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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Mysterious Death of a Woman. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 4

The body of Mrs. Davis, a widow, has been found in a lagoon of the Namoi River, with a tightly-tied handkerchief round the neck. Fears…

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Mysterious Death of a Woman. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 1

The body of Mrs. Davis, a widow, has been found in a lagoon of the Namoi River, with a tightly-tied handkerchief round the neck. Fears…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. James Anderson, the well-known shipowner…

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Sad Death of Three Children. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

Three children named Kendall, who were last in the bush Boar Wagga last Saturday, have been discovered lying face downwards about a mile and a…

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Strange Death of a Hindoo. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

A Hindoo named Boohoo, residing at Murwillumbah, tripped on a small stone and fell. His injuries were so serious that he died in great agony a few hours…

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Death of Dean Kennedy. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

Dean Kennedy, of the Roman Catholic Church, died at his residence, North Adelaide, this morning. The Dean was much beloved by all denominations and by members…

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Mysterious Death of a Woman. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 September 1897 · page 2

The body of an unknown female has been found in an almost inaccessible spot near the head of the falls at Hillgrove. One wrist was broken…

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Death of an Old Colonist. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 September 1897 · page 4

Robert Stuckey, one of the oldest colonists, died this morning after a lingering illness extending over many months. For aboot 30 years he was a…

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The Death of a Chinaman

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 4

AN inquest was held at the Brewers' Arms Hotel to-day, before the deputycoroner, Mr. T. Hall, into the death of the Chinaman, Ah Fat, who was…

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Death of an Old Colonist. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 1

Robert Stuckey, one of the oldest colonists, died this morning after a lingering illness extending over many months. For about 30 years he was a…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Death of an Injured Jockey. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 2

Ernest Wilson, the jockey who was injured by a fall in the hurdle race at Wagga on Saturday, is dead…

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The Death of a Chinaman

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 1

AN inquest was held at the Brewers' Arma Hotel to-day, before the deputycoroner, Mr. T. Hall, into the death of the Chinaman, Ah Fat, who was…

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Peculiar Death of an Infant. a Nursegirl Charged with Administering Laudanum. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 2

A peculiar charge of causing the death of an infant has been brought at Colac against a nursegirl named Gertrude Brown. It is alleged that she…

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Horrible Cruelty by Indians. Funeral of a Mojave Chief

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 September 1897 · page 3

A WAY down on the sunbaked banks of the lazy, muddy Colorado River, below the railroad town of Needles, on the edge of the fearful Colorado desert, where the mercury…

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Death of Sir William Windeyer. [Reuter's Message] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 2

Sir William Windeyer died on the 11th instant at Bologne suddenly of heart disease…

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Death of Judge Windeyer. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 3

A cable has just been received announcing the death of Judge Windeyer from heart paralysis. LATER…

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Suspicious Death of a Clergyman. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 2

The Rev. Aubrey Price, of Clapham, has died from the effects of a revolver wound which he stated was inflicted on him by burglars. The police,…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Death of Judge Windever

Western Grazier · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 3

The death of Judge Windoyer made a great sonsstion. The Bench and the Bar expressed themselves in the usual terms of sympathy and appreciation. But the…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, [?] Reported Death of Slavin. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 4

It is reported that Frank Slavin, the Australian pugilist, has died on the Klondyke rush, in North-west Canada…

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The Strange Death of a Clergyman. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 4

At the inquest on the death of the Rev. Aubrey Price at Clapham, which was caused by a wound said to have been inflicted by burglars, the jury returned an open verdict…

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