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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of a Coaching Pioneer

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 2

MR. A. W. ROBERTSON, whose death war' announced a few days ago, was a prominent grazier, and more prominent, perhaps, from his long connection with the firm of…

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[By Telegraph.] The Death of Dungan. MELBOURNE, Saturday Night

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 2

Sympathy is felt for the Manifold brothers, the owners of Dangan, who was killed at the Oaklands Hunt Races on Saturday afternoon. Carey,…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Death of John Pearce

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 2

JOHN PEARCE, the miner who was injured by a fall of earth in Block ll on Saturday night, died to-day in the Broken Hill Hospital. On being received in the institution…

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Sadden Death of the Hon. Mr. Macansh. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1896 · page 2

A telegram from Warwick reports that the Son, Mr. Macansh was on Saturday afternoon taking part at a meeting of the Glengallan land…

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Death of Fitzgerald Moore. End of a Remarkable Career. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1896 · page 2

A message from Coolgardie reports the death there of Mr. Fitzgerald Moore, the well-known mining man. Mr. Fitzgerald Moore was one of the…

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Late Cable News. Death of Sir William Grove. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 4

The death, is announced of Sir William Grove, the eminent electrician and jurist, at the age of 85. [Sir William Grove was born at Swansea…

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Sudden Death of Mr F. W. Curnow. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 5 August 1896 · page 3

Mr F. W. Curnow, who acted as shorthand writer to the Dean Commission, died suddenly on Saturday…

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Death of Lady Tennyson. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 4

The death is announced of Lady Tennyson, wife of the late Poet Laureate…

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Suspicious Death of a Woman. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 2

A woman named Emily Sirens, aged 31, died in the hospital last night under suspicious circumstances. Another woman has been arrested on…

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A Piccadilly Girl's Funeral

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1896 · page 3

THE midnight prowlers in Piccadilly— mashers and prostitutes—were rather startled on Monday night at the sight of a hearse followed by some 2000 men and…

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An [?]Xtraordinary Fatality. The Death of P. W. Trelevan

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 4

THE circumstances attending the death of Frederick W. Trelevan, referred to in the Second Edition, have only become more mysterious on further inquiry. It seems…

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Strange Death of an Actor. Stabbed on the Stage. London, August 12

Western Grazier · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

An actor named Francis met his death in a strange manner during a performance at the Novelty Theatre, last night. In the character he was…

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Death of Sir J. E. MILLAIS. President of the Royal Academy. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., President of the Royal Academy, who has been critically ill for some time, is dead, aged 67. The Queen and the Prince of Wales have…

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Sir J.Millais' Funeral. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 2

The remains of the late Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., President of the Royal Academy, will be interred in St. Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday…

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An Extraordinary Fatality. The Death of F. W. Trelevan

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 1

THE circumstances attending the death Frederick W. Trelevan, referred to in the Second Edition, hare only become more mysterious on further inquiry. It seems…

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The Death of Trelevan. The Inquest. (Continued from Second Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 4

CONSTABLE GRAY, lockup keeper, gave corroborative evidence. He added that on Wednesday night he visited the cells several times, and deceased…

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The Death of Trelevan. Was his Neck Broken? Inquest on the Body

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 4

AN inquest was held to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., Coroner, on the body of Frederick William Trelevan, who died in the Hospital on Saturday…

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The Death of Trelevan. Was his Neck Broken? Inquest on the Body

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 4

AN inquest was held to—day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., Coroner, on the body of Frederick William Trelevan, who died in the Hospital on Saturday…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Death of Ryder. The Assault Theory Discredited. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 2

It was telegraphed to the MINER last evening that a lad of 17, named Joseph Ryder, residing with his parents at Waterloo, had died through…

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Death of an Old Bendigonian. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. Cooke, an old resident of Bendigo…

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