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Blue Mountains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1915

12 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

The Funeral

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

That Clarence Benbrick was universally liked was proved by the large number of comrades who followed his remains to their last resting place. The…

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Obituary. MRS. J. F. DECK

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

On Xmas eve, the beloved wife of Dr. John Field Deck passed away at her residence, 'Culverden,'South Katoomba, after a comparatively brief illness. The…

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Death of Hon. J. L. Trefle. Pressman and Politician

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. John Louis Trefle, Minister for Lands, and one of the most popular members of the State Labor party, died at St. Vincent's hospital on Monday. He…

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Sad Ending of a Stirling Townsman. Death of Mr. J. J. PANNELL

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Widespread consternation and genuine regrets were expressed by all classes of the community on Sunday last, when the sad nows was circulated that Mr…

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Obituary

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

MR. Richard Smith, headmaster of the Battery Point State School, Hobart, died at the Abbotsford Private Hospital on Monday last…

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Obituary. Mr. Martin Heraty

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 6

By the death of Mr. martin Heraty, which took place, on Tuesday, Katoomba lost one of its esteemed and most poplar citizens. The late Mr. Heraty, who…

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Obituary, Mrs. Annie Fallowfield

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 3

The funeral of Mrs. Annie Fallowfield, last of [?]man and Parramatta, took place last Thursday. Deceased, who only arrived in Katoomba a week previous,…

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Obituary. Rev. John Hall Best

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 2

The death of Rev. John Ilcury Hall Best, M.A., caused quite a gloom in Leura last week. Deceased came to Leura to deliver an address in St. Alban's…

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Death of Mr Pick

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 5

By the death of Mr. George V. Pick, the district of Hazelbrook loses one of its most prominent supporters of all schemes which tended to the advancement of the…

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Death of Mr. Duthie

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 5

News was received in Sydney yesterday of the death of Mr. John Duthie, of wellington, a well-known public man in New Zealand, in recent years Mr. Duthie…

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Death of a Mountain Veteran. Oscar Hughan, Age [?]6

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 5

Within sight of his centenary a milestone he always vowed he would mark with a "rattling good jello" grand old man, Oscar Hughan, died at his…

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Death of a Mountain Brave

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 5

The news that Sergt. "Roy" Thompson had died of [?]neumonia In Liverpool Camp was so tragically sudden that few who knew the young stalwart, and who…

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