William Morris was born in Bathurst on 17 August 1865 to Thomas Morris, of O’Connell Plains, (a hotel keeper) and Mary Judge. His siblings were:
- Thomas (born c 1859)
- Francis (born c 1861 in Bathurst)
- Mary Jane (born 1863 in Bathurst; who married Robert Vines).
In 1896, while William Morris was a fireman on the Cooma railway line, he was involved in a serious railway accident: "He was found buried in soft earth underneath a heap of trucks, his head only being visible. It took an hour and a half to dig him out." (See below)
In 1898 William qualified as a member of the RAILWAY AMBULANCE CORPS. He was also a member of the Locomotive Engine Drivers, Firemen & Cleaners Association, New South Wales, Australia.
Membership badge.
- In 1885, at the age of 20, he joined the Locomotive Branch at Bathurst as a labourer.
- From April 1888 to April 1889 he was a cleaner in Bathurst and Sydney.
- From 1890 to 1893 he worked as a fireman, glazed packer and cleaner at Everleigh.
- From 1896 he was a Fireman at Goulburn.
- In 1904 he was Chargeman at Bathurst and the Penrith from 1905 to 1914.
- 23 December 1907 - Allowed one months' leave on full pay.
- There is a stamp on is employment card that says "Remained loyal during Strike - August 1917"
- In 1918 he was Chargeman at Eskbank.
- In July 1919 he was promoted to 3rd class Chargeman at Eskbank.
- By October 1919 he was promoted to 4th class Chargeman at Mudgee where he continued until his retirement.
- Other notes include: Retirement approved with six months' retiring leave on full pay, 10-9-28. Leave commenced, 1-10-28. Gratuity of £1 for each year of service - Paid
- Retired on 1 April 1929.
Railway Personal History Card
Sovereign chain belonging to William Morris
William married Sarah Dibley in Bathurst in 1900 and they resided in Queanbeyan. Their only daughter, Grace, was born in 1903. In about 1905 William began a 14-year stint as a Chargeman with the Railway
Department at Bathurst, Penrith, Eskbank (Lithgow) and Mudgee.
By Photographic Collection from Australia - Railway Station - Eskbank
In 1913, William's mother (Mary Morris, nee Judge) died.
William died a year after retirement, on 26 June 1930, aged 64. This was before the engagement and marriage of his only daughter, Grace.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The following newspaper articles from TROVE provide more details of some of William's working life.
William died a year after retirement, on 26 June 1930, aged 64. This was before the engagement and marriage of his only daughter, Grace.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The following newspaper articles from TROVE provide more details of some of William's working life.
1896
FIREMAN AND DRIVER FATALLY SCALDED.
[By Wire.] Sydney, Monday. About 3 o'clock this morning the engine
of the mixed mail train left the rails near Goulburn with two trucks and fell
over an embankment. The goods were scattered in all directions, and
Fireman Morris was covered with debris. He was dug out severely scalded and
burned. Driver McGregor was also badly scalded and had a rib fractured.
The men were taken to Goulburn Hospital, and are not expected to recover.
Guard Hollis was severely shaken, but the passengers escaped uninjured.
The cause of the accident is unknown.
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904) Monday 15 June 1896 p 2 Article
---------------------------------------------
A Railway Accident Narrow Escape from a Catastrophe.
