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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1935

313 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 16

Dalby Plane Crash Death of Lionel Ward. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 5

Lionel Ward, who was severely injured in a 'plane crash at Dalby on May 25, died in hospital this afternoon. He was terribly burnt in trying to save…

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Father's Death Children Dash To Funeral Series of Misfortunes Three Will Be Too Late. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 5

The death of the well-known pastoralist, William Naughton, in Rockhampton, and the decision to have the funeral in Melbourne, set in train a…

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Width of Tyres New Regulation Criticised Deputation to Minister Death of Horse-drawn Traffic Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 5

Asking for amendment of the ordinances which operate in regard to horse-drawn vehicles from June 27, a deputation waited on the…

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Accidental Death Inquest Into Death of Young Man Found Dead Under Jacaranda Tree

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. S. J. Bliss, yesterday conducted an inquiry at Grafton into the death of Leslie Joseph Brown, who was found dead…

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OBITUARY Mr. H. E. Coombes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 4

Mr. Henry Ernest Coombes, a well-known resident of Sawtell for the past five years, died at his home on Friday last, at the age of 68 years…

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Bund Barrister Death of Mr. George A. Maxwell. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 5

Mr. George A. Maxwell, K.C., the blind barrister find M.H.R., died this afternoon at his home at Canterbury after an illness lasting for a month…

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Obituary Mr. William Wallace

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 2

Mr. O. F. Wallace. Headmaster of the Dorrigo Public School, received a telegram on Wednesday conveying the sad news of the death of his…

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Murder Charge Half-caste for Trial Death of a Station Hand. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 5

Peter Jones, of half-easte, was charged to-day with having murdered Joseph Doyle, 43, on June 9, at Boogardie Station, near Mount Magnet…

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Obituary Mr. Albert A. Powell. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 4

An old resident of Chatsworth in the person, of Mr. Albert A. Powell died suddenly at the residence of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J…

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Obituary Nonagenarian Passes Late Mr. Napoleon Sunner

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 4

Just after turning 90 years of age, Mr. Napoleon Sunner, of Cranworth street, Grafton, passed away on Saturday last, at Runnymede private hospital. The deceased…

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Obituary Mrs. Annie Rebecca Boden

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 4

There passed away at Maclean,yesterday, an old resident of Maclean, in the person of Mrs. Annie Rebecca Boden, wife of mr.williaim Boden, Oban street…

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Wattty Blacklock Death of Old Racing Identity. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 6

Walter ("Watty') Blacklock, one of the links with old time Queensland racing, died this morning. Watty, who, for over 50 years, was one of the…

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Local and General Death of Antarctic Hero

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 4

Another hero of the Antarctic has passed on. Captain Luis Pardo, who rescued 22 members of Shackleton's expedition from Elephant Island 20 years…

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Obituary Mrs. Elizabeth McFADDEN

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 4

Mrs. Elizabeth McFadden died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Simpson, Carrington street, Lismore, early on Monday at the age of 86. The…

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Two Charged with Murder Prisoner Attends Victim's Funeral Wyangala Dam Tragedy. Woodstock

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 5

At the local courthouse to-day, Mavis Neilson, 27, and Claude Charnock, 29, were changed with the murder of William John Neilson, 28, at his home at…

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OBITUARY Mr. M. L. McDonald

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 3

Mr Martin Livingstone McDonald, who has been residpnt at Sawlell for some years past, died in Coffs District Hospital on Wednesday night…

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Obituary Mrs. E. G. Powell

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday morning in painfully sudden circumstances of Mrs. E. G. Powell, wife of Mr. E. G. Powell, furniture manufacturer, of…

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Buried Off Coast Seaman's Last Voyage Death of Coombar's Second Engineer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 4

As the s. s. Coombar passed Harrington, off the Manning River, on Thursday night, the crew gathered on the deck and after a short and solemn…

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Obituary the Late Mrs. Sarah Gillett

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 4

The death of Mrs. Sarah Gillett, which took place at North Sydney yesterday morning, removes still another of the pioneers who have figured prominently in…

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Impressive Funeral Northern Rivers Mason Prominent Lismore Townsman. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 5

The largest crowd ever seen at a funeral at Lismore attended the burial this afternoon of Mr. William Rilev, a prominent Mason, who died in Sydney on…

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