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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1895

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Railway Fatality. Mysterious Death of a Young Woman. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 1

At daylight to-day the platelayers in the vicinity of the Menangle railway station discovered a woman's body on the main line. An examination…

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Death of Mrs. Sweetapple

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1895 · page 2

MRS. H. B. SWEBTAPPLE, wife of the manager for Mr. Walter Sully, died this morning ab her residence, North Broken Hill. The immediate cause of…

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A Horrible Death. Doom of a Drunken Smoker. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 4

A man named Smith, of Middling Bank, has met his death on the road between Cooma and Berridale under peculiar circumstances. It is stated…

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A Horrible Death. Doom of a Drunken Smoker. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 1

A man named Smith, of Middling Bank, has met his death on the road between Cooma and Berridale under peculiar circumstances. It is stated…

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General Cable News. Death of the Duke of Hamilton. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 2

The death is announced of the Hake of Hamilton and Brandon, Knight of the Thistle, Premier Peer of Scotland, and Hereditary Keeper of the…

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Death of the Hon. G. C. HAWKER. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 2

The Hon. George Charles Hawker, M.A., M.P. for North Adelaide, died. at his residence "The Briars," Medindie, shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday…

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Mr. Hawker's Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 4

The remains of the late Hon. G. C. Hawker, M.P., which vera accorded a State fanerai by the Government, were interred in the North…

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Death of Bishop Horan. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 2

The Right Rev. Dr. Moran, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, who has been seriously ill for many months, died quietly to night…

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Mr. Hawker's Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 1

The remains of the late Hon. G. C. Hawker, M.P., which were accorded a State funeral by the Government, were interred in the North…

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Death of Mr. W. GRESHAM. U. S. Secretary of State. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 2

A New York message announces the death of Mr. Walter Q. Gresham, United States Secretary of State, at the age of 63…

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Death of Dr. Dobson. [By Teleraph.] Melebourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 4

The Hon. Frank Stanley, Dotson, Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council, died to-day at his residence, South Yarra, aged 60…

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Death of an Old Shift B0ss

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1895 · page 3

THERE was perhaps no better shift boss on the Barrier than "Paddy" White. It is doubtful if there was an older. Before Broken Hill was worked…

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Death of Dr. Dobson. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1895 · page 1

The Hon. Frank Stanley Dobson, Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council, died to-day at his residence, South Yarra, aged 60,…

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Death of a Popular Actress. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1895 · page 2

Mrs. Joseph Tapley, the well-known and much-respected actress (Vi. Varley) gave birth to a child on Friday. Failing to recover from…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Late Cable News. Death of Sir James Bacon. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 4

The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir James Bacon, K.B., fermerly Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division of the High. Court…

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Late Cable News. Death of Sir Jamas Bacon. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 1

The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir James Bacon, K.B., formerly vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division of the High Court…

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[By Telegraph.] Death of Nordenfeldt. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1895 · page 3

Mr. Hordern's well-known sire Nordenfeldt, by Musket—Onyx, is dead. It appears that while galloping in a paddock he wrenched, his back,…

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The South Accident. Death of Harris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 3

WILLIAM HARRIS, who met with an accident in the South mine last week, died this morning at the Hospital of pneumonia, which had supervened. It…

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The Fernmount Tragedy. Death of the Last of the Blacks. Kelly Afraid to Leave Gaol. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

The lase of the unfortunate blacks who were given a chemical to drink by a man named Kelly, who represented that it was rum, is dead, making the…

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Death of Sir Samuel Wilson. Victorian ex-Squatter. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1895 · page 2

Sir Samuel Wilson, formerly of Ercildoune, Victoria, is dead. [Samuel Wilson was the sixth son of the late Samuel Wilson, farmer, of…

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