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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

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Serious Charge Against a Woman. Contributing to the Death of her Child. Mrs. Clarke Committed for Trial

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

SHORTLY after 12 o'clock on the night of June 15 a woman named Mary Ann Clarke was arrested on a charge of drunkenness. She bad an infant in her arms, which was…

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Death of Sir Thomas M'illwraith. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 1

A cable has been received in Sydney stating that Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith, ex-Premier of Queensland, died yerterday in London. Decessed was 65 years of age. Born in…

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

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 4

Richard Daft, the one-time famous Nottingham cricketer, is dead. He was 65 years of age…

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Death of W. O. Hodgkinson. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 3

Mr. W. O. Hodgkinson, editor of the Government Mining Journal, is dead…

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The Gilgandra Blacks. Death of Mrs. Mawbey. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 4

Mrs. Mawbey, one of the first victims of the Gilgandra black, died to-day. The doctor in attendance also holds out but faint hopes of Miss Elsie Clark's recovery…

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The Tasmanian Shooting. Death of Manson. [By Telegraph.] Launcheston

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 2

The young man Manson, one of the victims of the peculiar shooting affair near here, is dead. In his dying depositions he denied giving Ada Kip Yen (who is under arrest)…

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Death of the Racehorse Insult. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 4

The well-known hurdle racer Insult dropped dead at Caulfield this morning, whilst exercising, of heart disease…

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Death of the Queen's Second Son. Duke of Edinburgh Dies Suddenly. Faralysis of the Heart. [Reuter's Messge.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh died suddenly last night at Rosenau Castle, of paralysis of the heart…

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The Death of Alfred Josephs. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Josephs, the well-known Victorian bookmaker, died suddenly yesterday of apoplexy. He died at the Hotel Cecil, where he was staying…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Alfred Joseph. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 4

A cable received from London to-day announced the sudden death of Mr. Alfred Joseph, the well-known Victorian bookmaker…

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Death of Mr. P. B. Walker. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. P. B. Walker, C.E., Engineer-in-Chlef of the Electric Telegraph Department, died yesterday. Mr. Walker succeeded the late Colonol Cracknell as head of the telegraphic…

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The Death of Jeremiah Melville

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 2

IN the inquest on the body of Je[?]eiah Melville yesterday evening, the jury, after a redirement of over half an hour, returned a verdict that deceased died from pneumonia,…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 2

Herr Leibknccht, the Gorman socialist leader, is dead…

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The Death of Jeremiah Melville. Smith Re-arrested

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 August 1900 · page 2

WILLIAM SMITH, who fought with Jeremiah Melville at the Silver King Hotel on Sunday morning last, and who was discharged at the conclusion of the inquest on Melville which…

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The Funeral of a King. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

The funeral of King Humbert at Rome yesterday was a wonderfully impressive demonstration of national sorrow. Hundreds of thousands of…

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The Death of Jeremiah Melville. Smith Committed for Trial

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 4

WILLIAM SMITH was charged before Mr. Maitland, P.M., in the Police Court this afternoon, with the manslaughter of Jeremiah Melville at Broken Hill on July 29. Mr. A…

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Death of an Adelaide Dentist. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 1

Mr. Thomas Tattersall, a well-known Adelaide dentist, was found dead in his surgery this morning. The cause of death was mental epilepsy…

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The Central Accident. Death of W. E. Foulstone

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 August 1900 · page 4

WILLIAM E. FOULSTONE, one of the men injured in the explosion in the Central mine on Tuesday afternoon, died in the Hospital during last night. An inquest on the body was…

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Death of the Lord Chief Justice. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 August 1900 · page 2

Lord Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, has died sudddenly. He succumbed while undergoing a surgical operation. He was 68 years of…

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Herr Liebk[?]echt's Funeral. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

The funeral of Herr Liebknecht, the socialist, took place in Berlin yesterday. Over 100,000 persons joined in the funeral procession…

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