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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Obituary. [Reuter's Messages.] King of Saxony. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 2

The death is announced of Albert, King of Saxony, in Prussia. King Albert was 74 years of age, and had reigned since 1873. The throne…

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The Death of Mr. W. Rook

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 1

No details of the fatal accident to Mr. W. Rook have yet been received. Deceaaed was at different times licensee of the Tydvil, Wentworth,…

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Death of Bishop Cowie. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 June 1902 · page 4

Bishop Cowie, who the other day resigned his positions as Bishop of Auckland and Primate of New Zealand, died yesterday. Aneurism of…

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Death of Bishop Cowie. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 1

Bishop Cowie, who the other day resigned his positions as Bishop of Auckland and Primate of New Zealand, died yesterday. Aneurism of…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Death of an Australian. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 2

Private H. E. Looker of New South Wales, a member of the Commonwealth unit, has died at Newcastle of peritonitis…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Obituary. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 4

The Right Hon. William Lidderdale, P.C., a director of the Bank of England, governor of the bank for some years, and a commissioner of the…

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The Death of Mr. W. Rook

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 2

The death of Mr. William Book, landlord ot the East Adelaide Hotel, who was found apparently dead on the stairs of his house, was the subject of…

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Death of Brunton Stephens. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 3

Mr. J. Brunton Stephens, the post, is dead. The news of the death of Mr. Stephens comes as a surprise; there…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Obituary. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 1

The Right Hon. William Lidderdale, P.C., a director of the Bank of England, governor of the bank for some years, and a commissioner of the…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Death of Lord Arundell. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 July 1902 · page 4

The death is announced of Lord Arundell of Wardour (John Francis Arundell), aged 71 years. Deceased, who was a leading Roman Catholic,…

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Death of a Sydney Solicitor. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Rofe, a well-known Sydney solicitor and a prominent Freemason, died yesterday. He was a member of the firm of Rofe and…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Death of Lord Arundell. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 4

The death is announced of Lord Arundell of Wardour (John Francis Arundell, aged 71 years. Deceased, who was a leading Roman Catholic,…

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A Bendigo Electrocution. Death of a Young Man. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 1

A frightful and extraordinary fatality occurred early this morning at Bendigo. About 2 o'clock the electric light i…

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Brompton Park Tragedy. Death of Mrs. Priddle. Her Husband Committed for Murder. [By Telegraph.]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 1

Mrs. Rosina Priddle, of Brompton Park, who was murderously assaulted by her husband, James Priddle, on the evening of July 3, died in the…

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Death of an Old-age Pensioner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 1

THE coroner (Mr. T. Hall) held a magisterial inquiry this afternoon into the death of James Paper, 65, an oldage pensioner, which occurred suddenly…

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Sudden Death of Mr. John Elsdon

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 2

GENERAL. regret was expressed in town this morning when it became known that Mr. John Elsdon, manager of the Gasworks, had been found dead in bed…

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Death of a Magistrate. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 2

Mr. Dobbin, the well-known Melbourne police magistrate, died on Saturday evening of apoplexy. He had been 50 years in the service…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 1

The death is announced of the Sultan of Zanzibar (Hamid bin Muhamad bin Said, G.C S.I.), who succeeded to the throne in August,…

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The Late Mr. Trembath

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 3

OUR Pinnacles correspondent writes: —" Another old and respected resident of the Pinnacles died very suddenly, on Friday, at 4.15 p.m., in the person…

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Death of a Prisoner. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon into the death of a stockade prisoner, Leo Alvarez. The evidence showed that Alvarez…

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