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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1920

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Passing of a Great Australian. Death of Sir Edmund Barton. "Australia's Noblest Son." Dies Suddenly at Medlow. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 5

Sir Edmund Barton, a Justice of Hie High Court, died from heart failure in a bathroom at the Hydro, Majestic at Medlow at 9 o'clock this morning…

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Sir Edmund Barton. State Funeral To-day. Messages of Sympathy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

The remains of late Sir Edmund Barton arrived in Sydney to-day. The character of the funeral to-morrow has not yet been decided. If will probably be a State…

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General Cables. Obituary. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

Maud Powell, violinist, is dead…

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Telegrams. Boot Merchant's Estate. Death of Testator's Widow. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

The estate of H. J. Pearce, boot merchant, Adelaide, was valued for probate at £117,000. Except for a few charitable bequests, the estate was left to the widow…

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Obituary. Mr. William McLEOD

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. W. McLeod passed away at his residence, South Grafton, this morning at the age of 76 years. He had been ailing for a considerable time and his…

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Race with Death. Romance of Lost Fortune. One Ambition at 70

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 4

How a 'ship's surgeon sought strenuously to keep a sick man alive, that he might realise his desire to see his native city of Edinburgh before he…

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Death of Unknown Man. Taxi-driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

Roy Brown, a taxi-driver, who was arrested in connection with the death of a man whose name is unknown, was before the police court to-day charged with…

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Death of a Novelist. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 5

Cyrus Townend Brady, novelist, is dead…

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Obituary. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. J. W. Gulland, P.C., ex-Liberal Whip…

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A Laborer's Death Result of a Drunken Brawl. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Joseph Smith, aged 40, a laborer, was charged at the Brunswick Police Court, Victoria, with having murdered Hedley Dunlop, 30, a laborer, and was remanded…

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Obituary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. Chas. Reid died at an early hour this morning at the residence of his son, Ald. Joseph Reid, South Grafton Deceased, who was 79 years of age,…

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A Sydney Shooting Death of the Victim Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 2

The victim of the Nielsen Park (Sydney) shooting, Ferris, last Saturday, died last night…

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Neilsen Park Tragedy Death of Ferris. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 4

Sydney Ferris, who was taken from Neilsen Park on Saturday night, suffering from a bullet wound in the back of the head, and in connection with which a lad…

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District News. Lower Bucca. Death of a Pioneer

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 3

It is with sorrow I have to chronicle the death of an esteemed pioneer in the person of Henry Skinner, who departed from this life at 7 a.m. on…

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Late Wires Obituary Sir T. Anderson Stuart Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 2

Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Sydney University, died yesterday morning…

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Charge of Manslaughter. Death of Retired Farmer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 5

The body of Joseph Winley, a retired farmer, aged 65, was found in a paddock near his home at Wollongong last night with extensive injuries to the face and…

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Lonely Beach Murder Married Woman's Death. Trial of Ex-army Officer. Holt Sentenced to Death. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 5

The final scenes in the Holt trial were marked by the dramatic speech of Mr. Marshall Hall, in defence, wherein he claimed that only a madman would…

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The Late Mrs. McPHEE

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 4

In the passing away of Mrs. AlcPhee, of Lower Southgate, at the age of 74 years, another old landmark has been removed. The deceased died on January 15 at the…

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Death of an Unknown Man. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 5

An unknown man was seen yesterday afternoon at Lidcombe throwing his arms about, calling out, and picking up handfuls of dirt and eating it. He also threw…

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Casualties. Death of William Fox. Three Accused Remanded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 5

Edward Owens (signwriter), William Black (clerk), and Harold Dent (a bricklayer's apprentice) were remanded at the Police Court on a charge of feloniously…

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