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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

125 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 7

Personal. Death of Mr. H. Polson

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1900 · page 2

Mr. H. Polson, of Tatham, succumbed on Wednesday last, after a very brief illness. On Saturday last Mr. Polson complained of being unwell, and later on took to his had…

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Death of Mr. H. Polson

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 8

The residents of Tatham were startled on Wednesday evening last when it became known that Mr. Hugh Poison, a respected resident of 16 years, had breathed his last…

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Death of a City Alderman

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 4

It is always a saddening task to have to chronicle the death of any promising young man, no matter in what capacity, and when he shows the public ambition of a citizen…

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Death of Mrs. John Bale

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

MRS. BALE, wife of Mr. John Bale, of the North Arm, died on Thursday night from internal cancer, after a long period of suffering. The deceased lady had been a resident of the Clarence…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 3

ON Friday last Mr. Kenneth MoMillen, of King's Creek, died at the age of 62 years. He had been ailing for the past 12 months, and about six months ago visited Sydney and was…

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Death of Mrs. John Bale

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 October 1900 · page 3

ON the 8th instant, at her husband's residence on the North Arm, Clarence River, Mrs. John Bale passed over to the large majority after years of…

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Death of Mr, J, Benaud

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 2

MR. J. BENAUD, watchmaker and jeweller, of Coraki, died on Wednesday last, at the age of 36 years. About a fortnight previously deceased contracted diarrhoea in a rather sever form,…

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Death of Mr. H Barnes

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 5

MR. H. BARNES, of the Upper Comman[?]urat school and well known on the Lower Clarence, [?] seriously ill. His condition is such as to cause his friends the gravest anxiety, and the absent members of his…

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Latest Cablegrams. Death of Mr. Sims Reeves. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 October 1900 · page 3

MR. SIMS REEVES, the famous English tenor singer, is dead…

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Death of Mrs. E. Rankin

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 4

MRS. E. RANKIN, mother of Mr. David Rankin, of Lismore, passed away at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. R. Fenwick, Alstonville) at the ripe old age of 85, on Tuesday last…

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Death of a Pioneer Pressman. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 2

A pioneer pressman named Charles De Boos, aged 81, died yesterday. [The late Mr De Boos came to Australia in 1839, having previously served five years…

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Local and General News. Death of Mr. A J. Watt

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Watt, ono of the oldest chemists of the colony, died in Sydney on Monday, at the age of 72 years. Deceased was the father of Mr. H. W. Watt, chemist, of Maclean, and the…

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Death of Mr. A. Lardner, J. P.

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 November 1900 · page 2

THE death of Mr. Alfred Lardner, J.P. on Saturday last removes from amongst us the oldest living resident of the Clarence River, and severs yet another of those fast…

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Death of an Old Resident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 5

An old identity of the Clarence in the person of Mr. Alfred Lardner died on Saturday, aged 88. For a considerable time he had been confined to his room, and his death was not…

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Death of Joe Governor. How He Was Shot

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 8

The particulars as to how Joe Governor met his fate are as follows:—On Monday night Mr. John Wilkinson, was riding from Goorangoolaacross country to his brother George's…

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Death of a Prince

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 8

MAJOR H.R.H. Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstien, on special service in South Africa, as an extra aide-de-camp to Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, has died of enteric fever at…

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Death of Mrs. D. Cowan

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 4

MRS. D. COWAN, formerly of Palmer's Channel, died in Casino hospital on Sunday from blood poisoning supervening on a miscarriage. Deceased, who had reached the age of 42 years,…

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The late Mr. Tyson

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 4

IN connection with the settlement of the late Mr. Tyson's affairs by the Queensland Court, some interesting evidence about the deceased millionaire was given. He saved the cost of…

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Death of Mrs. Watt

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 November 1900 · page 4

ON Monday evening Mrs. Watt, wife of Mr. H. W. Watt, chemist, of Maclean, died after an illness of only a few days. The cause of death was an affection of the bowels which defied…

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Death of " Starlight."

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 4

THE Perth MORNING HERALD on Wednesday published an account which proves beyond doubt that P. F. Pelly, known as " Major" Pelly, who was employed as amanuensis to the Government…

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