Here is the newspaper article describing his injuries and funeral.
Last
week we had to report the occurrence of a very sad accident which befell Mr
James Allan of Monegeetta, and in consequence of which he had to be conveyed to
the Melbourne Hospital. This week, it is our melancholy duty to record Mr
Allan’s death. The sad event took place about 3 o’clock on Wednesday, 9th
inst. The shock to the system caused by the frightful nature of the injuries
received was such that he never rallied sufficiently to allow of amputation to
be performed. He gradually sank, and at the time above mentioned, passed
quietly away. He was sensible to the last, and was able to converse with his
wife, brother, and other members of his family, up to within a short time of
his death. The remains were conveyed on Thursday last to the Lancefield Road
Hotel, the residence of Mr George Jeans, son-in-law of deceased. The funeral
took place on Good Friday, the procession being one of the longest ever seen in
this district, reaching the entire length of the Main Street, Romsey. The day
being a holiday enabled a great many to attend, and thus testify in some
measure to the respect in which Mr Allan was universally held by all who knew
him. Indeed the sad event, and the shockingly sudden manner of its occurrence,
has cast quite a gloom over the entire district…As me remarked last week, there
are few people in this district held in higher esteem than as the late Mr
Allan. His unsullied reputation as a man of the strictest integrity in all
business transactions, his never-failing good humour, and Christian kindness,
served to command the respect and highest appreciation of all who knew him. His
death may be said in some respect to be a public loss, for the district cannot
spare many such men…Mr Allan was only 42 years of age at the time of his
melancholy death.
Lancefield Examiner,
10 April 1873
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