Built His Own Funeral Pyre. London
James Hunter Groot built his own funeral pyre at Charlton (Northumberland), then saturated it with petroleum, set fire to it, and burnt himself to…
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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals
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James Hunter Groot built his own funeral pyre at Charlton (Northumberland), then saturated it with petroleum, set fire to it, and burnt himself to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The net value of the estate of the late Mrs. H. M. Neale, of Pott's Point, under whose will many charities have largely benefited, is estimated to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The will of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Ackland has been proved at £49,000. The property was left to deceased's son and daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the three suspected cases of plague in the Auckland Hospital has terminated fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Major Knowles, Sonth Australian military district paymaster, died to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The remains of Said Ahmed Shah, who was shot at East Warburton on Sunday last (wired the Melbourne correspondent of the Ballarat "Courier"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The "Lokal-Anzeiger" announces the death of Lady Halle, the distinguished violinist, who had resided at 62 Motzstrasse, Berlin, for some years. She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fernando Barnes, a very old resident of the Wilcannia district was found dead in the bush at Ponda about 20 miles from Wilcannia on the 14th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. W. R. Norton Dove stipendiary magistrate who entered Nurse Victoria's private hospital some three weeks ago, suffering with typhoid fever,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The remains of the late Mr. W. N. Dove, stipendiary magistrate, attached to the Broken Hill Court, will, this evening, be placed on board the express…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The remains of the late stipendiary magistrate. Mr. W. N. Dove, who died at Nurse Victoria's private hospital at an early hour on Thursday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Samuel Watson, superintendent of the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, at Newtown, died to-day at the age of 68…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After a very lingering illness which was characterised by remarkable patience and endurance on the part of the sufferer, Mrs Cook passed away at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney correspondent of the "Age" on April 25 wired:— Farm Cove presented an unusually lively appearance this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At St. Peter's Church yesterday morning reference was made to the late Mr. Dove. At the close of the Litany Archdeacon Pritchard said a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. John Furguson, one of the oldest journalists in the State, died to-day at Parramatta, at the age of 79…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bishop Camidge died at Bathurst to-day suddenly, while writing a letter in his study. Heart failure was the cause of death…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To the Editor: Sir,—Mr. Tudor, the Minister for Castings, is reported that "new" Protection is dead. "New" Protection was proposed in order…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The little 3-year-old daughter of Mrs. Jane Pincombe, of the Federal Dining Rooms in Bromide-street, who received terrible injuries to the body and head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The usual midday meeting of the Stock Exchange was hold in Adelaide earlier to-day in order to allow members to attend the funeral of the late Mr…
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