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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1893

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[By Telegraph.] Death of Ducrow. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1893 · page 3

The racehorse Ducrow, which had its shoulder broken in a race at Randwick on Saturday, has been shot. Kennedy, the jockey, is in the hospital suffering…

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Death of Dr. Jowett. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 2

Dr. Benjamin Jowett, D.D. (who was reported in a previous cablegram to be in a critical condition), has died, aged 76…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 2

The deaths are announced of Sir S. Arthur Blackwood, K.C.B., Secretary to the Post Office; and of David James, comedian…

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Death of Mr. R. E. WALLEN. First Chairman Melbourne Stock Exchange. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 2

During the voyage of the Wairarapa from Melbourne Mr. R. E. Wallen, of the firm of Clarke and Co., of Collinsstreet, was suddenly stricken with…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, [?] p.m. the Late Mr. Parnell. The Annual Commemoration. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

The annual commemoration of Mr. Parnell's death has been held in Dublin. A procession with muffled drams passed through the principal streets to…

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Death of Dr. Steel. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 October 1893 · page 2

The Rev. Robert Steel, D.D., Ph.D., lately and on several occasions Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, is dead, after a long but…

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The following appeared in our late editions on Saturday:— the Late Mr. Parnell. The Annual Commemoration. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 October 1893 · page 1

The annual commemoration of Mr. Parnell's death has been held in Dublin. A procession with muffled drums passed through the principal streets to…

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General Cable News. Death of Marshal M'Mahon. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 2

Marshal M'Mahon, formerly President of the French Republic, and who distinguished himself greatly in the Crimean, Austrian, and…

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Reported Death of Gounod. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 2

It is now reported that Gounod, the composer, who was two days ago afflicted by an apoplectic seizure, is dead…

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Death of Dhuleep Singh. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 2

The death is announced of Dhuleep[?] Singh, ex-Maharajah of Punjaub, India. [?]Dhuleep Singh was born in 1838,…

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General Cable News. Funeral of Marshal Macmahon. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 2

The funeral of the late Marshal Macmahon took place in Paris yester[?] day. His remains were interred with great[?]military pomp in the Invalides…

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Death of Mr. J. Kneebone

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 3

TO-DAY Mr. John Kneebone, brother of Mr. Thomas Kneebone, manager of the North mine, died, after an illness of 10 days, of pleurisy following upon a…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Death of Commotion. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 3

Commotion, the once famous racehorse, who won the Champion Stakes in 1885, having broken down completely, has been shot. After being…

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Death of Mr. J. Kimber

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 2

MR. JOHN KIMBER, for five years a highly respected resident of Broken Hill, and until lately in business as a chaff and farm produce merchant in…

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Death of Sir Andrew Clark. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 2

Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., F.R.S., the eminent physician and long the attendant upon Mr. Gladstone, is dead, as the result of a paralytic stroke, aged…

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Death of Hon. J. D. Young. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 3

The Hon. J. D. Young, formerly a member of the asesmbly, who was two years ago called to the Legislative. Council, died very suddenly last night,…

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Death of Dr. J. S. Wilson

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 2

INFORMATION has been received in Adelaide of the death in Sydney, on November 16, of Dr. J. S. Wilson, who was formerly well known in South…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Death of a Noted Cyclist. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 December 1893 · page 2

News has been received by cable that Mr. J. Harry Lambton, the well-known cyclist, son of the Deputy Postmaster-General, has died at Chicago…

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Death of Mr. G. W. Cole

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 2

OUR obituary notices announce the death of Mr. Geo. W. Cole, who for 28 years held the office of city valuator and for seven years represented the…

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Death of Professor Tyndall. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 2

The death is announced of Professor John Tyndall, at the age of 73. Professor Jehn Tyndall, Ph.D., L.L.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., was, after…

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