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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

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The Late Mr. W. J. Lambie. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2

In the Assembly yesterday afternoon the Premier (Mr. M'Lean) referred regretfully to the death of Mr. W. J. Lambie, the Age correspondent, who, he said, was known to…

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Death of Colonel Eagar. London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1900 · page 2

Colonel Eagar, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Stormberg, and whose leg was amputated in a desire to save his life, has succnmbed to his wounds at…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Cowen, coal owner, manager, and proprietor of the Newcastle Chronicle, one of the most important provincial papers in England, is dead,…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— the Death of Mr. Judell. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 1

In connection with the death of M. W. Judell, at Petersburg, and the claim of the A. M. P. Society, in which deceased was insnred for £8000, for a fresh inquest to…

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[By Telegraph.] Death of a New Zealander. Acckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 2

A private cable received here reports the death of Trooper J. Paterson, one of the New Zealand Contingent, of fever…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Strange Death of a Child. SYDNEY, Monday

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1900 · page 2

Lottie Jules, aged 8 years, residing at Newtown, partook of nomo melon on Saturday afternoon and was seized with cramp in the stomach. lier mother gave her…

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Death of Mr. James Shakes. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 1

Mr. James Shakes, the well-known member of the Arm of Bagot, Shakes, and Lewis, Limited, died this mom in Adelaide after an illness of about a fortnight…

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The Late Mr. James Shakes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 2

MR. JAMES SHAKES, he well known member, of the firm of Bagot, Shakes, and Lewis Limited, whose death was reported by wire from Adelaide on Tuesday, sustained a…

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Death of Mr. Henry Dodds

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 1

MR. HENRY DODDS. chairman of directors of the North mine and one [?] the directors of Block 10, died in Melbourne at noon to day. Deceased, who was well known to many Broken…

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The Late Mr. Lambie. a Courteous Enemy

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Cancron, the correspondent of the West Australian, Perth, in a letter received the other night, says:—"When Mr. W. J. Lambie, the war correspondent, was…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 2

The death is announced of Herr Von Puttkamer, Minister for State for Alsace-Lorraine, in the German Empire…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1900 · page 2

Sir Frederic William Burton is dead, aged 84 years. Deceased was a wellknown artist, specially famous for his water colors. From 1874 to 1894 he…

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The Bubonic Plague. Another Suspicious Case in Adelaide. Death of the Patient. Five Recent Cases. [By Telegraph] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

The suspicious case in the Adelaide Hospital has been declared by the hospital doctors to be a case of plague. The patient, J. R. Grubb, died in the institution on…

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Death of Brigadier-general Woodgate. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 2

Brigadier-General Woodgate, who was severely wounded in the British attack on Spion Kop, north of the Tugela River, in Natal, has died of his…

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The Boer War. No News of Mafeking. Battle Expected Near Maseru. Death of General Woodgate. Preparing for Fight at Kroonstad. Bushmen Go to Rhodesia. a Brother of Lord Beauchamp Killed. [Reuter's Messages.] the Relief of Mafeking. the Report Not Confirmed. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 2

No confirmation, of the news that Mafeking has been relieved has yet been received in London. A recent despatch received by the…

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Obituary. LONDON, Thnrsday

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The death is announced of Comte Vincent de Benedetti, aged 83. [Benedetti, born in Corsica, was one of the famous French diplomatists of a…

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The Death of a Petersburg Man

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

Corporal Noblet, of the South Australian first contingent, tells how Private Smith, of Petersburg, was killed. A party had been out finding the position of the enemy at…

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The Boer War. Sudden Death of General Joubert Result of an Internal Complaint. Kruger Takes Command of the Army. Mafeking Safe on Monday. Operations in the Free State. [Reuter's Messages.] General Joubert Dead. Succumbs to an Internal Complaint. Tribute by Sir George White. Kruger Commands the Boer Forces. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

General Joubert, the Commander-inChief of the Boer forces, died unexpectedly at Pretoria on Tuesday night of an internal complaint…

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Death of General Joubert. Kruger Takes the Command

Western Grazier · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

General Joubert Commander-in-Chief of the Boer Army, died unexpectedly from an internal complaint, on Tuesday night last…

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Death of Archibald Forbes. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 2

Mr. Archibald Forbes, the famous author, journalist, and war correspondent, is dead, aged 62 years. [Archibald Forbes was a Scotchman, the…

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