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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1908

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Death of a Well-known Bookmaker. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. James Hooper, the well-known bookmaker, died suddenly yesterday morning. He had been ill for some time, but it was not expected that his…

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Death of a Legislator. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 4

Mr. George H. Bennett, M.L.A. who for many years past has represented Fitzroy in the State Parliament, died yesterday. The Assembly…

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Death of Ex-legislative Councillor. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 8

Mr. Thomas Brunton, miller, exM.L.C., died at Ascot Vale yesterday, at the age of 77…

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Death of Sir George Turner's Son. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 8

Mr. George Turner, solicitor, son of Sir George Turner, ex-Federal Treasurer, who was terribly injured at the Flinder-street Railway Station on…

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Tragic Death of Two Young Men. Accidentally Suffocated by Their Mother. Adeladie

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 4

Patrick, aged 18. and Leo, aged 11 sons of P. O'Loughlin, a railway ga[?]g er, living at Cahowic were accidentally s[?]ffocated last night. The room in…

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Heat in the Red Sea. Several Casualties. Death of a Fireman. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 4

Each inward bound mailboat calling at Fremantle brings news of the virulence of the heat prevailing in the Red Sea at the present time. In several…

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Death of the Hon. Nathaniel Levi. a Well-known Victorian Citizen. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 8

The death occurred to-day at his residenco, St. Kilda, of the Hon. Nathaniel Levi, for some years a member of the Victorian Legislative Council…

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Death of a Riele Shot. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Kendall, a noted rifle shot, died at Singleton, at the age of 61…

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Death of a Veteran Sea Captain. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 2

Captain Joy, commodore of Howard Smith and Company's steamship Seet, died yesterday at Aunandale. Captain Joy had been associated with the…

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Death of Husband and Wife. An Inquiry Held. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 4

At the inquiry to-day concerning the death of Louis Rouback (40), a waiter and his wife, the evidence slowed that the husband had taken…

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Horse-trainer's Funeral

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 8

The funeral of an old Broken Hill recing idtnity, familiarly known as "Mick" Gough, took place this afternoon, when there was a large…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 2.30 p.m. General Cable News. Death of Professor Collins. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 4

The death is announced in his 61st year, of Professor John Churton Collins, M.A., Professor of English Literature at Birmingham University…

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Death of Mr. W. C. MARSHALL. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 4

Walter Cranford Marshall ([?]), exhon, treasurer of the Highland Society of New South Wales, died yesterday…

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An Albany Incident. Fatality on Board a Collier. a Ceremonious Funeral. Local and State Sympathy. Albany

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 4

A saman named J. J,.Coughlan, 25 years of age, who was working in the hold of the collier Kildale, at Albany on September 14, was struck by two…

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Death of a Goulburn Resident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

Mr. A. B. Chisholm, a well-known Goulburn resident, died to-day, aged 66…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Davies. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. Davies (general manager and chairman of directors of the Australian Mortgage, Lund and Finance Co.) died suddenly yesterday…

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Queensland National Bank. Death of a London Director. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 4

A cablegram has been received by the Queesland National Bank, Brisbane, notifying the sudden death of Mr. Robert Stuart, a London director…

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An Old Man's Death. Result of a Burning Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 2

An old man named Kerin Hunt died in the Hospital last night. On August 29 Hunt, who lived in a ca[?]vas humpy on the Brisbane Blocks lease, was…

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Death of Famous Violinist. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 4

The death of Sarasati, the famous violinst, occurred suddenly yesterday at Biarritz (France) from internal hemorrhage…

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Sudden Death of a Bootmaker. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 8

Harry Rudwick, a bootmaker at Moree, died suddenly yesterday. He had been drinking heavily…

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