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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1913

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Death of Mr. Alfred Williams. South Australian Director of Education. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

The Director of Education, Mr. Alfred Williams, died last evening, aged 50 years. For a long time he had been looking tired and ill, but he had…

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Memorial to the Late Mr. W. T. STEAD. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

The journalists of England are having made a bronze medallion portrait of the late Mr. W. T. Stead who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, which is to be…

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Death of Mr. W. Delamore. Passing of an Old Barrier Identity

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 2

News was received in Broken Hill yesterday of the death in the Jamestown Hospital on Monday of an old Barrier identity in the person of Mr…

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The Death of Albert Cadd. What a Post-mortem Disclosed. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4

An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Albert Gadd who was responsibel for much of the rescue worl at the North Mount Lyrell mine disaster…

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Death of a Well-known Military Horse

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

On Saturday last, while on parade at Jamestown (S.A.), a horse, ridden by Private Rosie, accidentally broke its leg. and had to be destroyed. The…

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Sporting. Death of Mr. Frank S. Toms. One-time Record-breaking Cyclist

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

The death at Kapunda, South Australia, on Sunday morning of Mr. Frank S. Toms removed, says the "Advertiser," one of the most promin[?]t…

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Death of Rosa Sarto. the Pope's Eldest Sister

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 1

A cable message published on Tuesday of last week briefly announced, the death of Signorina Rosa Sarto, the Pope's eldest sister. Declaring that he…

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The Scott Antarcti[?] Tragedy. Funeral Oration at Geographical Society. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 4

Lord Curson at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society yesterday expressed a high eulogium on the late Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson, and Captain…

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Death of Lord Nelson. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 4

The death has occurred of Lord Nelson. [The Nelson Carldom was created in 1805. The deceased was the third Earl…

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Chapple-street Fatality. Funeral of Master Lees

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 8

The funeral of the late Master John Harold Lees, who was accidentally killed through being knocked down by a baker's cart near his parent's…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Tragic Death of a Shunter. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 1

James Morrison, 23, shunter, slipped, on the rails at the Kalgoorlie station to-day, and a loaded coal truck overtook him. Morrison, tried to scra[?]ble…

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Tracic Death of a [?]Ooxing Clerk. Crushed Between Train and Platform. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 1

William Herbert Hoyhville b[?]king clerk, 19. was killed at Camberwell to-day in attempting, to close the door of a moving train. He fell between…

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Young Boy's Death. Result of Falling on a Nail

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 5

The lad James Lewis Hiscutt, who met with such a shocking mishap on Thursday evening, died in the hospital last night. Hi[?]utt, a son of Mr…

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Latest Cable News. [Reuters Message.] OBITUARY. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

The death is aunounced of Pauline Johnson, the Indian poetess…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Death of Mr. Dawson Coroner's Inquest Held. Verdict of Death From Natural Causes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 1

The inquest into the death of Mr. John Craig Dawson, who was found ill on the roadway after he had knocked off in the acid plant on the…

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A Charge of Murder. the Death of a Black Gin. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 5

Larry Harian, alias Sheehan, was last November arrested and charged with murdering a lubra named Topsy at Yangerady station, Carnavon, but was…

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Death of a Sculler. on the Eve of a Race. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 2

Clifton Pickering, who was to have rowed Sid Kemp on the Parramaatta River to-morrow for £30 a side over a two-miles course died early this…

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North Mine Disaster. Funeral of the Victims

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 5

The last sad rites in connection with Friday's North mine disaster were enacted yesterday afternoon, when the bodies of Charles R. Wallace, John…

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Tired of Life. Death of a Perth Man. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 2

Alfred Sydney Lumner, a but[?] was found dead at Glen Iris to-day. He had left his horse and cart and walked out on a log projecting into the river,…

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Death of an Adelaide Schoolmaster. Mr. Alexander Clark. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 4

One of the most valued teachers in the Education Department of South Australia Mr. Alexander Clark died on Sunday at his residence at North…

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