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Obituaries & funerals, 1910

11 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

The Late Mr. Wilson's Will

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 4

Those interested in the will and codicil of the late Mr. David Wilson, merchant, of Lawson, are notified in our business columns that the fifth accounts in the…

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Death of a Heroine

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 10

Miss Pemberton (18), of Mangrove, gave up her life at Gosford on Wednesday afternoon in a gallant attempt to save from drowning a younger girl from Sydney,…

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Obituary

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 1

We regret to record the sad death of Mrs. F. A. MacDonald, mother of the manager of the Commercial Bank at Narrabri. Deceased, who had reached a ripe old age, passed peacefully away at…

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Obituary. Rev. Father McGOUGH

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Father McGough, a retired Roman Catholic clergyman, who passed peacefully away on Monday evening,…

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Death of Mrs Waudby

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 10

After a long and painful illness, born throughout with the greatest fortitude, Mrs Waudby, wife of of Mr J. S. Waudby, of Douglas & Co., passed away…

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Death of King Edward Vii. London, Saturday, 2.35 a.m

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 10

His Majesty, King Edward VII., passed away, after a brief illness, at 11.45 p.m. on Friday. The above mournful tidings came through from our Sydney agent, and…

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The Late King. the Day of the Funeral

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 10

Friday was observed as a strict holiday in Katoomba. All business places were closed, and the town was draped in mourning…

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The Royal Funeral. Special Service at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 11

Our pretty little village lias seldom been so deeply concerned with any event as the great calamity that has befallen the Empire in the profoundly lamented death of its illustrious…

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The King's Funeral

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 8

The draw-card at Tuesday's second performance of Costa's World's Pictures was the King's funeral, and the 1000ft. film was reeled off without a…

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Death of Sir Henry Parkes' Son

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 14

A young man named Kenilworth Parkesdied in the Wellington Hospital on Friday from tetanus, after a few days' illness. The deceased, who was 24 years of age, had been…

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Death of Mr A. Benfield

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 9

Last Sunday morning, Mr A. Benfield, of Lawson, died in the Lewisham Hospital, after an illness of scarcely three weeks. Deceased, who was only 36…

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