GEORGE BELLETTE, BAKER
NEWS ITEMS
1906 - [NEW OWNER]
Mr. T. Wade has sold his bakery at Gulgong. Mr. G. Bellette is the new proprietor.
1907 - THROWN OUT OF A CART.
GULGONG, Monday Mr. G. Bellette [sic], an old and respected resident, was killed yesterday through being thrown out of a cart.
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) Tue 31 Dec 1907 Page 6
A year after the fire, at the age of 37, George Ormsby Bellette died from "Chronic nephritis uraemia".
Mr. T. Wade has sold his bakery at Gulgong. Mr. G. Bellette is the new proprietor.
Receipt from Peters & Bellette, 1904
In 1907, Mr William Irwin Bellette, a 73-year-old miner/engineer and father of the baker, was killed by being thrown from a cart. He was hospitalised but died 2 days later from "shock fracture of skull". William was born in Hobart, Tasmania to Cathleen (nee Irwin) and William Bellette. At the age of 22 he was married to Margaret Nickill/Nihill in Daylesford, Victoria. Together they had 7 children. They were Christopher, Clars, Phoebe, Walter, Eva M and George Ormsby Bellette. Other children died at birth.
George Ormsby Bellette, the baker, married Eva Isabel Pickett in Gulgong. They had 4 children at the time of his death: Myrtle E (8 yrs), Willie C, (7 yrs), Lancelot G (2 yrs) and Margaret C (1 yr). Their child, Elsie Laura, died of "cardiac failure, acute bronchitis pneumonia" at the age of 2 years and six months.
Source: CPS & Surrounding area Deaths to 1910GULGONG, Monday Mr. G. Bellette [sic], an old and respected resident, was killed yesterday through being thrown out of a cart.
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) Tue 31 Dec 1907 Page 6
1908 - GULGONG RIFLE CLUB SOCIAL.
The social in aid of the Gulgong rifle club passed off most successfully. The committee desire to thank Mr. G. Bellette for bread, Mr. J. Judge for meat, and also Mr. Tom Wade for meat, which was gratuitously supplied.
Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 10 Sep 1908 Page 171909 - FIRE AT GULGONG - MR. G. BELETTE'S BAKERY BURNT OUT.
About 3 o'clock on Thursday morning the bake-house of Mr. G. Bellette, Gulgong, was found to be on fire. The alarm was given by the night watchman of Loneragan's, Ltd., and assistance was quickly at hand. There is no fire brigade in the town, but the want of an organisation of this kind was compensated for by the heroic efforts of the townsmen who had assembled on this occasion. There was no confusion, no panic, and all worked with the coolness of veterans. Bucket after bucket of water, to the number of several hundreds, were poured on the fire by the large band of willing workers. The flames were in this way subdued, but not before the contents of the bake house — a complete batch of bread, troughs, tins, tables, some bags of flour and general implements — were destroyed. At one time it was reported that the fire was spreading to the storeroom adjoining, but great as seemed the odds against the fire lighters, this disaster was averted mainly by the generalship, bravery, and strenuousness of Messrs. Bellette, Egan, Finnegan and Elliott. Through their efforts this building and its contents —flour, hay, chaff, etc. — were saved and the flames were prevented from spreading possibly into a general conflagration. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Bellette was work ing the bakehouse till 10 p.m., and he took the usual precaution against an outbreak of fire before retiring for the night. The damage is estimated at about £60, and is covered by insurance. The greatest loss, of course, to Mr. Bellette, would be the disorganisation of his business, but Messrs. Nicholson and Plows, of Mudgee, were not found, wanting when humanity called for the relief of a brother in distress. As soon as these big-hearted men heard of the unfortunate circumstances in which Mr. Bellette found himself placed they wired to him to be of good cheer. Their bakehouse was at his service and their staff and baking requisites. Suiting the action to the words, they set to work, and on Friday morning sufficient bread was sent to Gulgong to enable Mr. Bellette to supply his customers. In addition to doing this they despatched troughs, tins, and others necessary articles of equipment, such as were destroyed by the fire. Actions such as these strike a cord that extends through the whole universe, touches all moral intelligence, visits every world, and vibrates along its whole extent.
Source: CPS & Surrounding area Deaths to 1910
George Ormsby Bellete 1873-1910
