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Blue Mountains · Obituaries & funerals
15 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
THE death of Mr. Robert Carter Thorpe occurred suddenly at his late residence, Main-street, Bathurst-road, Katoomba, at half-past 7 a.m. on Saturday last, the 8th instant. The recently, Mr. Thorpe had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Hon. David Buchannan, H.L.C., died on the night of 3rd instant. Up to within a few minutes of his death he was enjoying remarkably good health. He was in Sydney the same morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ABOUT 6 o'clock on Saturday evening last, Mr Reginald Henry Curran, chemist, of Katoomba, was stricken down with an attack of paralysis, to which he succumbed shortly after 6 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Sunday morning the body of a woman was found in a lane in Adelaide hanging by the leg from a wall, her foot having become firmly jambed in a crack in the wall. The circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUNNY CORNER, Tuesday.--The Sunny Corner races were held yesterday in the presence of a large number of people from the surrounding district. The weather was fine, but the track was rather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THOUGH the demise of G. E. Rowell was not unexpected, yet the community heard with sadness that he passed away from us of Katoomba at 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening. He was a miner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The funeral of Annie McCall took place on Saturday afternoon, and was attended by a large number of people, especially little ones, who gathered round the little grave in the old cemetery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MAN named James Robertson Bell, who used to knock about the Katoomba Family Hotel, doing odd jobs, became seriously ill on Friday morning. Before breakfast he was in the bar, but did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I fair that Puck is dead—it is so long Since men last saw him—dead with all the rest. Of that sweet [?] crew that made their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GOULB[?], Monday.—A public meeting was held on Monday night pursuant to requisition to decide upon some recognition of the services of the late Mr. W. Teece, member for the city. Moved by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE was a large and distinguished assemblage Tuesday to accompany to their resting place the remains of the late Mr. Alfred Lamb. M.P. for West Sydney. The precession from the deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, October 18.—The obsequies attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Booth, wife of General Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, which took place at Olympia, Kensington, where the body…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday last the body of Alfred J. Menson, a had about 13 years of age, was brought from Mount Wilson for interment in [?] cemetry. It appears on last Saturday he was in a buggy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An aged man, named unknown, died rather suddenly in East Maitland last Tuesday whose history furnishes some interesting revelations. It appears that the deceased was a handy man doing old [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is with regret that we have to [?] the [?] of the above gentleman who has for the past seven years been a resident of Katoomba. The deceased gentleman has been a great [?]…
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