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OBITUARY. 
April \7th. 
Mr. Charles Cartwright . 
— John Jonathan Bagley 
— James Fraser . 
— Frederick William Prentice 
— Samuel Lewis Pallin 
— William Capes 
Llanasa, Holywell, Flints. 
Hunmanby, Yorkshire. 
Woodstock, Canada. 
Great Totham, Essex. 
Carlow, Ireland. 
Bridport, Dorset. 
OBITUARY. 
A MELANCHOLY accident occurred at the Club Hotel, Sale, South 
Australia, on the 8th of January last, by which Mr. Steele, veterinary 
surgeon, a gentleman highly respected in the district, and a mechanic 
named Murrell, lost their lives through inhaling foul air in a well. 
Murrell had gone down the well for the purpose of fixing a pump, 
and was suspected to have lost his balance and fallen to the bottom. 
Mr. Steele was near the spot at the time, and immediately descended 
in search of Murrell; but he also met with the same fate. Captain 
Patten then went down to try and bring up the bodies, and just 
recovered them in time to save his own life, as he was all but dead 
when drawn up, but after a while he recovered. 
As a mark of respect to the deceased Mr. Steele all the shops in 
Saletown were closed on the Saturday following, and on Sunday 
funeral sermons were preached in the various places of worship. 
The funeral took place on Sabbath afternoon, and was an unusually 
large one. Over thirty carriages and forty gentlemen on horseback, 
and a great concourse of mourners on foot, followed the remains of 
Mr. Steele to the Sale Cemetery, the funeral procession being over 
a mile in length. Mr. Steele is deeply and justly regretted by all 
who knew him. He was a native of Biggar, Scotland, and the only 
son of Mr. John Steele, veterinary surgeon, who resides there. Mr. 
Steele has been in this colony for fully five years, and always bore 
a very high character .—Gippsland News. 
