General Notes

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839-1900)
  Friday, 20 July 1888, page 6 of 8, columns 5 and 6:

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. J. Ashton, of Norwood, has made two interesting sketches in black and white of the wrecked ship as she was seen parted abaft the mainmast on Monday morning.
From a little distance the vessel looks like a brig hove to, but a closer view discovers the loss of the after part of the vessel with the mizzenmast, while the wreckage is seen floating near. The representation of the breakers on the beach gives some idea of the difficulty which would be experienced in landing there during a gale.
The Eastern Suburban Band intend to give a concert at the Rotunda on Sunday afternoon in aid of the Star of Greece Relief Fund.
On Thursday evening, July 26, the Australian Natives' Association will give a concert in their rooms at the Australian Widows' Fund Buildings, Grenfell-street, in aid of the fund. Mr. John Maddern, Hon. Secretary of the South Adelaide Football Club, writes:- "It is the intention of the South Adelaide Football Club to give to the Star of Greece Relief Fund the whole of their share of the proceeds of the match North Adelaide v. South Adelaide, to be played on the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, July 21, so that the football public of South Australia may have an opportunity of subscribing to this well deserving charity."
It will be a relief to the public to know that the death of the man Stevens does not add another to the list of those lost in the Star of Greece, and that although he undoubtedly has perished, yet his assumed name appears on the articles. Mr. Bishop (brother-in-law of Captain Harrower) informed our Port representative on Thursday evening that when the captain went on board at 8 a.m. on Thursday he put the three men who were working their passage home on the articles. Muir was to assist the steward, the vessel not carrying a cook, and the other two were to do deck work. Both of these had been employed at the Theatre Royal, and Mr. Bishop believes they shipped under assumed names, which would make it appear that another life had been lost. All told the ship carried twenty seven souls, the captain, three officers, steward and cabin boy, four apprentices, carpenter, sailmaker, eleven A. S.'s, one ordinary seaman, and the three shipped as before stated.
Mr. Bishop has kindly supplied us with a few particulars of interest with reference to their parting. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, together with the captain, went to the Semaphore on Wednesday night for the purpose of going off to the ship at the anchorage. The weather being rough and stormy Mr. Jagoe persuaded them not to go aboard, but to wait till morning. This they did, and returned to Woodville ; the captain arranged for a launch to be ready early in the morning. The captain went aboard as arranged, and his first duty was to see that all the men were on the articles. It was then that he decided not to sail till evening, and Mr. Bishop returned to business, leaving his wife aboard to spend the day with her brother. The pilot and seamen's runner came ashore with Mr. Bishop. It was in the afternoon that Mrs. Bishop returned, and about 5 30 p.m. they said their farewells. As they were leaving the ship the officers went to their posts and the preparations were being made to weigh anchor and set sail. They could see the captain for some time, as he stood on the poop alternately waving a good-by and directing operations on board. The weather had been very fine all day, and a fair wind was just springing up. Mr. Bishop naturally feels his position keenly, and as a statement has been made in the House about the captain having been drinking, with having a parting glass, he takes this opportunity of giving all such statements a most emphatic denial, and asserts that neither the pilot, the captain, nor himself touched a drop of anything during the whole of the day. Mr. Bishop further mentioned incidents in the captain's life, which he does not wish to be made public, that go to show beyond the least doubt that the late Captain Harrower was a most temperate man, an excellent officer towards his employers and those under him, and a dutiful son to an aged mother.
The Marine Board have decided to establish a rocket apparatus in Adelaide and place it under the charge of the Fire Brigade or the police.

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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839-1900)
  Saturday, 11 May 1895, page 4 of 8, column 5:     

DEATHS.
BISHOP.- On the 10th of May, at the Adelaide Hospital, James Bishop, of Largs Bay, aged 42 years.


South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839-1900)
  Saturday, 11 May 1895, page 2 of 8, column 1:

FUNERAL NOTICES
THE Friends of the late Mr. JAMES BISHOP, of Largs Bay, are respectfully informed that his FUNERAL will Leave the Adelaide Hospital THIS AFTERNOON, at half-past 3 o'clock, for the North-road Cemetery.
P. GAY, Undertaker.

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  Death Notes

Adelaide Hospital

  Burial Notes

North Road Cemetery, Plot: South Path 2 West - 1169
Latitude -34.8906500, Longitude 138.6083670

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Edinburgh South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. ⁵
  

John B Bishop         Head       43      Hamilton, Lanarkshire    Banker
Isabella Bishop       Wife       35      Kettins, Forfarshire
Frederick C Bishop    Son        19      Glasgow, Lanarkshire     Commercial Clerk Cotton Yarn
John B Bishop         Son        17      Glasgow, Lanarkshire     Commercial Clerk Banker
Thomas Bishop         Son        12      Glasgow, Lanarkshire     Scholar
William Bishop        Son        11      Govan, Renfrewshire      Scholar
James Bishop          Son         8      Govan, Renfrewshire      Scholar
Ann S Bishop          Daughter    4      Portobello, Midlothian
Robert Bishop         Son         6 MO   Edinburgh, Midlothian
James Brodie          Visitor    22      Glasgow, Lanarkshire     East India Merchant
Elizabeth Pennycook   Servant    36      Liberton, Midlothian     Domestic Servant
Catherine Cameron     Servant    30      Aberdour, Fifeshire      Domestic Servant
Mary Walker           Servant    29      Denny, Stirlingshire     Domestic Servant
David Johnston        Servant    28      Glammier, Forfarshire    Assistant Coachman
Arthur Melville       Servant    40      Newport, Fifeshire       Coachman

• He had a residence on 5 February 1873 in Broughty Ferry, Monifieth Parish, Forfarshire, Scotland. ²

• He worked as a linen merchant on 5 February 1873 in Broughty Ferry, Monifieth Parish, Forfarshire, Scotland. ²

• He immigrated on 8 November 1878 to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ⁶ He arrived on the ship Loch Tay with his wife and two sons.

• He has conflicting death information of 9 May 1895 and Largs Bay, South Australia, Australia. ⁷

• He was buried at the North Road Cemetery, Plot: South Path 2 West - 1169, in Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia on 11 May 1895.