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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

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Strange Death of a Woodcarter

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 4

THE coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J. P.) held a magisterial inquiry at the Alma Hotel, South Broken Hill, this afternoon into the death of Oscar Olsen, whose dead body was found on…

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The Boer War. Fighting at Colesberg. the Town Reoccupied. Australians Engaged. Gallant Defence by Scouts. Headgear of the Australians. Death of the First Wounded Australian. [Reuter's Messages.] in Northern Cape Colony. Night Advance on Colesberg. Boers Put to Flight. Town Reoccupied by the British. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 2

Major-General French, commanding a section of the British troops in northern Cape Colony, near Na[?]uwpoort, made a rapid nocturnal advance…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

Mr. Francis Schnadhorst, for many years the chief organiser and adviser of the Liberal party in Great Britain, is dead, aged 54 years. He was secretary…

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Death of Mr. J. V. F. Fitzgerald. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. John Foster Vesey Fitzgerald, formerly Colonial Secretary of Victoria, aged 81 years…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

Mr. Henry Tracey Coxwell, a well-known professional and scientific aeronaut, is dead, aged 81 years…

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The Latest. Shooting of Traitors. the Death of General Wauchope. London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

The German Red Cross Association has officially repudiated the so-called ambulance detachment taken on board the steamer Herzog…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Grannell. White Cliffs

Western Grazier · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 2

The 10th of January witnessed the decease of Thomas Grannell, president of the Workingman's Club, and formerly overseer of the English Company's…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 2

The death is announced of Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, the third Earl of Manvers, aged 75 years. Deceased for eight years sat as member of…

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Death of an Ex-fireman

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 8

ALFRED EDWARD ELLIOTT, a member of "the old brigade" of firemen, died in the Hospital on Wednesday night from pneumonia and was interred to-day in the General…

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Death of John Ruskin. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 2

John Ruskin, the great art critic and artist, died yesterday at Brantwood, Coniston, aged 81 years. For several years he had lived in tranquil retirement,…

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Death of the Duke of Teck. London, Jan. 22

Western Grazier · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 3

The Duke of Tock is dead…

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The Death of Mr. J. C. FRASER. Supposed Case of Somnambulism. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 4

THE coroner, Mr. T. Hall, J.P., held an inquest at the Courthouse this afternoon into the death of John Cameron Fraser, who sustained fatel injuries by failing over the…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

The death is announced of Professor David Edward Hughes, F.R.S., inventor of the Hughes' printing telegraph instrument, in use generally on the…

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Salvation Army Funeral

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 January 1900 · page 2

THE unfortunate man Robert Lilley, who was fatally injured in Block 12 (Proprietary) on Thursday, was yesterday accorded a full Salvation Army funeral. Deceased had been…

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Funeral of Trooper Meehan. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 2

Trooper Meehan, of the N. S. W. Contingent, will be buried in Adelaide this afternoon. Mrs. Meehan having consented that he be buried with military honors, a military…

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The Philippine War. Death Roll of the American Army

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 3

THE Manila Times says:—"A recapitulation of the casualties in actions and deaths in the regular and volunteer armies between May 1, 1898, and June 30, 1899, contained in the…

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Death of a Pioneer

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

NEWS has been received from Geralton (W. A.) of the death on Sunday last of Mr. George Rowe, one of the Barrier's best-known pioneers and a most energetic worker in…

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Death of a South Australian Pioneer

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 4

THE Mayor (Alderman Dunstan) to-day received a wire from Willunga, S. A., notifying him of the death of Mr. Thomas Martin, J.P., which occurred there at an early hour…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. Martin, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company of New Zealand, Sydney, and…

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The Death of Mr. Lambie. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2

Deep regret is felt in Melbourne at the death of Mr. W. J. Lambie, the Age war correspondent, especially amongst journalists. Mr. Lumbie was a very popular, energetic, and…

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