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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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Death of an Attorney General. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

Advices from Sava, Fiji, record the death of the Hon. Mr. Irvine, A[?]orney-General of Fiji…

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Death of Sir Frederick Sargood. SYDNEY

Western Grazier · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 3

Senator Sir Frederick Sargood, the head of the firm of soft goods m[?]chants, Sargood, Buttler, Nichol and Ewen, died suddenly in New Zealand…

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Death of Mr. James Milson. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1903 · page 4

Mr. James Milson, a native of New South Wales and the oldest resident of North Sydney, died this morning. Deceased, who was 88 years of age,…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages] Death of Bend Or. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1903 · page 4

The famous race[?] Bend Or, which won the [?] for the Duke of [?] minster [?] 1880, dropped dead yesterday whilst exercising. The…

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Death of Mr. James Milson. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 4

Mr. James Milson, a native of New South Wales and the oldest resident of North Sydney, died this morning Deceased, who was 88 years of age,…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Death of Bend Or. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 4

The famous racehorse Bend Or. which won the Derby for the Duke of Westminster in 1880, dropped dead yesterday whil[?] exercising. The…

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Death of an Opal Buyer

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 2

THE death is announced of Mr. S. Rubin, opal buyer, of White Cliffs. He died in the Adelaide Hospital, of typhoid fever. Although ill lately,…

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Death of an Actress. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 2

Miss Maud Latimer, an actress, who visited Australia with Wilson Barrett's Dramatic Company, died on Sunday of influenza…

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Obituary. [Reuter's Messages.] a Great Journalist. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

M. De Blowltz, correspondent of The Times in Paris since 1871, and one of one most influential journalists in the world, died yesterday, aged 71…

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Death of a London Merchant. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 2

Mr. Q[?]intin H[?]gg, a well-known London merchant and founder and president of the Polytechnic Institute, is dead, aged 58 years. Deceased was…

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Death of Mr. J. Callender

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 2

THE sudden death of Mr. James Callender, which occurred at the Grand Hotel this morning, caused a widespread feeling of regret. At…

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Death of Mr. J. CALLENDER. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 1

AN inquest concerning the death of James Callender, which occurred suddenly at the Grand Hotel this morning was held by the coroner (Mr…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Sudden Death of a Miner. ADELAIM

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 2

A miner named George Roberts, of Moonta, was engaged skip-filling from a battling chute at the Paramatta mine and was eating the stone when he…

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

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

The death is announce of Sir George Gabriel S[?]akes, Barb., the eminent mathematician and physicist Decesaed was 84 years of age. He…

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Death of General Prinsloo. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 2

General Prinsloo, one of the Boer leaders who took a prominent part in the early stages of the South African war and was taken prisoner in…

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Tragic Death of a Bridegroom. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 2

Richard Ince, a well-known resident of Ballarat, 72 years of age, yesterday married a young woman and subsequently engaged a room at the…

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Tragic Death of a Bridegroom. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 1

A post-mortem examination of the body of Riobard Ince, 72, who died yesterday evening at the Victoria Coffee Palace a few hours after his…

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The East. Rumored Death of the Empress. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

The Standard's Tientsin correspondent cables that a rumor is current there that the Dowager Empress of China is dead. The report,…

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Death of an Aeronaut. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr, James Glaisher, F.R.A S., F.R.S, the well-known aoronaut and author of "Travels in the Air."…

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Death of an Army Veteran. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 2

The death is announced of Sir John Lintorn Simmons, Field-marshal, at the age of 82. Though for nearly 20 years he has…

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