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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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The Late Queen of the Belgians. a Quiet Funeral. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 1

THE King intimated to King Leopold that he would send the Duke of Connaught to represent him at the funeral of the late Queen of the Belgians…

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Jones and the Late Mrs. Jones' Sister

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 4

The select committee of the Anglican Synod, sitting in Sydney, on Monday affirmed the legality of marriage with a deceased wife's sister. If it hadn't so…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 2

ON Friday evening that still prevalent malady, pneumonia, claimed another victim in Miss Mary Bloomer, who succumbed at the hospital after an illness of a few days. The attack was a…

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Death of Emile Zola. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 1

EMILE ZOLA, the great French author, died from asphyxiation, due to a defective stovepipe in his bedroom. His wife narrowly escaped a similar death…

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Death of Mr. T. Gallagher

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 5

ON Wednesday cows was received of the death of Mr. Thomas Gallagher. on the Manning River, where he was engaged in school teaching. Deceased was 52 years of age, and wan a son of…

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Accidental Death of Zola

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 8

LONDON Monday.—The death is announced of M. Emile Zola, the French author, aged 62 years, who was suffocated by the fumes of a bedroom stove, which made…

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Death of a Teacher

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 8

The Macleay "Argus" writes:—Mr. Thos. J. Gallagher, teacher of the public school at Pelican Island, died on Tuesday, after a painful illness of three weeks. He was…

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The Late Mr. Kensitt

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 4

A religious firebrand has been quenched in the death of Mr. John Kensitt, The unfortunate gentleman died of pneumonia ("double pneumouia" they call it), and one…

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Death of Old Identities. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 1

Captain Neselton, well known in shipping circles, died to-day. Emanuel Silva died in Sydney today, aged 102…

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Obituary

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 4

MR. JOSIAH CARTER died somewhat suddenly at Lawrence on Friday night at the age of 82. Deceased, was a native of Suffolk, England, and came to the Clarence over 40 years ago. He…

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Death of an Old Resident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 2

Mr. Thos. Cartmill, of Blaxland's Creek, an old and highly, respected resident of the Clarence, died on Monday. He came to the district upwards of half a century ago,…

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A Peculiar Funeral

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 2

The remains of the late Li Hung Chang, who died some months ago, have only recently been consigned to their last resting place. Thousands of spectators lined the…

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Death of "Tim," the Railway Dog

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 2

"Tim," the familiar dog collector of the Great Western Widows' and Orphans' Fund, has finished his charitable mission and is now in the hands of a naturalist for…

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Death of a Pioneer

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

SINCE our last issue, death has claimed one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of the Bellinger district in the person of Mr. H. E. Bennett, sen., who for Home two months…

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Death, of a Naval Veteran

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

On Thursday, at the Parramatta District Hospital, there died an old Davy veteran named Thomas Cleary, who was in his 98th year. He earned a living by making verandah blinds, and…

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Death of the Author of "Festus."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 3

The death is announced at Nottingham, his native town, at the age of eighty-six, of Mr. Philip James Bailey, LL.D., the author of the poem "Festus," which in…

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Latest Cablegrams. Death of Herr Krupp. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1902 · page 1

THE death is announced of Herr Krupp, the great gun-maker, who died from apoplexy. It is expected the works will be administered by trustees,…

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Death of Dr. Parker. London

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

Dr. Joseph Parker, the eminent Nonconformist divine, is dead…

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Late Mr. John Currie

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1902 · page 4

THE late Mr. John Currie, who was killed in Sydney last week, was an old resident of the Richmond, his connection with Lismore dating back to the cedar getting days, whon his operations in the timber…

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Death of Mr H. J. Landles

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1902 · page 2

MR. H. J. LANDLES succumbed at Maclean on Saturday night, after an illness of over six months duration, affecting his head and throat. Though generally confined to his bed for some time…

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