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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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The Murdered Empress Attendants at the Funeral. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 2

H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge (representing Queen Victoria), the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the Grand Duke Alexis, and the Prince of…

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Death of M. Poussard

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

M. HORACE POUSSARD, the well-known French violinist, as already wired to the MINER, died in Sydney early in the week from hemorrhage of the brain. The deceased…

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Death of Sir George Grey. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 September 1898 · page 2

Sir George Grey, statesman and democrat, died yesterday, in his 86th year. Death was the result of congestion of the brain, accompanied…

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Death of Sir George Grey. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 September 1898 · page 2

Queen Victoria has instructed Mr. Joseph. Chamberlain (Secretary of State for the Colonies) to convey to the relatives of the late Sir George…

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Obituary. Sir George Grey. London, Sept. 21

Western Grazier · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

Sir George Grey died in England on Monday last from congestion of the brain and slight paralysis. The Times, in referring to the…

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The Far East. Strange Doings in China. A Regency Appointed. Reported Death of the Emperor [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

On Tuesday the Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman, discussed with the Emperor of China the question of the proposed reforms in the…

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2nd Editi0n Miner Office, [?] p.m. Funeral of Sir George Grey. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 September 1898 · page 4

The remains of Sir George Grey were interred in St. Paul's to-day. The funeral was largely attended. The Earl of Selborne was present…

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Death of a Parnellite. London, Sept. 24

Western Grazier · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 2

William Redmond, a Parnellite, is dead. The leading St. Petersburg press…

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Death of Mr S. A. Joseph. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 2

Mr S. A. Joseph, one of the most prominent commercial men in the city, died yesterday; aged 74 years…

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Death of Mr A. W. Paxton a Case of Suicide. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 2

The body of a man, supposed to be that of a Mr Paxton, in found in the scrub near Bondi, by a lad named O'Brien, yesterday afternoon…

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Death of Mr. T. J. BYRNES. Premier of Queensland. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 2

Mr. T. J. Brynes, the Premier of Queensland, who has been for the past week passing through a critical illness, died at 11.50 last night…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday— Funeral of Sir George Grey. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 1

The remains of Sir George Grey were inferred in St. Paul's to-day. The funeral was largely attended. The Earl of Selborne was present…

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Obituary. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 September 1898 · page 4

Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, P.C., M.P., of Liverpool, England, who has taken a great active interest in matters pertaining to the working…

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The Late Mr. T. J. BRYNES. Eulogistic References. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 September 1898 · page 2

When the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon, nearly every member was in his place, assembled to hear the formal announce ment of the death of the head of the…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Death of Mr. T. J. BYRNES. Eulogies of Deceased. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 September 1898 · page 4

Brisbane is in mourning to-day over the death of the Premier. A cable of sympathy was received to-day from Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of…

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The Late Mr. T. J. BYRNES. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 2

The funeral of the late Premier (Mr. T. J Byrnes) took place yesterday afternoon. It was an impressive function; the whole city was in mourning…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Messages.] The Queen of Denmark. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 2

Queen Louise of Denmark, mother of the Princess of Wales, died this morning, after an illness extending over several months…

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Death of the Queensland Premier Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 3

The Queensland Premier (Mr. J. Byrnes) died at midnight on WEdnesday, at which time his heart suddenly failed…

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A Royal Funeral. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 2

The Czar of Russia will proceed to Copenhagen to attend the funeral of the late Queen of Denmark…

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Death of Mr. E. J. Gibson

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 1

ONE of the oldest Broken Hill identities passed away this morning in the person of Mr. E. J. Gibson, accountant at the South mine. The deceased was for many years a…

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