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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1914

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Shipping Disaster. a Public Funeral. Investigation Committee. (Reuter's Message.) Montreal

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 8

The Canadian Government has fixed June 9 as the date for the opening of the Empress of Ireland inquiry. Two judges of the Canadian Admiralty Court…

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Death of Sir Douglas Straight. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

The death is announced of Sir Douglas Straight, barrister and journalist, hon treasurer of the Newspaper Society and of the institute of…

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British Mine Fatality. Inquest on the Death of Charles Moyle. Verdict of Accidental Death

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

An inquest concerning the death of Charles Moyle, who sustained injuries at the British mine yesterday afternoon which resulted in death, was…

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Death of Mrs. Roscoe James. Another Singer Lost

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 8

Mrs. A. Roscoe James so great a favorite with all who knew her, either personally or as a sweet singer, died at 2 p.m. at Nurse Berriman's private…

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The Late Mrs. Roscoe James. the Funeral

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 1

The funeral of the late Mrs. Roscoe James took place this afternoon. The news of her death yesterday rapidly spread,, and expressions of regret were…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Suffragettes. (Reuter's Messages.) Death of a Hunger-striker. Under Tragic Circumstances. London, Tuesday Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 4

A young woman, who had been known as Laura Grey, died in a flat in Jeremyn-street, where she had been employed as a scrubwoman. She was found in an…

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Death of Mr. Norman Morrison

Western Grazier · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 2

It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Mr N. Morrison, which occurred in the Hospital at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning last…

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Death of Mrs. Roscoe James

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 7

On Tuesday last Mrs. Roscoe James passed to the bourne from whence no traveller returns, and the community mourns one who always used her gifts…

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Death of an Overlander. Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 1

The death occurred on Sunday night of Mr. R. R. Knuckey, one of the builders of the overland telegraph line…

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The Late Mr. J. C. Inglis. a Lonely Death

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 6

Mr. John Ord Inglis, well known in racing circles as a racehorse, owner and V.R.C. starter, was found early on Saturday morning in an unconscious…

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Death of a Child. Remarks by Coroner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 6

The District Coroner (Mr. E. P. Richards) inquired into the death of Harry Herbert Lowe, aged eight months, who was found dead in bed at…

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Death of Carbine. the Best Horse Australia Has Known. (By "Wakeful.")

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 3

The cable informs us that Carbine, the idol of Australian racegoers, has died at the Duke of Portland's Welbeck Stud, England, full of years of…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3.30 p.m. Late Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) Death of Bishop Tucker. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 8

The Right Rev. Alfred Robert Tucker, D.D., ex-Bishop of Uganda, took suddenly ill at the cloisters in Westminster Abbey yesterday, and died…

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The Stephens Creek Mystery. the Late Mr. Skevington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr. Thomas Hall, J.P.) opened an inquest at the Courthouse yesterday into circumstances surrounding the death of Lewis…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. General Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) Death of Bishop Tucker. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 4

The Right Rev. Alfred Robert Tucker, D.D., ex-Bishop of Uganda, took suddenly ill at the cloisters in Westminster Abbey yesterday, and died…

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Death of Mrs. K. Hanrahan

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 1

The death occurred this week at Port Adelaide of a very old colonist in the person of Mrs. Katharine Hanrahan, mother of Mr. James Hanrahan…

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Sudden Death of a Child. Magisterial Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 4

Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., held a magisterial inquiry this morning into the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of Edith Pearce Johns,…

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The Stephens Creek Mystery. Inquest on the Body of the Late Mr. Skevington. an Open Verdict Returned

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 1

The City Coroner (Mr. Thomas Hall) concluded his inquiry at the Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Death of a Boxing Trainer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

The sporting friends of "Frank 'Gluey') Preston," whose real name was Norman Shirley, will regret to hear of his untimely death, which took…

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Kaiser Not at the Funeral. the Orphaned Children. Vienna

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 4

Some of the continental newspapers attribute the Kaiser's absence from the funeral of the assassinated Archduke and Duchess to consideration for his…

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