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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1916

202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 11

Death of Mr. Arthur Coventry

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday morning of Mr. Arthur Coventry, for many years a familiar figure in the streets of Broken Hill. Of late years Mr. Coventry…

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National Funeral for Paris Victims. Paris

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

The State is giving the victims of the Zeppelin raid on Paris a national funeral…

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The Death of Mr. I. Cohen. Fall From Hotel Window. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 8

Mr. L. Cohen, of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council, who with Mr. C. J. Bennetts returned to Adelaide on Friday (yesterday) from Broken Hill,…

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The Late Mr. Cohen. Decease Deplored in Melbourne. M lbourne

Barrier Miner · Sunday 13 February 1916 · page 2

The news of the dath of Mr. Lawrence Cohen, secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and one of the Trades Hall delegates to Broken Hill,…

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The Late Mr. Cohen. Decease Deplored in Melbourne. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 4

The news of the death of Mr. Lawrence Cohen, secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and one of the Trades Hall delegates to Broken Hill,…

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The Late Mr. Cohen. Funeral in Melbourne. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. Lawrence Cohen who was president of the Political Labor Council, and whose death occurred in Adelaide, took place at the…

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Death of Sir William Turner. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The death is announced of Sir W. Turner, principal of the Edinburgh University since 1903. Sir William was 84 years of age…

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The Late Mr. Cohen

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 1

The late Mr. L. Cohen, whose sudden death took place in Adelaide on Friday last (says the "Argus") was for a long time secretary of the Marble and…

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The Death of a Turkish Prince. Assassination Now Alleged. Desperate Struggle for Life. London

Barrier Miner · Sunday 20 February 1916 · page 1

Mr. M. H. Donohue, the war correspondent, telegraphing from Athens, tells the following story of the death of Youssouf Izzedin, the Turkish…

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Death of Mrs. Coulter

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 2

The news of the death of Mrs. Coulter, wife of Mr. R. T. Coulter, of the Exchange Hotel, White Cliffs, which sad event occurred at…

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Death of Mr. David Bowman. One of Queensland's Labor Ministers, Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Sunday 27 February 1916 · page 1

Mr. David Bowman, M.L.A (Queensland Home Secretary), died in a private hospital in Brisbane on Friday night. He was at one time the leader of the…

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A Soldiers' Quarrel. Death of One Man. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 2

After having been struck by a soldier while standing at the corner of King and Little Collins street at about 7.40 p.m. on Saturday, another soldier,…

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Sudden Death of Ms. G. B. Bryant. Died in Heb Sleep

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 2

The many friends of Mrs. Catherine Bryant, wife of Mr. G. B. Bryant, manager of the South Australian Brewing Company in Broken Hill, will regret…

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Funeral of Mrs. Bryant

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 4

The remains of the late Mrs. G. B. Bryant were interred in the Anglican portion of the general cemetery this afternoon. There was a representative…

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Death of Sydney City Solicitor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. Percy Dawson, city solicitor in Sydney, whose death was reported in "The Miner'" First Edition. was 50 years of age. He leaves a widow and…

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Death of Mrs. R. T. Coulter

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

The news of the death of Mrs. Coulter, wife of Mr.R.T. Coulter, of the Exchange HoteL White. Cliffs, which occurred at Wilcannia on Sunday,…

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The Burning Accident. Death of Rita Hubner

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

Rita Habner (9), the victim of the barning accident which occurred at her parents' residence at the corner of Gypsum-street and Pell-lane on…

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In Australia. a Soldier's Death. Verdict of Murder Returned. the Curtain of Silence." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

A verdict of murder against someone unknown was returned at the coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death of Private Henry Joseph Brown, who was…

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Death of Mrs. G. B. Bryant

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 7

General regret is felt for the death of Mrs. G. B. Bryant, who passed peacefully away in her sleep on Sunday afternoon last. Mrs. Bryant has for…

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Youssouf Izzedin's Death. Story of a Planned Assassination. Crime Committed by Orderly. Paris

Barrier Miner · Sunday 5 March 1916 · page 1

A Paris journal states that during the summer of 1915 the Committee of Union and Progress discussed Youssouf's hostility. Enver Bey bluntly favored…

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