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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1909

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Death of Sir Frederick Holder. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Succumbed to Cerebral Hemorrhage. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 8

Sir Frederick Holder (Speaker of the House of Representatives) died this afternoon at 20 minutes past 4 the cause of death being cerebral…

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The Late Mr.ernest Nesbit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 5

Mr. Ernest Nesbit, who was killed at Manly on Tuesday last, was wellknown in Broken Hill. Up till about six months ago he rented the dumps…

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The Late Mr. Ernest Nesbitt. a Remarkable Coincidence

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 8

In connection with the death of the late Mr.Ernest Nesbit, reference to which, in addition to other particulars concerning the deceased, is made in…

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A Public Funeral. Proposed by the Government. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 4

The Commonwealth Government has proposed that the late Speaker of the House of Representatives Sir Frederick Holder, shall be accorded a public…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6:30 p.m. Death of Sir Frederick Holder. Breaking the News to His Wife. a Public Funeral. Provided by Federal Government. Eulogistic References to Deceased. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 8

Sir Langdon Bonython, at the request of Mr. Deakin (Prime Minister the Commonwealth), broke the sad news of the fatal illness of Sir…

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Sir Frederick Holder's Death. Telegrams of Condolence. Sent to Lady Holder. Flags Half-mast in Melbourne, Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 7

Telegrams have been received from everywhere condoling with Lady Holder in tho death of her husband (Sir-Frederick Holder)…

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Late Sir Frederick Holder. a State Funeral. Messages of CONDOLENCE.Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 July 1909 · page 4

Complete arrangements havo been made for the rema ina of Sir Frederick Holder, late Speakar of the House of Representatives, being accorded a State…

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Funeral in Torents of Rain. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 2

The funeral of the late Sir Frederick Holder (Speaker of the House of Representatives) took place yesterday in Adelaide in torrents of rain. There…

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Death of John Brunton. the Well-known Scenic Artist

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 4

John Brunton the well-known scenic artist, died suddenly in Sydney on Thursday night last. During the quarter of a century that spans Mr…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Late Sir Frederick Holder. a State Funeral. Messages of Condolence. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 1

Complete arrangements have-been made tor the remains of Sir Frederick Holder, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, being accorded-a State…

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Death of a Miner. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 7

John Egan, aged 30 was working with A. Hooking in a rise at Wallaroo Mines on Monday, when he fell and struck his head on the rocks, He was…

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Death of an Ex-legislator

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 3

Mr. Richard Hooper, who represented Wallaroo in the House of Assembly for nine years from 1891 to 1900 (having been first elected to [?] the vacancy…

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Father Tyrrell's Funeral. Vatican Annoyed at Catholics' Presence. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 1

The "Daily Chronicle" says that the authorities at the Vatican are greatly annoyed, at the list of eminent English Catholics, clergy and laity, who…

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An Unfortunate Family. House Burned Down. During Mother's Funeral. Children in Peril. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 1

A three-roomed house, the property of L. D. Meogher, was totally destroyed by fire. The house, which was of wood, was…

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Child Fatally Scalded. Death of Victor Tregar. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 4

The child Victor Tregar, who fell into a pot of boiling water at Freeling on Monday afternoon, died in the Kapunda. Hospital yesterday…

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Cholera in Calcutta. Death of Six Nurses. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 8

Six European nurses have died of cholera in the Presidency Hospital, Calcutta…

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Chinese Consul-general Returning to China. to Attend His Father's Funeral. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 4

The Con[?]ul-General for China has been granted leave of absence for four months to enable him to return to China. The object of his visit is to…

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Victoria. Death of a Nonogenarian. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 4

Mr. George M[?]Grath has died at Ballarat, aged 95. Born in County Clare, Ireland, he came to Victoria in 1852, and made his way to Ballarat…

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Death of Mr. Joseph Archibald. Father of the Bulletin's Founder Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Archibald, father of the founder of the Sydney "Bulletin," died at St Kilda yesterday, aged 86 years. Mr. Archibald was formerly a…

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The Late Mr. R. Hooper

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr. R. Hooper ex-M.L.A. for Wallaroo (S.A.), and late of 23 Brookman-street, Perth, whose deatht was recently reported in…

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