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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

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Death of Mr. G. B. Rowley. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

Mr. G. B. Rowley, the popular secretary of the Rosehill Racecourse, was thrown from his buggy last night and died from his injuries to-day. The…

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Stray Notes. The Late Mrs. Knorr

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1894 · page 2

WELL, they have made a heroine of Mrs. Knorr at last: described her piety, her bravery—"as brave as Ned Kelly," Chief Warder Long says—her…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. the Municipal Tragedy. The Inquest on Readfearn. Verdict of Temporary Insanity. Death of Mayor Paisley. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 4

Mr. Paisley, Mayor of Burwood, who was shot in four places by the council clerk, Readfearn, who subsequently committed suicide, passed a bad night…

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Death of Herr von Bulow. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

The death is announced of Hans von Bulow, the eminent German musician, in his 64th year. [Herr von Bulow was born at…

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The Municipal Tragedy. Redfearn's Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

The funeral of Redfearn, council clerk of Burwood, who recently committed suicide after shooting the Mayor, took place to-day. Many of…

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The Municipal Tragedy. The Inquest on Readfearn. Verdict of Temporary Insanity. Death of Mayor Paisley. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 1

Mr. Paisley, Mayor of Barwood, who was shot in four places by the council clerk, Readfearn, who subsequently committed suicide, passed a bad night…

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Death of Herr von Bulow. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 1

The death is announced of Hans von Billow, the eminent German musician, in his 64th year. [Herr von Bulow was born at…

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The Municipal Tragedy. Redfearn's Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 1

The funeral of Redfearn, council clerk of Burwood, who recently committed suicide after shooting the Mayor, took place to-day. Many of…

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The Municipal Tragedy. Funeral of Mayor Paisley. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

The funeral of Mr. Paisley, Mayor of Burwood, who was shot by the council clerk Redfearn, took place to-day. The funeral, which was a large…

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Death of Mr. W E. Pearce. a Victim to Heart Disease

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 4

THIS afternoon at about 4 o'clock Mr. W. E. Pearce, of Oxide-street, a very old resident of Broken Hill, died suddenly of heart disease, from which,…

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The Municipal Tragedy. Funeral of Mayor Paisley. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 1

The funeral of Mr. Paisley, Mayor of Burwood, who was shot by the council clerk Bedfearn, took place to-day. The funeral, which was a large…

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Death of Lobengula. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 2

It is reported here that Lobengula, King of the Matabeles, is dead. LATER. Advices from Cape Town confirm…

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Death of Mr. W. E. Pearce. a Victim to Heart Disease

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 1

THIS afternoon at about 4 o'clock Mr. W. E. Pearce, of Oxide-street, a very old resident of Broken Hill, died suddenly of heart disease, from which,…

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Death of Mr. Rankine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 2

MR. JAMES RANKINE, a well-known resident, died rather soddenly yesterday evening at his residence in Chapple-street. Mr. Rankine, who was an…

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The Anarchists. Farther Attempted Outrages in Paris. Proposed Display at Bourdin's Funeral. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 2

Numerous further attempted dynamite outrages attributed to anarchists are reported from Paris. Bombs have been discovered at the…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. the Anarchists. Scene at Bourdin's Funeral. Anti-Anarchist Display by the Crowd. [By Cable.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

The funeral of Bourdin, the anarchist killed in an attempt on Greenwich Observatory, took place to-day. The police seized a number of flags…

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The following appeared in our late editions on Saturday:— the Anarchists. Scene at Bourdin's Funeral Anti-Anarchist Display by the Crowd. [By Cable.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 1

The funeral of Bourdin, the anarchist killed in an attempt on Greenwich Observatory, took place to-day. The police seized a number of flags…

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Death of Madame Patey. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 2

Madame Patey, the well-known concert singer, who visited Australia a few years ago, suddenly fainted at a concert in Sheffield in which she was…

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The Death of M'gowan. (By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 March 1894 · page 2

It is affirmed that the widow of M'Gowan, the jockey who was killed while riding Linburn, had on the previous Monday night dreamed that…

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M'gowan's Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 2

The funeral of M'Gowan, the jockey killed while riding Linburn in the Bourke Handicap, was a mile long. M[?]. A. S. Chirnside, owner of Linburn,…

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