THE SYDNEY RECORD SATURDAY EVENING OCTOBER 2, 1915 SUDDEN DEATH OF C.N. MACLEOD The death occured at about five o'clock this morning of Charles N. MacLeod, Bentinck street, after an illness of less than twenty-four hours, and his sudden death came as shock to the community. Mr. MacLeod was one of the most popular of Sydney's young men, and the family will have the sincere sympathy of his many friends. Mr. MacLeod had been in very good health until a couple of days ago when he contracted a slight cold. He was, however, preparing to go to Springhill on business for the Dominion Coal Company, with whom he was engaged, yesterday morning. He awakened yesterday seriously ill and at noon had passed into unconciousness from which he did not recover. An acute attack of Bright's disease was the cause of his death. Mr. MacLeod was employed in the auditing department of the Dominion Coal Company. Mr. MacLeod was the son of the late Robert MacLeod of Mulgrave. His father and mother predeceased him many years ago. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Hattie Munn, and two small children, a boy and a girl. Mrs. Hadley of Mulgrave is a surviving sister of the deceased. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at two-thirty o'clock from the residence, 83 Bentinck street. The services will be conducted by Rev. P.C. Reed and Rev. I.A. Corbett. Interment will be at Hardwood Hill cemetery. ************* THE SYDNEY RECORD OCTOBER 2, 1915 FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral of the late Charles N. MacLeod will take place from the residence 83 Bentinck street tomorrow, Sunday, afternoon, at two-thirty o'clock. Interment at Hardwood Hill Cemetery. ************* THE SYDNEY RECORD TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 5, 1915 FUNERAL OF LATE CHARLES MCLEOD The public tribute paid to the late Charles N. Macleod at his burial yesterday, was a profound token of the high regard in which this popular young man had been held and expressed the sympathy of the community toward the bereaved wife and family in a deep and sincere manner. The funeral was the most largely attended in Sydney in many years and upwards of a thousand men, friends an fellow employees of the deceased in the Dominion Coal company, followed the corse to the grave. The general office of the Dominion Coal Company was closed for the afternoon and some two hundred employees, together with General Manager MacDougall and a number of his executive staff, attended in a body. The men came from Glace Bay on a special train furnished by the Sydney and Louisburg railway and were accompanied by many personal friends of the deceased Comptroller Cameron of the Dominion Steel company and many of the office staff were also in attendance. A detachment of the thirty-sixth battery, former employees of the Dominion Coal Company, attended in a body, and among the many others who were present were a number from different parts of the province, who had been friends and acquaintances of the deceased. The funeral service at the house was conducted by Rev. P.C. Reid, of Bethany Baptist church, assisted by Rev. I.A. Corbett, of Pitt Street Baptist church, and Rev. J.W. Bartlett, of Jubilee Methodist church. The service was an impressive one. The opening hymn, by members of the Baptist choir, "'Tis Midnight and on Olive's Brow" was followed by the scripture reading by Rev. J.W. Bartlett, Rev. Mr. Reed gave the address and in it he referrd to the splendid and sterling character of the deceased and the esteem in which he was held in the community. The prayer was offered by Rev. I.A. Corbett and the service closed with a solo, "Saved by Grace," by Miss Florrie Reid, which was beautifully and feelingly rendered. The pall bearers were, M.W. McDonald, F.W. Armstrong and Harry Watson of the Coal Company staff; Lyman Jackson of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway; G. Percy Gordon, comptroller of the Intercolonial Coal Co., td.; with Stewart McCawley, Don Buckley, and A.C. Thompson, friends of the deceased, and as the funeral left the house, the chimes of St. Andrew's church rang "Nearer, My God to Thee." The chief mourners were: W.A. Munn, the deceased's father-in-law; A.H. Munn and George Munn, brothers-in-law and W. Ross and Chas. Bowen, brothers-in-law of Mrs. Macleod. The long procession, as it moved towards Hardwood Hill cemetery, extended for over half a mile. On arrival at the gates the 36th battery detachment lined up, allowing the funeral to pass through the ranks. At the grave the impressive service of the burial was conducted by the three clergymen. Rev. P.C. Reed read the exhortation and commitment. The prayer was said by Rev. J.W. Bartlett. Rev. I.A. Corbett pronounced the benediction. The funeral was one of the greatest public evidence of esteem for a fellow citizen which the people of this city has ever signified and the floral tributes and large attendance was a striking evidence of the deceased's popularity. submitted by es718 <es718@freenet.carleton.ca>