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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Obituary. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 1

The death is announced of the Right Rev. William Walsham How, D.D., Bishop of Wakefield…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 4

The death is announced of Sir Isaac Holden, formerly member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, aged 90…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 1

The death is announced of Sir Isaac Holden, formerly member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, aged 90…

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The Death of a Pioneer. a Hard World for an Old Man

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 4

THERE died in the Hospital at 2 o'clock this morning the man whom the MINER believes to have been up to that moment the oldest resident pioneer of…

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Death of Sir William Jervois. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1897 · page 2

Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Drummond. Jervois, exGovernor of South Australia and New Zealand, has died as the result…

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Peculiar Death of a Doctor. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1897 · page 4

Dr. James Fullarton, of North Carlton, visited a patient last night and returned home. He partook of supper and went to bed, but was…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Death of a Footballer. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1897 · page 3

Dinnie M'Kay, a South Melbourne footballer, who was in fine form this season, died last night in the hospital from an internal complaint…

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The Death of a Pioneer. a Hard World for an Old Man

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1897 · page 1

THERE died in the Hospital at 2 o'clock this morning the man whom the MINER believes to have been up to that moment the oldest resident pioneer of…

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Death of Sir Charles Lilley. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday Afternoon. Sir Charles Lilley, Q.C., ex-Chief Justice and Premier, who has been lingering between life and death for some time, died early…

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General Cable News. The Death of Sir W. F. D. Jervois. LONDON, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 2

Sir W. F. D Jervois, whose death was reported this morning as the result of an accident, was, it transpires,…

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Death of Sir Charles Lilley Brisbane

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

Sir. Charles Lilley died early this morning…

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Late Cable News. British and Foreign. Death of Sir William Jervios. London, August 18

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

Sir William Jervois has died from the effects of injuries received through a carriage accident…

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Sir William Jervois' Funeral. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 August 1897 · page 2

The funeral of the late Sir W. F. D. Jervois, ex-Governor of South Australia and New Zealand, took place on Saturday. Mr. Thomas Playford…

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Death of Mr. Jennings

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 4

MR. WILLIAM, EDWARD JENNINGS, Jun., underground foreman at the Proprietary, who had his skull fractured on Sunday through a fall from his horse at the tramway…

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Obituary. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 2

Henry A. Sheridan, well-known in insurance and financial circles, died at Manly this morning…

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Funeral of Mr Jennings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 4

THE funeral of Mr. W. E. Jennings, jun., late underground foreman of Block 13, Proprietary mine, took place this afternoon. The cortege left the residence of the…

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Death of Mr. Jennings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 1

MR. WILLIAM EDWARD JENNINGS, Jun., underground foreman at the Proprietary, who had his skull fractured on Sunday through a fall from his horse at the tramway…

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Death of Mr. Jennings. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 4

BEFORE the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. Hall) to-day an inquest was held into the death of William Henry Jennings, who died in the Hospital yesterday through a fall from his…

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Funeral of Mr. Jennings

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 1

THE funeral of Mr. W. E. Jennings, jun., late underground foreman, of Block 13, Proprietary mine, took place this afternoon. The cortege left the residence of the…

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Death of Mr. Jennings. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 1

BEFORE the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. Hall) to-day an inquest was held into the death of William Henry Jennings, who died in the Hospital yesterday through a fall trom his…

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