TWO MEN INJURED. The arrival of Monday's mail train at Queanbeyan was delayed, and
the townspeople were surprised to hear that the train had met with an accident
at Goulburn. The first information came to the railway officials in the shape
of orders to get up steam in the spare engine kept at the Queanbeyan station in case of
accidents. The arrival of the train and the passengers at 11 o'clock (four and
a half hours late) brought details of the accident. The train left Goulburn all
right, but when about two miles, out the engine and nine or ten trucks ran off
the line, and over- turned; fortunately the carriages remained on the line, and
the passengers escaped injury, although they were thrown off their seats by the
shock caused through the toppling over of the engine. The engine driver was
very seriously injured, while the fireman had a most miraculous escape from
sudden death. When found he was buried under the trucks and their spilt cargo,
and the wonder is that he was not crushed to death. To extricate him from this
position the rescuers had to make a subterranean passage. The driver's name is
John McGregor, a married man, belonging to Goulburn; he was only
relieving the usual driver, Mr Morgan. William Morris, the fireman, is a single man, and lodges with Mrs O'Neill,
Crawford Street. Both McGregor and Morris, the injured driver and fireman, were removed to the Goulburn
hospital. Their flesh was blackened by the escaped steam, the flying ashes and
coal dust, and the mud. The guard, Hollis, escaped with a cut over the eye. The
cause of the accident is not definitely known, though it is said that some part
of boiler collapsed, causing an escape of steam, which put out the fire. The
engine must have been defective; it was an old one and has, we believe;
been difficult more than once to get over the rough-roadway between Goulburn
and Queanbeyan.
One theory of the cause of the accident is the giving way of the ballast,
which, caused the rails to drop, and thus threw the engine over. The following
description of the accident is given by one of the passengers, Mr Peter Naylor,
of Albury, who was bringing his wife to visit his mother at Queanbeyan:- "The
train left Goulburn at the usual time, about 2 o'clock, and within ten
minutes of leaving the station we were alarmed by a terrific shock. I saw acres
and acres of sparks in the air, and heard a sound of wreckage. I was knocked
against the back of the carriage, and as soon as I possibly could I rushed to
the door of the carriage and got out. I was amazed at the sight before me. The
engine and nine or ten trucks had toppled over down the embankment, jammed all
of a heap; a few trucks were left on the rails; the carriages, the end
of the train, were also left standing. Guard Hollis came up almost as soon as I
was out, and we went to see what had become of the driver and fireman. We saw
McGregor get up from the ground and try to walk, but he fell over again. We
heard a groan, and I went in amongst the overturned trucks, where I saw Morris. He was covered all
over with dirt, and his face was of most unhuman shape in consequence; only his
head was visible. As soon as I got to him I scraped the mud off his face
and mouth, and spoke to him. He said, "I'm done for." I
tried to cheer him up and gave him, through the spokes of the truck's wheel, a
drink of brandy from a flask I happened to have with me. The position the
fireman was in was a most peculiar one; how he escaped death can only be
described as miraculous. He was underneath two or three trucks, and had been
crushed into the ground, for one of the wheels was over his head, the brake was
touching his shoulder, and a corner of one of the waggons pinned down his lower
body. To escape after such heavy weights had fallen on him is certainly
miraculous. While the disabled driver was being conveyed to Goulburn we got a
spade, and sunk a shaft 7 feet deep to get at Morris, the fireman, from beneath."
THE INJURED MEN are being
treated at Goulburn hospital and are doing very well under the circumstances.
Their escape from serious injury and even from death is simply miraculous.
Their injuries are confined to scalds and bruises and both of course are
suffering from severe shock of the system. The fireman is rather badly scalded
about the head and face and bruised about the body. The driver is bruised on
the right side, the shoulder, and head, and his left leg and head are severely
scalded He says he has only a confused recollection of the affair, and has no
idea of the cause. All he can remember is the sudden explosion in the fire box
of the engine, followed by a rush of hot water, and then he and his mate were
thrown off the engine He has some shadowy recollection of rolling over and over
down the embankment and the next thing he remembers he was standing by the
railway fence with one boot torn off. He heard his mate calling for assistance
nearby but he could not go to him, and he sang out to the guard and porter who
were on the other side of the train. He says the engine he was driving had only
just been taken out of the repairing shed, it being the same one that fell over
and injured a fitter a couple of weeks ago.
