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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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The Late Mr. W. Skinner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

THE high esteem in which the late Mr. W. Skinner was held was shown by the extent of the attendance at the funeral, which took place yesterday…

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Sir Hector Macdonald. Buried at Edinburgh. A Funeral at Dawn. An Inexplicable Stand. (Reuter's Messages] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

A further [?]toh has occurred over the burial of the late Major-General Sir Hector A. Macdonald. The body was brought secretly to…

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Alleged Illegal Operation. The Adelaide Case. Death of Annie Holmes. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

Annie Hol[?], 25 years of age, the victim of the alleged illegal operation, died in the Adelaide Hospital yesterday afternoon of blood poisoning. An…

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Sir Hector Macdonald. His Simple Funeral. No Representative of the Army Present. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

The funeral of Major-General Sir He[?]or Macdonald at Dean's cemetery, Edinburgh, yesterday morning was solemn in its very simpli[?]ty…

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Death of a Line Repairer. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

Barjamin [?] 32 years of age, a railway line repairer, was yesterday evening run over by a train at Narre Warren and was shockingly mutilated…

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Death of a Jockey. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 1

L. Pile, a well-known Adelaide jockey, fell with N[?]otine in the Strathalbyn Hurdle Race on Saturday and sustained concussion of the brain…

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Death of Mr. J. O'connell

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 3

MR JOHN O'CONNELL, who died at W[?]annia on Thursday last, was a very old resident of that place, and was also well and favorably known in…

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Death of a Native King. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

News from Raratouga reports the death of King Ngamaru, the native ruler of the islands…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— Wilcannia Items. Death of Mr. A. Garot. A Racehorse Stolen. [By Telegraph] Wilcannia, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 1

Mr. A. Garot, 80 years of age, a well-known local Freemason, died last night. The late Mr. John O'Conuell's…

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Death of Mr. A. L. [?]

Western Grazier · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

Mr. A. L. [?]arot, who has been [?]invalid for a long time, passed away quietly last Thursday morning at his daughters residence, the Commercial…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the British Ministry. Death of Mr. R. W. Hanbury. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 4

The Right Hon. Robert William Hanbury, P.C. President of the Board of Agriculture in the British Ministry, died to-day…

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Death of Paul Du Chaillu. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

Paul Balloni Da Chaillu, the famous explorer end author, died yesterday, aged 68 years. Deceased, who was the son of an…

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Peculiar Death of a Miner. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

William Mahoney, a miner, was killed under peculiar circumstances at Wiluns, on the East Marchison goldfield. He had been on night shift on the…

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Death of Mr. J. T. Toohey [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 1

A private cable received to-day states that Mr. John Thomas Toohey, M. L C principal in the big brewing firm of Toohey and Co, of Sydney,…

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Accidents and Fatalities, [By Telegraph.] The Death of Thomas Grand, The Inquest. KALGOORLIE, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday into the castle of death of Thomas Grand, who was fatally burnt in his camp on Boulder No. 1 lease on Sunday last…

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Death of a Mine Manager. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1903 · page 2

Captain Rodda, general manager of the Associated Northern Blocks mine, Kalgoorlie, died on Satarday night somewhat suddenly, from an affection…

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Obituary. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

The death it announced, at the age of 61 years, of Sir James Westland, K.C.S.I, who, born in Scotland in 1842, from 1861 played an important…

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Death of M. Gaston Paris

Western Grazier · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 1

The death is announced from G[?]nnes of Mr. Gaston Paris, member of the French Academy and a well known savant. The L[?]e M. Paris had been in very indifferent…

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Our Paris Letter. Death of Vice Admiral Roustan

Western Grazier · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 1

One of the most popular and respected officers of the French Navy, Vice-Admiral Russian, died on Friday night, the 27th of February, at the residence of his…

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Smallpox on a Steamer. Two Cases. Death of One Victim. [By Telegraph.] Wellington, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 2

On the arrival at Lyttelton of the steamer Graoohus from Calcutta, via Melbourne, two cases of smallpox were reported…

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