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Central Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1906

9 stories in Central Coast's papers

Obituary

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

There passed away at Gosford on Friday night last one of the district's oldest identities, in the person of Captain Christopher C. Fry. Deceased…

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Remarkable Funeral Rites

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

'One thing sure to shock the tourist is a Great funeral,' said a recently-returned traveller. 'It is a spectacle which most persons of convention-governed decency…

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Death of Constable Wallace

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

By the death of Constable John Wallace, who lost his life at the hands of a Kanaka in Newtown on Sunday last under most sad and…

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A Funeral in Venice

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

This is always a quaint old-world sight. The coffin is generally brought in a gondola from the dwelling-house to the church, and the gondolas being black and always more…

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Ourimbah. House Burnt Down. Death of an Old Resident. Welcome Little Stranger!

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 4

Things are brisk here at present. Several cottages are in course of contraction. Mr G. H. Jaques is building one near the School of Arts, and…

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District News. Woy Woy. Death of Mr T. Riley. U[?]satisfactory Postal Arrangements. Motor Launch Tour. Improved Arrangements for Fresh Prawns

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 5

After a long and painful ill[?] Mr Them[?] Riley, of Davie Town, passed away at 7 p.m. on Tuesday last at the age of 50 years. It is only 14…

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The Late Mr W. B. Campbell

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 5

The death of Mr W. B. Campbell which took place on Saturday last at Narara, in the 31st year of his age, removes from our midst an old colonist…

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Death of an Old Resident

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

Mr Henry Fletcher, one of Gosford's oldest pioneers, died rather suddenly oh Sunday night last. Deceased, who was never known to be laid up with…

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Death of an Old Identity

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 5

On Tuesday last there passed away one of Gosford's very oldest identities in the person of Mr Richard Bartlett, at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr…

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