Queanbeyan Age (NSW : 1867 - 1904) Wednesday 17 June 1896 p 2 Article
--------------------------------------------------
As reported briefly on page 6 an
accident, fortunately unattended with loss of life, but which was responsible
for considerable damage to the rolling stock, occurred this morning early on
the Goulburn-Cooma line, about two miles from the former place. While
travelling at a high rate of speed, and without any warning whatever, the
engine, one of the 'L' class, left the metals, and ploughed into the rain
sodden soil adjoining, taking with it ten trucks. Driver McGregor and Fire man
Morris stuck to their posts, and the former, as the engine jumped the rails,
realising what had happened, shut down the throttle, while his mate put the
brake hard on. The derailed engine canted over at a dangerous angle, and both,
men, severely scalded by the escape of steam, were hurled some distance away.
The driver was picked up beneath one of the derailed trucks, while the fireman was
found closer to the engine. In addition to the trucks, the train comprised two
carriages and a brake van, with nineteen or twenty passengers. As is usual when
making up trains of the mixed class, the carriages were in rear, and to this
provision many of the passengers owe their lives, for there is but little doubt
had the carriages left the rails instead of the trucks, serious injury, if not
loss of life, would have resulted. As it was, those aboard were rudely
disturbed by the shock and the fol lowing crash as trucks and engine left the
road. The majority of the passengers were flung violent ly forward, and a scene
of the wildest excitement followed as in the dark of the early morning a rush
was made for the doors and windows for egress. It was pitch dark at the time,
and intensely cold. The passengers’ first thoughts were for the driver and
fireman. The nature of the accident that had brought about such a sudden
disaster could only be surmised, and it was some minutes before the true
character of the smash could be ascertained. No time was lost in communicating
with Goulburn, and a relief train was at once dispatched to the scene in charge
of Inspector Milne. The injured men were taken to Goulburn Hospital, where
everything possible was done to alleviate their sufferings. Although their
injuries are serious, fatal consequences are not expected to ensue. The
passengers were taken to Goulburn and provided with hotel accommodation. This
morning at 8.50 they were conveyed to their destination by special train. On
news of the accident being received in Sydney, Superintendent Parry,
accompanied by the locomotive and traffic representatives, left by a special
for the scene of the accident. The railway authorities profess ignorance as to
the cause of the derailment, and suggest that something went amiss with the
engine, or else the late heavy rains caused a subsidence in the permanent way.
The matter is now being investigated.
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Monday 15 June 1896 p 5 Article
------------------------------------------------
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Cooma Train
Derailed. Driver, Fireman, and Guard Injured. A Fall Over an Embankment.
GOULBUSN, Monday.— This morning, at 3
o'clock, the mixed mail train to Cooma was wrecked. The engine left the rails about two miles from Goulburn at an embankment and
drew the trucks off the line, and fell over scattering the goods about. Fireman Morris was covered with
debris, and had to be dug out. He was scalded and bruised. The engine driver,
McGregor, was also badly scalded, and had a rib broken. Both were brought to
the Goulburn
Hospital. Guard Hollis was severely shaken, but no passengers were injured. A
gang of men are now clearing the line.
BUNGENDORE. Monday.— -The mail train was
five hours late from Sydney today owing to the engine running off the line and
falling over an embankment close to Goulburn. The engine and several carriages were thrown over. The fireman, who was underneath
the ashes, was dug out, and the driver was found insensible some distance back.
Both were seriously hurt, and are not expected to recover.
COOMA,
Monday. — The mail train having met with an accident near Goulburn, is expected to
arrive six hours late.
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Monday 15 June 1896 p 6 Article
--------------------------------------------------
At 3 o'clock this morning the engine of a
mixed mail train to Cooma left the rails near Goulburn, and with two trucks fell over an embankment. Goods were
scattered in all directions. The fireman (Morris) was cov- ered with debris, and when dug out was found to be
severely scalded. The driver (McGregor) was also badly scalded, and a rib
fractured. The victims are not expected to recover. The guard (Hollis) was
severely shaken, but the passengers escaped unin- jured.
