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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Obituary. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 2

The death is announced of Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Bart., hon. secretary and director of the Imperial Institute, at the age of 76…

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The Late Mr. P. G. Forbes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 2

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., held a magisterial inquiry at Stephens Creek yesterday into the death of Peter Grassick Forbes, who died as the…

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Death of Archdeacon Ross. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tu [?]y Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 1

The Venerable Archdeacon [?] very old member of the Church of England in New South Wale[?], died to-day at Armidale after a brief…

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The Death of a Broken Hill Trooper

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 3

SERG[?]ANT HOGG, who left Sydney as a lance corporal with the Third Commonwealth Horse in March last and saw brief service in South Africa just…

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Death of A. R. M. Anderson

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 2

ONE of the most popular and esteemed men in Broken Hill, Mr. Alexander R. Munro Anderson, died last hight shortly before 12 o'clock,…

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The Late Mr. Anderson

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 2

THE universal respect in which the memory of the late Mr. Alexander M. Anderson was held was evidenced yesterday. At the Royal Hotel, to…

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Death of a Queen. Marie Henriette of Belgium. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 2

Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians, died suddenly last night whilst at dinner. Syncope was the cause of death…

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Death of a Pioneer

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 2

THERE died lately in the West one who, in Broken Hill's early day[?], was distinctly its "leading citizen," and the man who of all men took the most…

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Funeral of the Belgian Queen, LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 2

The remains of the late Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium were interred yesterday at L[?]eken, close to Br[?]ssels. Immense crowds…

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Death of Admiral Watson. [Rueter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 September 1902 · page 2

The death is annonnced of RearAdmiral Burges Watson, C.V.O., who has been in command of the Mediterranean v Squadron since last…

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Death of a W. A. Labor Man. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 2

Mr. Reside, one of the Labor members for Kalgoorlie, died suddenly on Sunday night. The Minister for Mines has departed for…

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Death of Zola. London, Sept. 2[?]

Western Grazier · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 2

Zola, the great French author, deed. Emil Zola, the grey French and died from [?] due to a…

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Death of Mr. J. J. Christmas

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 2

ANOTHER old Barrierite died a few days ago in the West—Mr. J. J. Christmas. For two or three years past he had been living in Perth, but…

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H. Zola's Funeral. Honor to the Dead. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2

The funeral of M. Zola, the French novelist, took place yesterday. An enormous respectful crowd assembled in the streets of Paris…

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Death of Mr. John Kensit. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 1

Mr. John Kennt, leader of the movement against ritualism in the Church of England, has died in the Liverpool Infirmary of double…

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Sudden Death of a Traveller. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 1

John Barton, a well-known commercial traveller, representing Mr. Shorney, ironmonger, of Port Adelaide, while walking to the train at…

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The Late Mr. Kensit. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 October 1902 · page 2

The remains of the late Mr. John Kensit were interred at Hampstead yesterday. Thousands of people lined the route to the cemetery…

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Death of a Law Officer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

Mr. H. F. Barton, Master in Equity, an old officer of the New South Wales Supreme Court, died yesterday of pneumonia…

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Death of a Pastoralist. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 1

William Briggs Sells, a prominent South Australian pastoralist, died at Glenelg this morning, after a short illness. Deceased had lived for half a…

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Death of a Racehorse. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 1

The steeplechaser Royalty, by Pawnbroker—Midge, dropped dead yesterday after a gallop. A post mortem examination proved that death was…

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