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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

268 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 14

Extraordinary Death of a Miser. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 December 1897 · page 2

An extraordinary discovery was made by a baker's carter at Thistleth waite-street, South Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon. He found the…

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Death of Mr. M'pherson. Passed Away this Morning. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 December 1897 · page 2

Mr. M'Pherson, leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party, died this morning. The death of the leader of the South…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

The death is annoonced of Mr. John Loughborough Pearson, R.A., the well known ecclesiastical architect. He was architect of the Lincoln, Truro,…

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The Late Mr. M'pherson. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

An autopsy made by Drs. Hynes and Ramsay Smith showed that the death of Mr. J. A. M'Pherson was due to a cancerous tumor in the stomach…

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Death of a Labor Leader. Adelaide

Western Grazier · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 2

J. A. MacPherson, leader of the South Australian Labor Party, died yesterday…

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Death of an Old Colonist. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 2

Hugh Taylor, one of the oldest residents of Parramatta, and for many years a members of Parliament. died suddenly yesterday of paralysis of the…

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Death of Mr. F. May. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 4

Mr. Fred. May, of the firm of May Bros, engineers and machinists, of Gawler, died suddenly this morning at the Semaphore…

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The Late Mr. M'pherson. a Fund in Aid of the Family Started. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr. J. A. M'Pherson, M.P., took place yesterdsy afternoon. It was very largely attended, the procession including 2000…

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Death of Mr. F. May. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 December 1897 · page 1

Mr. Fred, May, of the firm of May Bros, engineers and machinists, of Gawler, died suddenly this morning at the Semaphore…

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The Late Mr. F. May

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 2

THE Register's Gawler correspondent, writing of Mr. F. May, of May Bros., who has died suddenly at Largs Bay, says:— He was a mechanical genius, and the high…

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Death of Daudet. The French Dickens. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 2

The death is announced of Alphonse Daudet, the great French novelist, at the age of 57. He was seized with an attack of syncope while dining, and died shortly…

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Death of Mr. A. Lyell. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 4

Mr. Andrew [?]ell, a well-known city man, and senior partner in the firm of Lyell and Butler, accountants and trade assignees, died this morning, He was 61 years of age, and…

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Death of Mr. A. Lyell. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 December 1897 · page 1

Mr. Andrew Syell, a well-known city man, and senior partner in the firm of Lyell and Butler, accountants and trade assignees, died this morning. He was 61 years of age, and…

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Death of Sir F. Lockwood. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 4

The death is announced of Sir Francis Lockwood, Q.C., M.P. for York. Sir Francis Lockwood, Q C., was born in…

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Death of Mrs. W. Newton

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 4

MR. E. M'LAUGHLIN, of the Exchange Hotel, received a wire announcing the death, at Menzies, W. A., of Mrs. Newton, wife of the late Mr. W. Newton, well…

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Death of William Gay. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 December 1897 · page 4

Mr. William Gay, the graceful Australian poet, whose sonnets are recognised as the finest things of the kind written in this hemisphere, has died at Bendigo of…

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Strange Death of a Child. The Inquiry. Sensational Evidence

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 December 1897 · page 8

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was commenced at the courthouse this morning by Mr. Makinson, P.M., into the death of Herbert William Morcom, who died under the seeming…

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Strange Death of a Child. Inquiry Adjourned till To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 December 1897 · page 8

THE magisterial inquiry into the death of the child Herbert William Morcom under strange circumstances, at North Broken Hill, was continued at the courthouse this…

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Strange Death of a Child. Conclusion of the Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 4

THE INquest into the strange death of the child Herbert William Morcom, at North Broken Hill, on the 17th instant was continued this afternoon. The following…

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Strange Death of a Child. The Evidence at the Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 2

THE following is the evidence (additional to that published in the Second Edition yesterday) taken at the magisterial inquiry into the death of the child Herbert William…

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