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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1890

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Death of Mr. W. H. White. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondant.) ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 July 1890 · page 3

Mr. W. H. White, librarian of the Hindmarsh institute, and well known here, died on Saturday, aged 41…

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Sad Death of a Boy. He Falls from a Railway Carriage and is Killed. The Woman in Charge Gets Drunk. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 July 1890 · page 3

At the inquest this afternoon on the boy Lord, who died from injuries received through falling from a railway carriage and being run over at Albert Park last…

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Death of a Bank Manager. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) ALBURY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 3

T. Norman, manager of the Bank of Australasia here, died last night of peritonitis…

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Death of a Turf Reporter. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 3

Harry Paulsen, turf reporter of the Daily Telegraph, has succumbed to the injuries he received in the recent accident His age was 22, and he came from…

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Death of Mr. J. S. Greer. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 3

Mr. James Shaw Greer, well known in commercial circles, died at his residence here yesterday under an operation for cancer in the stomach…

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Death of Mr. E. H. Alder. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Alder, foreman of the Government Works in Queensland, died suddenly in the Colonial Architect's office yesterday…

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Obituary. Death of a Commoner, [By Cable.] London, July 15

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1890 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. David Pugh, member for Carmarthen East in the House of Commons…

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Adelaide Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. Funeral of the Victims. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 3

The inquest on the recent railway fatality, by which Mr. James Cowan, M.P., and Mr. Mark Bullimore were killed, was concluded to-day, and a…

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Death of Mr H. F. Leader. [By Telkegraph.] Front Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 3

Mr. H. F. Leader, Government Printer, died this morning. His condition has been considered precarious for some time past. Deceased was 46 years…

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Death of a Baptist Minister. [By Telegraph.] Front OUR Own Correspondent. Port Augusta, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 3

The Rev. John Hannay, the well-known Baptist minister here, died yesterday, aged 68 years…

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Death of Mr. Teece, M.L.A. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1890 · page 2

Mr. William Teece, for 18 years member for Goulburn in the Assembly died at his residence, Riley-street, yesterday. He had been 18 years in the House, and…

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Death of an Old Colonist. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 August 1890 · page 3

An old colonist named Thomas Maslin, of Aldinga, is dead, aged 82. He came to the colony in 1836…

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Death of an Ex-M. L. A. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 2

Mr. William Davies, of Goulburn, formerly member of the Assembly for Argyle, died in Sydney yesterday…

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Death of a Poetess. From Our Own Correspondent. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 August 1890 · page 3

Mrs. Hubert Heron, who, under the non-de-plume of "Australie," has written much verse, died this morning. [Australie Manning was a daughter of…

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Horrible Accident. A Non-Unionist Crushed to Death. Result of Engaging Raw Hands. [By Telegraph] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 August 1890 · page 3

A non-union laborer, aged 50, engaged on the Messageries Maritimes steamship Australien, was crushed to death this morning. He and others unaccustomed…

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Death of an Old Colonist. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 August 1890 · page 3

The death is announced of Mrs. John Lewder, at the Semaphore, aged 70, an old colonist, who arrived in 1849…

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Obituary. Death of a Dramatist. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 3

The death is announced of the celebrated French dramatist, Chatrian…

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Obituary. Death of Canon Liddon. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 September 1890 · page 3

The death of Canon Liddon, the celebrated Anglican churchman, at the aged of 61, is announced…

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Obituary. Death of General Langford. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 September 1890 · page 3

General Langford, who served in the Maori war, is dead…

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Death of a Squatter. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 3

Mr. William Furlong, a western district squatter and a well-known colonial politician, died at Dubbo yesterday…

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