LATER.- Owing to the collapse of the fire
box the majority of the passengers were flung violently forward, and a scene of
the wildest excitement ensued. A rush was made to the doors and windows for
egress. It was pitch dark at the time and intensely cold. Ten trucks left the
rails, and the permanent way is considerably damaged.
Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Tuesday 16 June 1896 p 5 Article
---------------------------------------------
RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR GOULBURN. A
MIXED TRAIN WRECKED.
EIGHT TRUCKS THROWN DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF THE FIREMAN.
[BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM our correspondent.)
GOULBURN, Monday.
A serious railway accident occurred
this morning at about 10 minutes past 2 o'clock. The Cooma mail train, which
consulted of an engine, 17 trucks, two passenger carnages and a brake van, had
reached a steep embankment about two miles from Goulburn when from some yet
unknown cause the hind wheels of the engine left the line. The tender and eight
trucks were thrown off in a heap, eight of the trucks being precipitated down
the embankment. The automatic action of the Westinghouse brake assisted in
keeping the rest of the train on the rails. Three other trucks left the metals,
but were not thrown over. The wheels of the engine tore up the permanent way
for some distance. The passenger carriages were at the end of the train and were
not damaged. None of the passengers, 19 in number, was hurt in the slightest.
They only experienced a shock. Guard Hollis was thrown by the concussion
against the doorway of the brake van and injured his head and hand slightly.
The driver, Macgregor, was picked up at the foot of the embankment, having been
thrown some 20ft. The fireman, Morris, had a miraculous escape. He was found
buried in soft earth underneath a heap of trucks, his head only
being visible. It took an hour and a half to dig him out. His injuries, as well
as those of the driver, consisted of bruises and scalds only. Neither man is
dangerously hurt. Both are in the hospital. It is supposed that the wheels of
the truck prevented Morris from being crushed to death, he being be- tween the
two. A breakdown train with railway officers and doctors was soon on the spot,
and the passengers were taken back to Goulburn and sent on by a special train
six hours afterwards. They were most considerately treated at the Goulburn
station, and were offered every facility to communicate with their friends free
by telegraph.
The clearing away of the debris
occupied the whole day, but as the accident occurred on the duplicated portion
of the line there was no hindrance to the traffic of the main Southern line.
The goods on the trucks consisted of chaff, hay, flour, and coke, and were not
damaged.
The driver says an explosion
occurred in the firebox of the engine and he and the fireman was thrown off.
The engine had only just been taken out of the repairing-shed and was the same
one that fell over and injured a fitter a few weeks ago.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 16 June 1896 p 5 Article
------------------------------------------------
Similar article
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904) Tuesday 16 June 1896 p 2 Article
------------------------------------------
It was a fortunate circumstance that
no lives were lost in connection with the accident to the Cooma mail train in the
neighborhood of Goulburn. The Westinghouse brake served its purpose well in
assisting to keep the rest of the trucks and carriages from following the eight
trucks which, together with the tender, were thrown down the embankment. The
escape of the driver, Macgregor, and of the fireman Morris from death was a most remarkable one. In the case of the fireman it might indeed be
considered as almost miraculous. He literally escaped by a head, that being the
only part of him which was visible when he was discovered. Morris may certainly consider
himself a particularly lucky fellow to have come through such an experience as
his without serious injury, buried up to his neck in earth, and under a heap of
trucks, from which it took an hour to dig him out.
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Tuesday 16 June 1896 p 4 Article
------------------------------------------------
Serious Railway Accident.
THE COOMA MAIL TRAIN DE RAILED. THE DRIVER AND FIREMAN INJURED.
