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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1905

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The Late Mr. A. M. Wilson

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 October 1905 · page 4

The news of the death of Mr. A. M. Wilson, sad though it be, hardly came as a surprise to his many friends in Broken Hill. The disease from which…

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Death of Mr. Campbell

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 2

The coroner (Mr. T. Hall) held a magisterial inquiry at the Courthouse this morning into the death of Hector Douglas…

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Sir Henry Irving's Funeral. a Wreath from the Queen. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 2

The remains of Sir Henry Irving were buried in Westminster Abbey to-day. A splndid choral service was held in the Abbey, in the…

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Death of a Journalist

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 3

The following is a short sketch of the career of Mr.Philip Mennell,editor of the "British Australian," whose death was cabled a few days since:—…

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Obituary. [By Telegraph.] Mr.Alfred Saunders. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. Alfred Saunders, an ex-member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and a journalist,aged…

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The Colliery Explosion. Funeral of the Victims. Condition of the Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

The victims of the explosion in the Stanford-Merthyr colliery, near Maitland,were buried yesterday afternoon in the local…

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Death of Mrs. Wortley. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 4

Mrs. Wortley, the victim of, the Glenelg1 shooting affair yesterday, died last evening. An inquest on the body will be held to-day…

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The Funeral

Western Grazier · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 2

During the day masses were said at the Roman Catholic Church where the body was placed, and at 4 o'clock, after a short ceremony, the funeral…

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Death of Mother Mary Paul

Western Grazier · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon passed away from among of the soul of Mother Mary Paul Fielding, of the Convent of Mercy, Wilcannia She had been…

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Death of T. Hope Murray

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 1

Mr. Thomas Hope Marray, a wellknown pastoralist and sporting man in South Australia, and cousin of Mr. D. D. Murray, of Broken Hill, died from…

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Death of Mr. T. Hope Murray

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 2

In the death of Mr. T. Hope Murray. which occurred yesterday at Nairne, South Australia, the State has lost one of its most, successful pastoralists and…

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TELEGRAMS Death of Lady [?] Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 2

Lady Rawson, with of Sir Harry Rawson, the Governor of New South Wales, died in the Red Son on the 3rd inst., and was buried at son. The…

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Death of a Child

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 4

A child named James Roy Collins (3) died last, night in its sleep at the home of its mother in Morgan-lane. The child had been paralysed since birth,…

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TELEGRAMS DEath of R. B. Kier[?] Succum[?] to Appendicitis. Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 3

B. R. [?]ieran, the champion swimmer, died at about 11 o'clock last Friday night at Brisbane. Kieran left Sydney on November 29 for…

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