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On list printed in the Gazette for New Commission of the Peace
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On the slope of the hill near the western side of the churchyard there is a grave enclosed with a heavy iron railing in which may be found a moss covered stone placed there thirty one years ago in memory of a tragic death which took place at the Junction. The inscription reads - To the memory of Frederick Merewether Haddow, third son of John Remington Haddow of Devises Wiltshire, England who was drowned while attempting to reach his home at Newcastle March 18 1871. The circumstances under which Mr. Haddow lost his life will be well within the recollection of hundreds of citizens. The season had been a remarkably wet one, but on Saturday March 18 a storm of terrific violence broke over the city . Between 9am and 4pm on that day over 11 inches of rain fell and the unprecedented downpuor together with the unformed state of the streets resulted in a great amount of damage to property and the complete inundation of all the low lying portions of the district. All around the Junction the flood waters gathered rapidly and it was there, within a few yards of the old Duke of Edinburgh Hotel the unfortunate accident took place. Mr. Haddow who had been visiting his uncle Mr. E.C. Merewether at The Ridge, left there with the intention of proceeding to Newcastle but was blocked at Tuckers Bridge where the flood waters were running over the handrails. About five oclock in the afternoon, having then waited some considerable time for a chance to get over, he asked a bus driver to take him across to the other side but the man refused pointing out how difficult it was to find the bridge in the swirling waters which were rushing over it. Mr. Haddow then borrowed a horse and attempted to cross the flooded bridge, saying at the time that he was compelled to reach town that night. From the evidence given subsequently at the inquest it would appear that the unfortunate young man did not succeed in locating the true position of the bridge and rode into deep water where the current overpowered the horse and swept the rider off its back. The body was seen floating for a brief space and then disappeared probably weighed down by the heavy clothing Mr. Haddow was wearing. Some indication of the severity and extent of the flood may be gathered from the fact that a boat had to be procured from town to search for the body..Mr. Haddow was a great favourite and a prominent cricketer in his time. In the same grave are buried two infant children of Mr. E.C. Merewether who was then general superintendent for the A.A. company
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Newcastle Grammar School
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University of Sydney. On list of candidates of the northern districts who passed in the Junior Public Examination
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Birth, on 13th, at the Ridge, Newcastle, Mrs. Edward Merewether of a son, which survived but a few hours
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Australian Almanac
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President School of Arts
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The Ridge, Newcastle
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Birth on 12th October 1866, at the Ridge, Newcastle, Mrs. Edward C. Merewether, of a son
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Edward Christopher
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The Bicentenary Pioneer Register, Second Edition, Volume 111
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Husband of Augusta Maria Mitchell
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Francis Lewis Shaw
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Appointed Auditor General of NSW
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Birth on 5th instant, at the Ridge, Mrs. Edward Merewether, of a son
