The Lodge, Dundrum, County Down, Edward T M'Illree

The Irish Times, Jan 30 1892 Banbridge, Friday A melancholy discovery has just been made of the bodies of two women named Mary and Elizabeth Rooney, aged respectively 70 and 80 years. they were found dead in a miserable hovel in Ballydrummond, near Castlewellan. they had been formerly in comfortable circumstances, but means became exhausted an recently they had nothing to live upon, their farm being mortgaged and or of their possession. The door of the cabin, in which recently they had been living, was noticed to be fastened, and they had been missed for some days. When the door was opened the bodies were seen lying on the floor greatly emaciated. Coroner Heron held an inquest yesterday when Dr Rowan deposed that death was due to starvation and exposure. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. Notes: This is so sad. Did no-one look in on them. Ballydrummond was full of relatives of mine, for all I know these Rooneys sisters could be relatives. Did any of them try to help. I found Mary left a will and the effects were £40 given to her nephew Patrick Smith, a schoolteacher in Belfast. Depending on which index you use, £40 would be equivalent to £3000-£4,000 today. How tragic.

Irish Times Aug 10 1880 FIRE IN NEWRY At an early hour on Saturday morning a fire broke out in the flax store of MR MOLOUGHNEY, Newry, and property to the amount of £150 was destroyed. BURGLARY IN NEWRY On Saturday night the rare premises of MESSRS F MOOR & CO on the Mall, Newry, were entered, and a quantity of whiskey was stolen. A man named PATRICK TUFF has been arrested, and an important piece of evidence against him will be forthcoming when the case is heard at the Petty Sessions. DEATH BY DROWNING IN NEWRY Yesterday a man named DEERY, belonging it is said to Dublin, and at present employed by the Messrs Laidlaw of Glasgow, who are making alterations at the gas works, went to bathe in the ALBERT BASIN in 18 feet of water. He could not swim and before assistance could be rendered he was drowned.

Irish Times Irish Provincial News County Down May 8 1879 DEATH BY DROWNING The dead body of an old blind man named CANNON, a professional fiddler, was yesterday found in the waters of the Newry Canal. An inquest will be held. SAD DEATH IN NEWRY An old man named BURNS was arrested Tuesday night for drunkenness, and placed in lock=up. The sub-constable on guard visited him several times during the night. On the last visit the man was found to be labouring under an attack of illness, and medical aid was at once summoned, but the man was dead before DR M'BRIDE arrived.

Irish Times Aug 29 1876 The Crobane Homicide JAMES M'KAY, who is charged with the homicide of JOHN MOONEY at Crobane, County Down, on the 15th instant, was brought up before John M'Cullagh, Esq., M.M., on Saturday, at the Petty Sessions Office, Newry, and admitted to bail, to take his trial at the next Down Assizes=himself i £100, and two sureties in £50 each.

Irish Times December 22, 1875 (Fatalities: M'Kee, M'Ilroy, Bryan, Stevenson, Arnott, Scott) TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES Yesterday morning a terrible explosion occurred in the townland of BALLYMACONNELL, between BANGOR and DONAGHADEE, County Down. It was attended with melancholy results, six males and two females having met with instant death. On the country road from Newtownards to the village of Groomsport, and about a mile from the Groomsport road station, on the Belfast and County Down Railway line, there stands, on the left side of the road, a structure known for the last 20 years as LOWRY'S SCUTCH MILL. There are two mills, viz, the Old Scutch Mill and a corn mill, both of which were propelled by water power, but the principal business which was that of scutching, was transacted in the steam mill on the Bangor side of the road. This mill was fitted up with a 16 horse power engine, and there was accomodation for 12 scutchers. During the scutching season, which commenced in October, the mill was in full operation latterly, though not so much work was being done. Yesterday morning, about twenty operatives had arrived on the premises, and would have commenced work had it not been for the accident. The usual time for the mill to commence was from half=past seven till eight o'clock, and yesterday morning at the latter hour, when eight persons, six men and two women, were congregated around the fire in the boiler=house waiting for the steam to be turned on, the boiler suddenly exploded. The boiler burst at both ends, and the boiler-house and a considerable portion of the mill used as a store was reduced to ruin. The boiler lies embedded in the debris, the chimney stands in a shaken condition, and the eastern extremity of the mill displays shattered walls, ragged windows, and other evidences of an explosion of a violent character. Where the explosion took place, MR JAMES LOWRY, son of the proprietress who was standing in his mother's yard, on looking towards the mill saw an unusual smoke or steam arising from it. He made all possible hast thither, and on arriving found the eastern end of the mill destroyed, and with a blinding steam everywhere. The first thing Mr Lowry did was to dispatch a messengerto Bangor for the constabulary, and in the meantime the bodies of the unfortunate people were removed to the "stricking" shed. Their names are as follows: HENRY M'ILROY, married age 34, leaves a wife and eight childen: ARTHUR M'ILROY his son, single; JOHN STEVENSON, married, age 30, leaves a wife and seven childen; J BRYAN, married aged 31, leaves a wife and one child; JOHN ARNOTT, aged 14; ALEXANDER BRYAN, aged 14; MR MARY ANNE M'KEE, 40 years of age, leaves a husband and 5 children; and MRS ISABELLA SCOTT, 34 years of age, husband and 3 chilren. The above bodies were discovered, five at the foot of the chimney, one in the flue with a barrow he had been wheeling into the boiler-house in a field about twelve yards off, and one a short distance from the chimney the damage amounts to about £500, and the premises were not insured. A portion of the boiler was driven across the road into a field and embedded in the soil several feet, about three hundred yards distance, and bricks belonging to the mill were scattered for a great distance around. the engine-dirve BRYAN, is at present in custody. William Davidson, EsQ, coroner for the Northern Division of the County of Down, arrived at six o'clock for the purpose of holding an inquest on the bodies. The inquiry was merely opened and adjourned till to morrow.