News reached Cootamundra on Monday morning
that the Cooma
mixed mail, passenger, and goods train had rolled over an embankment, and that
two passengers had been killed, the fireman being also crushed under the engine. We learn, however, from
the Goulburn
Penny Post that no actual fatality occurred. What did occur is thus
described :-
The train, consisting of 17 trucks, two
passengers' carriages with 19 passengers on board, and a brake van, left the Goulburn station at the usual
time with Driver MacGregor and Fireman Morris on the engine. When approaching the 137 mile post the
engine, for some unknown cause, suddenly failed and left the rails, the
collapse taking place just after the engine had passed over a small culvert.
The bogey wheels stuck to the rails, but all the other wheels were thrown off,
and they tore up the permanent way for some distance. This caused the trucks
following to leave the tails also, and eight of them were thrown down the
embankment in a confused heap. Three more also left the line, but they were not
thrown over. The passenger carriages were at the end of the train with the
brake van, and were not damaged in the slightest, the only discomfiture
experienced by the passengers being a rude shock. Most fortunately, as the
whole of the train was fitted with the Westinghouse automatic brake, the brake
was applied immediately the first disconnection took place. The result might
have been far more serious had not this been the case. Guard Hollis was in
charge of the train. He was standing in the brake van at the time of the
accident, and the concussion threw him against the doorway of the carriage and
injured his head and hand slightly. Baggage porter Verrinder was with him in
the van, and they got down to see what was the matter. Their first attention
was directed to the passengers. These they found all right. On going to the
head of the train they found the back part of the engine buried in the soft
dirt of the embankment with the tender lying on its side quite off the rails.
The wrecked vehicles were piled on top of each other close by, some being
thrown clean down the embankment. The driver was picked up disabled at the foot
of the embankment, having been thrown a distance of some 20 or 25 feet. The fireman was heard calling for
assistance from beneath the damaged carriages, and he was found buried almost
completely in the soft dirt, with one of the carriages lying across his body.
Only his head was visible, and one of the passengers had to crawl in
among the wreckage to give him some brandy. It was found necessary to excavate
portion of the embankment in order to extricate him, and a spade having been
procured, this work was commenced. Porter Verrinder at once left for Goulburn to get assistance,
having to do the two miles or so on foot, he gave the alarm to Mr. Milne and
others, and a break-down train was got ready in a few minutes and despatched to
the scene of the accident with the railway officials and a gang of men.
Messages had also been sent to several of the doctors. Fireman Morris was still unreleased
when the train arrived, and as it was seen that some considerable time would
still elapse before he could be got out, it was deemed advisable to send the
injured driver into Goulburn on the train and to bring back the doctors on the return
trip. On arrival in Goulburn the driver was seen by Drs. Burkitt and Morgan, who examined
him and sent him on to the hospital, while they returned with the train to give
the fireman
immediate assistance. In the meantime, by strenuous exertions, the buried fireman had been taken out
from the bank after having been pinned down in his perilous position for over
an hour and a half. He was in a state of collapse when extricated, but during
the whole time he displayed wonderful presence of mind. His first words to Mr.
Milne, on being released, were not to cut his trousers. He was given first aid
before the doctors arrived, and Mr. Milne had examined him and found that no
bones had been broken. The doctors advised his removal to the hospital,
which was done at once. A cursory glance at the hole from which Morris was dug is sufficient
to show what a marvellous escape from death he had. He must have been thrown
head foremost on to the soft side of the embankment, and the loaded trucks must
have crashed down on top of him, and crushed him into the dirt. He was tangled
up with the wheels and brakes of the trucks in a manner which baffles
description. One of the wheels was resting over his head, the brake was
touching his shoulder, and his body was pinned down by the corner of the
waggon. The supposition is that the wheel struck the bank first and kept the
great weight from coming on Morris.
Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1954) Wednesday 17 June 1896 p 7 Article
-------------------------------------------------
GOULBURN, Monday.--Magregor was
badly scalded on the legs and back, but no bones were broken. Morris's escape
was miraculous. The three damaged trucks, which were piled up over, him,
had to be tunnelled through to release him. The frameworks of the trucks saved
him. He was crushed, and suffers pains in the left side. Eleven of the
seventeen trucks forming the train went off the rails, and upset over the
embankment, and separated from the passenger carriages, which remained on the
rails. The front part of the engine remained on the line. The state of the
engine driver and fireman will not be certainly, known for about thirty-six
hours.
Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 20 June 1896 p 13 Article
-----------------------------------------------
Driver McGregor, interviewed in the Goulburn Hospital on
Monday, states that he heard a loud explosion in the fire-box, and he
and the fireman
were pitched off the engine. He knew no more and cannot; explain
the cause. The engine recently came out of the repairing shops. The driver's
head and shoulders were jammed under the side of a waggon. The rescuers
dug an hour and a half before he was released. But for the Westinghouse
brake, it is considered that the whole of the train would have been derailed.
The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1931) Saturday 20 June 1896 p 14 Article
---------------------------------------------
The Injured Railway Men. Fireman Morris, who was injured in the
railway accident on the Cooma line on the 15th of last month, has left the hospital, and,
although still very weak, he is doing well, and before long he will be on the
foot-plate again. Driver McGregor is also doing well, but he is still confined
to his bed. His left leg is not yet healed from the effects of the severe
scalding it received, but if his progress continues as satisfactory as it has
done during the last week he will soon be fit to take his departure from the
institution.
Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Thursday 16 July 1896 p 2 Article
----------------------------------------------
1899
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GOUL BURN RAILWAY
AMBULANCE. GRAND DISPLAY OF AMBULANCE WORK. A unique display of railway
ambulance work, eclipsing anything seen in the colony before, was made in the
Elite Rink on Friday evening by the Goulburn Ambulance Corps on the occasion of
their annual demonstration and presentation of medals and certificates.
…
Public Exhibition
The public demonstration was commenced shortly
after 8 o'clock, and Mr. John Parry presided, and opened the proceedings with a
few appropriate words. The men set to work immediately. They were divided into
twenty squads, five in each squad. The character of the work done was as
follows :--Restoration of the apparently drowned, artificial respiration,
promotion of warmth and circulation, treatment of wounds and arresting
bleeding, treatment of fractures and serious injuries, stretcher making,
stretcher drill and conveyance of patients. The programme was arranged so as to
have each squad doing a different kind of work, and 15 kinds of improvised
stretchers were made in the room. The following are the squads who took part
and the work done by each:
Cooma mail train
squad.- Driver Morgan, Fireman Morris, Guard Hollis, Assistant O'Halloran. This was a most
interesting exhibit and they treated a case where a man had received serious
injuries whilst trespassing on the railway line. The material need was obtained
from the ambulance chest carried in the break van of that train.
Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Saturday 20 May 1899 p 4 Article
--------------------------------------------------
RAILWAY AMBULANCE CORPS. DR. WOODWARD, railway
medical officer, held a second (medal) examination at Cooma last evening. Guard W.
Hollis, Driver W. Morgan, and Fireman W. Morris, of the Cooma train, and Porter W. Clarke of Queanbeyan passed most
creditably.
Goulburn Herald (NSW : 1881 - 1907) Friday 22 December 1899 p 2 Article
-------------------------------------------------------
1900
Railway Ambulance Shield Competition.
The final competition for the right
to hold the Railway Commissioners' Shield for the next 12 months was held on
Monday night in the Railway Institute; Sydney, Dr. Knaggs being the examining
medical officer. Amongst the officers present were Dr. Woodward, Mr. J. Parry
(outdoor superintendent), and District Inspector Milne, of Goulburn. The metropolitan
competitors were examined in the morning, the west and north in the afternoon,
and the southern division at night. The competition resulted in Bathurst No. 1
team of 4 men being successful, scoring the possible 480 points - Goulburn No.
