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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of Mrs. Fenton

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 2

MRS. FENTON, mother of Mr. O. Fenton, of Kenilworth, and Mr. R. Fenton, of Murrumbateman, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Patterson, of Meehan-street, last Saturday…

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Death of a Chinese Editor

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 3

Lee Choy Chong, editor of the Chinese Herald, died on Saturday…

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Death of an Old Resident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 2

Another old, well-known and respected resident of Yass, in the person of Mrs. Margaret Horton, senr., passed away early on Friday morning last, at the ripe age of 70…

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Death of an Old Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 4

Miss JANE MATILDA THORN died at her residence, Run-of-Water, on Tuesday, at the age of 69 years. Deceased was a sister of the late Mr. Daniel Thorn. She had been an invalid for some time prior to her…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

ON Tuesday last Miss Jane Matilda Thorn of Run-of-Water, aged sixty-nine, died from paralysis, from which she had suffered for some months, being attended by Dr…

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Death of Mr. David Davis

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

IT is with feelings of regret we have to record the death of Mr. David Davis a former townsman, and one of the best known colonists in the Southern restricts. The sad event took…

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Telegrams. Sydney and Colonial. Sydney, Friday, 3.30 p.m. Death of Mr. Leeds

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

AT the inquest on Mr. Leeds killed through falling down a lift-well, the. verdict was accidental death…

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A Cadet's Strange Death. Result of a Playful Blow

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 2

Goulburn, Friday. -- Henry Campbell, fifteen years of son of Air Henry Campbell Eenewcence Station, at Nevertire, died in the Goulburn Hospital yesterday morning from…

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Death of a Journalist

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 1

Mr. THOMAS THOMAS WARD, for many years a member of the editorial staff of the Sydney Morning Herald, died at his residence, Sainsbury, the Avenue,…

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Death of Mrs. Michael Quirk

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 1

It is with regret we (Gundagai Times) record the death of Mrs. Michael Quirk, at the advanced age of 87 years. She had been a victim to paralysis for some months…

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Death of the Diver Madson

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 5

At the inquest on Diver Madson the verdict was that death was due to an old spinal injury, which medical evidence showed might have given way at any lima deceased exerted…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 2

ONE of the oldest residents of Goulburn. Mr. James Thomson, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. R. Sidney Craig, on Friday Deceased was considerably over eighty. For…

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Death of an Old Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mr. James Thomson were interred yesterday morning in the cemetery at Thurlow. Mr. Thomson was one of the oldest and most respected residents of the district. Born at…

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Death of Sir Isaac Pitman. London, Jan. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

The death is announced of Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the well-known system of phonetic shorthand which bears his name…

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The Diving Fatality. Spinal Disease the Cause of Death. Evidence of Non-suffocation

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

On Friday morning all doubts were set at rest as to the cause of death of Christien Madsen, who died in a diving dress on an experimental trip in the deepest part of…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

PATRICK MURPHY of Addison-street, drover, died in the Goulburn hospital on Monday from internal inflammation through eating unripe fruit, Dressed was about forty,…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 4

THE city has just lost by death one of its promising vocalists, in the person of Miss Blanche Tinson, sixth daughter of Mr. Thomas Tinson, Inspector of Nuisances. The news of the death of this…

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Death of a Typhoid Fever Patient

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 2

MARIA HENNESSY, a young woman in her 21st year, died in the hospital on Wednesday night from typhoid fever. She was the eldest daughter of Mrs. Catherine Hennessy, of Bungendore, a widow…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 5

We regret to announce that Mr. Harry Mitchell, one of the oldest inhabitants of the district, died to-day at his residence, Clifford-street, from stricture of the bladder, the…

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Death of Mr. Henry Mitchell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 4

IT is our duty to record the death of Mr. Henry Mitchell, of Clifford-street, father of Mr. A. Mitchell, of Auburn-street. Deceased had been in failing health for some time, the cause of death…

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