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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1918

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Obituary. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. T. H. Ivey, who for a number of years was manager of the Bank of New South Wales. He was 77 years of age…

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Death of Mrs J. A Hilden

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

A sad death occurred in Dorrigo at 3 a.m. on Boxing Day, when Mrs. J. A. Hilder, wife of our worthy and respected townsman, Mr. J. A. Hilder,…

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Death of Mr George Bond. Prominent Kempsey Resident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. George Bond, an old resident of the Macleay district, suddenly passed away on Wednesday last at the South-west Rocks. Not feeling too well of late, he…

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Obituary. Major W. Hodgkinson. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

Major W. Hodgkinson died in a military hospital last night from neuritis. The deceased officer left Australia in September, 1915, with the 11th Light Horse, and…

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Death of a Noted Journalist

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Horace C. Rogers, for over thirty years chief law reporter for the "Sydney Morning Herald," died at his residence, Wolstencraft, this week. Deceased, who…

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Death of Macleay Pioneer. Late Mr. Alexander Dornan. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

One of the oldest pioneers of the Macleay, in the person of Mr. Alexander Dornan, of Pola Creek, passed away on Wednesday evening at the age of 78…

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Obituary

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

There passed away at Kempsey oh Monday evening last one of the most highly-respected residents of the district in the person of Mrs. Johnston, wife of…

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Death of Maclean Resident

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The death occurred on Wednesday afternoon of Mrs. Donald Gregor, of Maclean, who passed away at her residence after an illness lasting over a fortnight…

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The Late Strike. Mr. Willis Makes Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Willis, general secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Association, addressing a meeting convened by the P.L.L., referring to the recent strike, said…

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Obituary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

The death tok place at an early hour on Saturday last of Mrs. Mary McMillan, of Lower Southgate, at the age of 72 years. The funeral took…

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Obituary. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

The death is announced of Sir John Wolfe-Barry, the famous consulting engineer…

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Obituary. Mrs. Martin

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The death took place this morning of another old resident in the person of Mrs Margaret Martin, of McPherson' Crossing, at the age of 76 years. The…

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RUSSIA. The Battalion of Death. Arrest of Members. the Murdered Cadet Leaders. Most Impressive Burial. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 5

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent says that members of the Battalion of Death were arrested yesterday at the barracks. They were accused of supporting the Right…

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Obituary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

The death of Mr. Geo. Schwabe occurred at Grafton Hospital yesterday morning at the age of 73 years. An enquiry was held to-day at the…

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Death of George Schwabe. Coronial Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 1

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Schwabe, who died in the Grafton Hospital on Tuesday, was held at the Court-house…

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Local and General. the Late Mr. John McLAUGHLIN

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. John McLaughlin, who died on Tuesday at his residence, Evans-street, Waverley, had been ill for several weeks, brought about by the death of his son…

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Death of Boy Hughes

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 4

Roy Edward Hughes, who died on Thursday at Brushgrove, was well-known and much liked in the district. The deceased who was only. 14 years of age, was the…

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Death of Sir C. Spring-rice. Ottawa, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 2

The death is reported of Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, G.C.M.G. (ex-British Ambassador to the United States). (Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, who had been…

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Late Cables (Messages received, except where otherwise specified through the Australian Cables Association.) Fire in Nunnery. Death-roll of 100 Feared. Montreal, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1918 · page 2

It is believed that 100 persons perished in a fire in the Grey Nunnery here. The charred bodies of 38 children…

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Death of Mrs. A. McSWAN

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 4

Another link with the past of the Lower Clarence was broken on Sunday, when Mrs. A. McSwan, one of the very earliest settlers, and most highly respected…

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