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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1924

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Death of a Great City

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 2

Professor Charles Sarolea, a scholar, who knew pre-war Russia intimately, tells a tragic story in the "Scotsman" of his recent visit to Petrograd. He says…

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Obituary. Earl of Jersey and Sir Ernest Paget. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 3

The deaths are announced of the Earl of Jersey and Sir Ernest Paget The Earl of Jersey was in his 51st year, having been born on June 2, 1[?]73…

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Death of Cimbrica

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

I Earnshaw's young and promising mare Cimbrica died to-day as a result of the accident sustained in a race of Randwick recently…

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Naval Funeral in Paris. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that crowds lined the streets for the impressive ceremony in connection with the Dixmude naval funeral. In the…

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Queensland. Thunderstorms and Rain. Death of Professional Boxer. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

During the past 48 hours rain fell almost throughout Queensland, associated in many instances with thunderstorms. The registrations varied…

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Obituary. Late Mr. William Matterson. Memories of the Past

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 4

With the death of William S[?] Matteson, which occurred at Grafton yesterday afternoon, the curtain was rung down on the career of one whose…

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Palmer's Channel. Memorial Services. the Late Mr. Jack Carter

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon the Rev. E. M. Boyer conducted a memorial service at Palmer's Channel to the late Mr. Jack Carter, whose death occurred a few…

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Boxing Death of Jerome. Dempsey v. Gibbons. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

A New York message states that Frankie Jerome, one of the leading bantam weight boxers of the country, and regarded as a dangerous contender for…

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Sporting. Amateur Cross-country Rider. Death of Captain Bennett. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

Captain Bennett (29), amateur cross country rider, who has been unconscious for 16 days, succumbed. to-day to injuries received in a fall in the Wolverhampton…

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Cablegrams. Herr Seinz's Funeral Largely Attended London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the funeral of Herr Seinz was attended by 3000 persons including Separatist troops and a number…

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Death of Miss Lurlie Kelly

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

Our Swan Creek correspondent writes: --The death of Miss Lurlie Beatrice Kelly daughter of Mr. George Kelly, of Clarenza took place at South Grafton…

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Death of Mr. Franki Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

The death occurred last night of Mr. J. P. Franki, formerly manager of Morts Dock…

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Brisbane Shooting. Ex-Legislator's Funeral Assailant Remanded. on Murder Charge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

The funeral of the late ex-legislator Mr. A. E. Whitford, the victim of the shooting tragedy in Albert Square last night, took place to-day at Toowong…

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Obituary. Mrs. Gordon Nicholson

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 4

There passed away at the Lower Clarence Hospital early on Monday morning Mrs. Nicholson, wife, of Mr. G. M. Nicholson, of Harwood Island, at the…

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Like Wedding. Cheery Funeral Service Bells and Choristers. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

A funeral like a wedding service was witnessed at Burton, Cheshire, on the occasion of the burial of the mother of General Congreve, V.C…

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Simple Funeral. Burial of Ex-president. Was Sick Man in Office. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

Two of the real causes of ex-President Wilson's death were a stroke and later paralysis following on his collapse late in 1919 on a sneaking tour through the…

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Attended Brother's Funeral. Then Collapsed and Died. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 4

A man believed to be William Orr, aged 58, residing at Windsor, came to Sydney to-day to attend the funeral of his brother. When on the Central…

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Laid to Rest. Ex-President's Funeral. Simple Impressive Ceremony Day of Mourning. Washington

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

Without pomp, and yet with the highest honors in the power of the nation to bestow upon a private citizen, Dr. Woodrow Wilson was laid to rest this…

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Obituary. Mr. C. J. Bruyn

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

"Once again has the Grim Reaper deprived Armidale of one of its most popular young men, in the person of Mr. Carl Joseph Bruyn, who passed away at the…

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The Late Mr. John Hosking

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

The late Mr. John Hosking, of Villiers street, Grafton, whose death was recorded in a recent issue, was born at Ashburton, Devonshire England. His…

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