Irish Times Nov 3 1926 Down Man Dies Aged 126 The death has occurred at Dromora, County Down, of William Smith, who is believed to be the oldest man in the British Isles, his age, it is stated being 126. He lived alone, and a bread server failing to get a response to his knock at Smith's house, the door was forced and the old man was found lying alongside the bed. Note: In the 1911 census the oldest William Smith was a 92 year old widower (Roman Catholic) living alone at Gransha Townland in Dromara. (Artanagh DED) In the 1901 census he is listed as William "Smyth" age 82, born Belfast, a Marine Dealer. Living at Gransha, Dromora.

Dear Nan Is this one referring to the Adelaide hospital in South Australia or is there another Adelaide? It's a long way for the info to have been sent in the 1880's. Cheers Jenni Adelaide, SA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com>; <countyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 4:26 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] 1888-Andrew Lockhart Boyd- Kilkeel > Irish Times > Oct 22 1888 > > BOYD-October 20, 1888, at the Adelaide Hospital, > Andrew Lockhart, aged 25 years, youngest son of the > late William Boyd, Kilkeel County Down. > Funeral from Adelaide Hospital at 830am on tomorrow > (Tuesday) morning. > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jenni, I typed the obit verbatim, so I don't know anything further. There was an Adelaides Hospital in Dublin, too. And there may have been one in the north, I just don't know. I know there were Hospitals affiliated through the Adelaide Hospital Society but I don't know the timeline on any of that. Because of the closeness of the date of the death and the date of the obit I would think the death occured in Ireland, maybe Dublin, but again, I just don't know. Sorry! Nan Begin forwarded message: > From: "J & R Gay" <jrgay@iprimus.com.au> > Date: October 23, 2010 4:54:27 AM CDT > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] 1888-Andrew Lockhart Boyd- Kilkeel > Reply-To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > > Dear Nan > Is this one referring to the Adelaide hospital in South Australia or > is > there another Adelaide? It's a long way for the info to have been > sent in > the 1880's. > Cheers Jenni > Adelaide, SA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com>; <countyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 4:26 PM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] 1888-Andrew Lockhart Boyd- Kilkeel > > >> Irish Times >> Oct 22 1888 >> >> BOYD-October 20, 1888, at the Adelaide Hospital, >> Andrew Lockhart, aged 25 years, youngest son of the >> late William Boyd, Kilkeel County Down. >> Funeral from Adelaide Hospital at 830am on tomorrow >> (Tuesday) morning. >> -------------------------------------------------- >> 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Searchable list archive at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Irish Times Oct 22 1888 BOYD-October 20, 1888, at the Adelaide Hospital, Andrew Lockhart, aged 25 years, youngest son of the late William Boyd, Kilkeel County Down. Funeral from Adelaide Hospital at 830am on tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.

Irish Times Oct 20 1888 M'CULLEN October 11, at his mother's residence, Portaferry, Co Down, after a long illness, Francis Groome M'Cullen, R.N., Commanding H.M. Cruiser "Squirrel", son of the late James M'Cullen, of H. M. Coast Guard

Irish Times May 22, 1886 STEWART MAY 15 at 26 North Strand, the residence of her sister, MARGARET, second daughter of the late WILLIAM H STEWART, Strangford County Down.

Irish Times Jan 27 1883 MAGILL-January 24 at ?8 Grove Street, Liverpool, of bronchitis, ALICIA, widow of the late John Magill, formerly of Islandderry, Dromore, County Down, aged 65.

Irish Times Oct 23 1880 On Friday Mr Joseph Dickson, Coroner, held an inquest at the Park, Damolly, on the body of Edward Graves Howard, a wealthy but eccentric gentleman. It appeared from the evidence that Mr Howard, who has been ailing for some time, and who lived quite alone, was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday morning by a lad named Tuft Dr Booth deposed that the strength of deceased was much spent owing to his peculiar mode of life, and that he died from disease of the heart. A verdict to this effect was returned by the jury. Mr Howard was at one time engaged in the drapery trade in Newry, an also extensively large quantities of goods abroad. In this way he realized much wealth, and he added to this continually by purchasing land, not only in Down, but in England, in Australia, and in the United States. He was very eccentric, and shunned all intercourse with the world. To approach him at all it was necessary to do so by letter. It is believed that he has left his immense wealth to a niece and nephew residing at Bangor co Down. The remains of Mr Howard were interred in St Patrick's Cemetery, Newry.

Irish Times May 8 1868 ARMSTRONG May 6, at Ballynahinch, County Down Miss Margaret Armstrong.

Irish Times March 16 1868 HAUGHTON MARCH 13 At the residence of her mother, Edenville Merrion Avenue, Frances, the last surviving daughter of the late Thomas Haughton, formerly of Moyallen, County Down.

Irish Times Feb 18 1862 SHEPARD=February 17, of brain fever, at the residence of her father, 93, Amiens Street, Susan, the beloved wife of William Shepard, Holywood, County Down.

Irish Times and Daily Advertiser Feb 13 1862 THOMPSON February 9, at the residence of his grandfather, W Beers, Esq, Newcastle Co Down, William Ernest Grove, youngest son of Major LJ Thomapson 58th Regiment aged 5 months.