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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Extraordinary Tragedy in Melbourne. Mysterious Death of Two Wellknown Men. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1902 · page 2

An extraordinary tragedy occurred in the city last night; so far it is mere conjecture whether it is a case of double suicide, or two oases of…

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Death of Mr. M'intyre, M.L.A. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 May 1902 · page 2

Mr. W. D. M'Intyre, member of the Legislative Assembly for Inverell, organiser of the new Country party in the House, died yesterday…

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Death of Mr. G. Godshaw

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 1

MANY Broken Hillites will regret to hear of the death of Mr. George Godshaw, of the Australian Club Hotel and a well-known citizen,…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Messages.] Admiral Sampson. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 2

Rear-Admiral William Thomas Sampson, of the United States Navy, who commanded the North Atlantic squadron during the war with Spain,…

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Death of a King

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 3

ACHILLES I., King of Patagonia and Araucania, recently died in Paris. He was otherwise known as Gustave Achille Laviarde. He succeeded his…

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Death of Hon. A. L. Tucker. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 1

The Hon. Albert Lee Tucker, of Melbourne, died to-day, aged 59 years. Mr. Tucker, who entered politics in…

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Death of Mr. W. J. Baker

Western Grazier · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 2

A general feeling a go[?] was [?] last W. [?] evening Z. when it [?] they Mr. W. J. Hiker, late [?] of the…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1902 · page 2

Captain Machell, one of the best-known of English sportsmen, is dead, aged 65…

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Death of the Rev. W. J. Dowson

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

THE Rev. W. J. Dowson died yesterday morning at an early hour at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Kerr, Brazill-street, North Broken Hill…

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Death of Mr. J. A. Johnson. Mr. James Angas Johnson, a grand

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 3

son of the late George Fife Angas, was found dead in bed at his residence, Prospect (S. A.) yesterday morning. Heart disease was the cause…

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An Old Sensation Revived. The Death of J. Hoogklimmer. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 1

John Hoogklimmer, the man who was found suffocated by gas at South Melbourne, has been identified as the man who in 1886 created a great…

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Death of Mr, W. H. Traill. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Traill, one of best-known journalists in New South Wales and Queensland, died yesterday of heart disease, after a long illness…

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Death of Benjamin-Constant. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 2

The death is announced of Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant, the famons French painter, aged 57 years. M. Constant first exhibited…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sudden Death of a Marine Surveyor. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 4

Captain Laidman, chief marine surveyor under the Sydney Underwriters' Association, was on board the barque Loch Breden yesterday,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sudden Death of a Marine Surveyor. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 4

Captain Laidman, chief marine surveyor under the Sydney Underwriters' Association, was on board the barque Loch Breden yesterday,…

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Obituary. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 1

Mr. W. Oswald, a well known London banker, died yesterday. The death of Joseph Tangye, engineer, of the firm of Tangye's,…

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A Soldier's Funeral. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 2

The late Trooper Cooper, who returned to Sydney by the Aurania and died in the hospital of enteric fever, was buried in the Waverley…

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Obituary. [By Telegraph.] The Venerable Dean Cowper. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 2

Dean Cowper, Vicar-General and Dean of Sydney, who had long been ill, died on Saturday at midnight. Deceased was born in Sydney on…

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Death of Mr. W. V. Smith. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 June 1902 · page 1

Mr. W. Villeneuve Smith, solicitor, died to-day from the effects of being run over by a tramcar on Sunday week…

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Death of Archdeacon Russell. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 4

Arehdaecon Russell, the oldest Roman Catholic priest in the State, died at Glonelg to-day. He had been connected with the diocese since 1858,…

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