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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Death of Mr- William Goodger

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 4

MR. WILLIAM GOODGER, J.P., of Ulmarra, died on Monday last, at the comparatively early age of 58 years. Mr. Goodger was one of the earliest settlers of Ulmarra, and some years ago took an…

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Death of Mr. William M'Rae

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1902 · page 2

WE regret to learn that Mr. W. M'Rae passed away at his residence, Palmer's Channel, on Sunday morning. Mr. M'Rae had been [?]ng slightly for some time, and was recently…

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Death of an old Graftonian

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 4

Mrs. ELIZABETH WILSON died recently at Toowong, near Brisbane, at the age of 83 years. The deceased lady was the last surviving member of a family party who arrived in Sydney on…

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Heard his own Funeral Sermon

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 2

One Charles Urig, of Alliance, recently a sergeant in one of the companies of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, tells a story of his experiences as a dead man on…

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Death of Dean Cowper. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 3

THE Very Rev, Dean Cowper, of Sydney, died on Saturday. The deceased was 92 years of age, and was tho oldest dignitary of the Church of England in tho Empire, He had been…

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Death of Nurse Small

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 4

ABOUT nine o'clock Tuesday night, Nurse Kate Julia Small died at the Maclean hospital' from inflammation of the brain. The news of her death came as a shook to the town, for it…

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Death of Dean Cowper

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 3

AFTER a lingering illness extending over a period of about five months Dean Cowper passed away late on Saturday night. The venerable cleric…

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Death of Rev. Dr. White. an Extraordinary Ministerial Record

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1902 · page 3

REV. JAMES SMITH WHITE, M.A., L.L. D., pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Singleton, for the past fifty-five years died at his residence, Gowrie,…

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Death of a Nonogenarian

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 4

During Sunday night, Mr. Hugh McIntyre, a very old colonist, passed away at the ripe age of 93. Deceased came to the colony 62 years ago, and in the very early days kept a…

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Shooting Fatality. Tragic Death of a Boy

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 2

A SHOCKING shooting accident occurred at Copmanhurst on Sunday, by which a young lad, Master Frank, son of Mr. George Savidge, storekeeper of that town, lost his life. It appears…

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Death of Mr. Abraham Carr

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 4

One of the oldest residents of Palmer's Island passed away on Monday night, in the person of Mr. Abraham Carr, sen., who succumbed at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Watson, of…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

The grim reaper has been exceptionally busy in our midst within the last couple of weeks, and the young and those in the prime of life, as well as the aged, have been among bis victims…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 4

THE late Master Edward Wall, who died on Friday last from pneumonia, which developed from a cold contracted while assisting to put out the fire at Mrs. Broreton's recently, was a son of the…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

The number of deaths in the district within the past fortnight is very much above the usual average Within that time there have been 12 deaths on the Lower Clarence, of which number…

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The Late Mr. W. Newby. Particulars of His Will-

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 5

We are enabled to give some interesting particulars of the will of the late Mr. W. Newby, of Maclean. The property possessed by deceased consisted on his farm and mill at Maclean, with…

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Death of Mrs. Margaret McMillan

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 4

Mrs. Margaret McMILLAN died at her residence, Ashby, yesterday, Deceased was a native of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and had reached the age of 78 years, and was an old…

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Death of a Monarch. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 1

The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 2

On Sunday night Mrs. Ellen Purser died in Maclean hospital from typhoid fever. Deceased, who was 52 years of ago, came with her husband and family from Now England to Harwood about…

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Death of a Glutton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 2

Belgium mourns, for thc champion eater of thc country is dead. An extraordinary man he was. One day he entered into an agreement with a hotel-keener, according…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 4

On Wednesday, Mrs. W. Gallagher, wife of Mr. William Gallagher, school teacher of Dalmorton, died from pneumonia. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. P. Timbs, of Clarenza, and was about 30…

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