DEATH OF MR. WILHELM BURCKHARDT.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 56, 16 November 1889, Page 2

DEATH OF MR. WILHELM BURCKHARDT.

Wk. ftOaOKOAKtiT, who luu aofKJmfft<ring from gaetrir f*v*r fur jM|lil w»-«»ke, awaumtasl to that JEjS* <m Friday night, Nov. ft. 1 Jharckhardt m a native of end mm In Apia •ttk* **•! 1882. lie vm fa the amplaylESh* Germaa firm of R. M. Rage aad O*. for over five y*er«, during which tin* he mtjorod n<4 only thr fall «paaV|aaaa uf hia' employ*.* hot aim mad* many frienda iwirnnt; ih* inhabitant* of ApU. At the h* Europe. The death of Mr Ruir» mad* the liquidation of the firm <d H. M Bug* 884 00. ne&mmry. ami Mr. Burckhardt w«a appoint*! liquidator. H* arrived egain in Apia at tb> heginniag of thia Mar. aad. with s*l and energy, he had tmiij fuMMJed th* dlaVuft tan* nf atitlng the baafcem affaira of the) firm, aad waa aimed v preparing to leave Bemo* f.«r hia MM by the mrf of the jmr. who* ho we* afnafe down with gaafn« fever. ' Every hove w»a niterta'no.l nf hia recovery, and ho himaetf never thought that the end waa ao near: hut a relapse nocnrrad. aad on tho Bth ieet., after ahrmt five wk'i illneee be anccnmhed to the fatal die***". The fcaaM waa only 37 year* of age. Mr. Bomkhnrdt had Iwon alwnya not oily n moat dffeotinnate eon to hia mother hnt alen from hia early ynnth the hind adviser of. Via slater* and br-.thor, who vn* left faOierlee* n» an early of life. The warn and eulogidnjr W'irda of the German <3»n----•ul-Oonoral at the opon grave of ids countryman were the outspoken feeltags of everyou* who had personally known the daeeaeed. The faaeral, whieh waa held aest •*/t •■B. wjpaWßajale attended, prineiaally by the deeaaetdV countrymen. A very impreeaiva funeral orathm waa dxlirored hy the Gorman Consul General, after wlrk-h the burial service waa read hy the Bev. J. 8. flilla. " i' ■• i I .1 < \