The Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Tuesday 25 July 1871
(Grafton, New South Wales)

COLONIAL EXTRACTS
(From the Papers)
On Monday, Mrs. Lane, wife of J. T. Lane, P.M., of Orange, died very suddenly at her residence, Clifton Grove, about four miles from Orange. It appears that Mrs. Lane having arranged to attend a religious service in Orange that afternoon, had an early dinner and left home in a buggy, driven by one of her sons. Just after starting they perceived that their horse was lame, and returned to the house for another. Having procured a fresh horse they started again, and Master Lane got out of the buggy to open the gate leading from their premises to the road, when Mrs. Lane said she was getting faint; her son immediately raised her veil, and seeing that she looked very ill, called to his eldest brother, who was at home, to come to his aid; Mr. J. D. Lane ran at once and lifted his mother from the vehicle, but she did not speak again, and was a corpse before they could carry her into the house. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Lane, of Cornish Settlement; she was a native of Cornwall, and came to this colony with her father and family about thirty-three years ago.
 
Transcriber's note: born Mary Ruddle Lane

Contributed by Bob Bolitho