Cudgegong Valley History Project

The Gulgong Accident. Death of Mr. Edward Brigden. It is with most sincere regret that we have to announce that the accident which occurred to Mr. Edward Brigden, while driving home from the football match on Wednesday, terminated fatally. Throughout the day on Thursday the greatest anxiety was expressed, and this was increased when a telephone message came through from a reliable source about 6 p.m., saying that the patient's life was despaired of, and that it was probable he would not live through the night. The sad end presaged in that message came even sooner than was expected, and at 8.30 p.m. the end came. The circumstances of the death are inexpressibly sad, for the fatal journey was undertaken by deceased, as an ardent advocate of the sport of football. Since he became located in Gulgong, Mr. Brigden was the very life and soul of local football, and no man ever showed greater enthusiasm, or gave more liberal support. To his widow and children we offer our deepest sympathy in their irreparable loss. Mudgee Guardian, Monday 24 July 1905, p. 2. Edward Brigden Obituary

THE FUNERAL. On Friday afternoon the funeral of the deceased took place, and was very largely attended, people from Mudgee, Cobbora, and other places being present to show their deep sympathy with a most popular man who has passed away to the Great Beyond. The sad cortege was headed by members of the local Oddfellows' Lodge, Mudgee Football Union Committee, and Gulgong footballers, among them being representatives of the Mudgee Waratah team. The Ven. Archdeacon Geer officiated at the grave, and Bro. J. Naughton, N.G., read the Oddfellows' burial service. Mudgee Guardian, Monday 24 July 1905, p. 2. Edward Brigden Funeral