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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1923

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Italy and Greece. Ambassadors' Demands Observed by Greece Solemn Funeral Service (Reuter's Message.) Athens, September 19

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 1

The funeral service of General Tel[?]i was solemnly celebrated at the Catholic Cathedral at St. Denis in the presence of all the members of the…

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Death of a Seaman

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 8

A former seaman of the sloop Veronica. Louis B[?]ttigieg, a native of Malta, jumped off the parapet of the Grafton Bridge at Aukland, falling…

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Death of Sir Walter Davidson

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 2

His Excellency, the Governor, Sir Walter Davidson, died at a quarter 11 o'clock Sunday morning. His Excellency had been asleep for two hours,…

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Death of a Child Albury

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 1

Damage to property in Albury by the storm on Wednesday is estimated at between £5000 and £6000. A little girl named Elsie Spargo died 15…

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Death of a Child Albury

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 2

Damage to property in Albury by the storm on Wednesday is estimated at between £5000 and £6000. A little girl named Elsie Spargo died 15…

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Death of a Footballer Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 1

In the last minute of a rugby league match, in which Cessnock defeated Rothbury by ten points to three, Monty Andrews, a Rothbury player,…

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Death of Former Jockey Due to Methylated Spirits

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 3

The dead body of a man was found on a sent in the plantation opposite the Exhibition Gardens on Wednesday night (says a Melbourne message in…

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Funeral Service in Rome for the Janina Victims (Reuter's Message.) London, September 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 4

Reuter's Rome correspondent reports:— "The obsequies of the victims of the Janina massacre were of a most…

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Death of an Infant. Mental Defective Arrested for Driving Nail in Head Wellington (N.Z.), September 21

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 1

A terrible deed was perpetrated on a lonely farm near Ashburton yesterday, for which a man named Thomas Jamieson, alleged to be mentally affected, is…

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Murdered by Blacks. Death of Two Men Reported by Natives at Alice Springs Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 2

According to a telegram received by Mr. Nelson, M.H.R., a number of aboriginals who arrived at Alice Springs some days ago reported that two white…

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State Governor's Death. Sympathy of Council with Governor's Widow

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 2

Prior to the start of the business at the meeting of the City Council heJd last night Alderman W. H. D. Stewart said that he would like to see…

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Death of Mr. J. T. STRATTON Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 1

The death occurred yesterday afternoon, after a lengthly illness, of Mr. John Thomas Stratton (64), managing director of Stratton and Sons limited,…

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Bellbird Disaster. the Inquiry Concluded Carbon Monoxide Poison Caused Death of Miners a Fire or an Explosion Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 1

The inquiry into the Bellbird colliery disaster was concluded yesterday. The [?]inding of the jury was that the miners died from carbon monoxide poisoning…

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Death of a Negro Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 2

On September 30 an American negro, Charlie Anderson (66), was found dead four miles east of "Waterloo by Bernhard Heinrich, a farmer. The…

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Death of a Negro Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 1

On September 3D au American negro, Charlie Anderson (66), was found dead four miles east of Waterloo by Bernbard Heinrich, a farmer. The…

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Death of Boy Immigrant Narracoorte,Wednesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 October 1923 · page 1

A British boy immigrant named Charles John Barnes, aged l8 years, who has been a farm apprentice under the Government scheme with Mr.A…

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Death of Mrs.over[?]ll. Appeal to the High Court on Behalf of David Kelly Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 October 1923 · page 1

An application will be made to the High Court on Monday for leave to appeal in the case of David Kelly, who was convicted for the[?]manslaughter of…

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Death of Mrs.ira Nankivell

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 2

Mrs. Ira Nankivell, better known in Broken Hill as Stella Doe, died in the Parramatta Hospital yesterday after an operation for appendicitis. She and…

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Death of a Solicitor Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 1

The death of Mr. Frederick Gannon, the oldest solicitor in Sydney, took place at his residence at Tempe yesterday…

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Death of Mr. A. C. BRAYNE Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Alfred Cecil Brayne (95), a well-known bridgebuilder. He was the engineer in charge of the constructions of the…

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