1 team, consisting of W. Coulter, J. Jones, A. Galloway, and E Rogiar, being an
excellent second with 475, and Newcastle third with 470. Goulburn No. 2 - W. Harding,
D. MoInnes, H. Harding, W. Clancy ; and No. 3 - F. Smith, W. Cavanagb, J.
Allen, J. Winter were also very well up with 465 and 458 respectively; Driver
Draper and Conductor Nakkin, Yass, emergencies. The metropolitan teams were
unsuccessful. Owing to an unfortunate combination of circumstances over which
they had no control the southern division were crippled by the absence of the
recognised champion of the traffic branch, Mr. J. O'Halloran, and the admitted
champion of the loco. running staff, Driver W. Morgan. Originally it was
intended that a squad representing the Cooma mail train should compete to illustrate the progress made by
the running staff of a train which has to run over long isolated sections of
line. This would have included Driver Morgan, Fireman Morris, Baggage Porter O'Halloran, and Fettler Winter. As was
expected, the Goulburn men scored heavily with improvised practical work, only four
mistakes being recorded against the whole of the men during the evening. The viva voce examination was responsible for
the loss of first place. Messrs. Coulter, Jones, Galloway, W. Hearding, and D
McInnes all scored the possible, 480 points, but unfortunately they were in
separate squads. The winning squad included the Bathurst local instructor. The
examining officer was strictly impartial, and the Goulburn men enjoyed their
outing. They look forward to another try next year.
Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Tuesday 31 July 1900 p 2 Article
1930_________________
Mr. William Morris.
The death occurred on Wednesday, 25th alt., at his residence, Denison-street, Mudgee, of William Morris, aged 64. Deceased had been ailing for some time. He is survived by a widow and one daughter (Grace). Deceased was for several years a night chargeman at the Mudgee Loco Department, and when he retired from that position a few months ago railway employees from Wallerawang to Coonabarabran showed the esteem in which they held him by entertaining him and making him a presentation. He was not only high ly esteemed by his fellow-employees, but also by the general public of Mudgee, and to his bereaved wife and daughter sincere sympathy is extended. The body was conveyed from his home to St. Mary's Church, whence the funeral moved to the general cemetery. Very Rev. Father Flanagan, P.P., V.F., assisted by the Rev. Father Morris, of Kempsey, officiated at the grave. — R.I.P.
Bathurst friends will learn with regret of the death of Mr. William Morris of Mudgee which took place at his residence Denison Street, Mudgee, on Wednesday last. Although not enjoying good health for some months past, his death was quite unexpected and came as a great shock to his many relatives. Mr. Morris leaves a widow and one daughter Miss Grace Morris. He was the son-in-law of
Mr. Jesse Dibley of Lambert Street
Lithgow residents will regret to hear of the death recently of Mr. William Morris, formerly night chargeman for many years at Lithgow loco. depot. Mr. Morris retired from the service a few months ago, and had been ailing for some time. In recent years he had resided at Mudgee. Sincere sympathy will be extended to the widow, and daughter Grace, the latter well-known as a brilliant pianiste and, as a child, winner of many national dancing competitions.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES PROBATE
JURISDICTION.— In the Estate of WILLIAM MORRIS late of Mudgee, in the State of New South. Wales, Retired Railway Employee, deceased, intestate. — APPLICATION will be made after fourteen days from the publication hereof, that Administration of the estate of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to SARAH ANN MORRIS of Mudgee aforesaid, the Widow of the said deceased, and application will also be made that the usual Administration Bond be dispensed with herein. All persons having claims against the said deceased or his Estate are required to forward particulars thereof within the said period of fourteen days to the undersigned, at whose office all notices may be served.— ERIC R. DANIEL, Proctor for Administratrix, Market-street, Mudgee. By his Agents: Clayton Utz and Company, 280 Castlereagh-street, Sydney.
William was buried in Mudgee in 1930. His wife, Sarah, was laid beside him 15 years later.
