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

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of Two Valuable Pontes

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 2

Yesterday morning two valuable ponies, the property of Mr. E. A. [?]on, died at Rathlu[?] in a very mysterious way. The ponies were opined yesterday and examined…

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Funeral of Mrs. A. B, Triggs

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 2

Yesterday the funeral of Mrs. A. B. Triggs took place, and was largely attended. The remains left Linton at 3.30, and were conveyed to the Presbyterian cemetery, where…

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Funeral of Mrs. Triggs

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 2

In consequence of the funeral of the late Mrs. Triggs having taken place upon our publication evening, we were unable to give any details of that mournful spectacle, but…

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Death of a Swagman near Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 4

CROOKWELL, Saturday.—A swagman named Black was found dead at a short distance from town today. He had only been dead a few hours. A magisterial inquiry was hold before Mr. S. L. Cox,…

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Death of a Carrier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 4

WILCANNIA Wednesday.—The death of a well Known carrier, named Spinks, under strange circumstances is reported from Tibooburra. It seems he got up in the middle of the night to get a…

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Mysterious Death of a Doctor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 4

WAGGA, Tuesday.—News was brought into town this afternoon that the body of Dr. St. Clair Long had been found about 19 miles from Wagga, in the direction of Mangoplah. It appears that a drover…

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Strange Death of Dr. Long

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 2

INFORMATION was brought to the Wagga police on Tuesday that the body of Dr. Sinclair Long had been found about nineteen miles from town, in the direction…

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Death of the Duc D'aumale. London, May 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 2

The death is announced of the Due D'Aumale, fourth son of King Louis Philippe, aged 75. His death was the result of shock on bearing of the tidings of the death of the Duchess d'Alenoon,…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 2

IT is our very painful duty to have to record the death of Mrs. Carroll, who died suddenly at her residence, between Bookham and Bowning on Saturday. May 8th at the early age of…

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Death of a Fettler

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 2

MR. JOHN HANNON, fettler, of Joshua-street died early this morning. Some three months ago deceased met with an accident on the railway line, through a train running into a trolly on which he and others…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 2

JOHN HANNON, railway fettler, died at his residence, Joshua-street, North Goulburn, yesterday morning, from it is supposed the after-effects of an accident he met with some…

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Death of Mr. W. T. Best. London, May 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 May 1897 · page 4

The death is announced of Mr. W. T. Best, the eminent organist, who some years ago visited Sydney to open the grand organ in the Sydney Town Hall. He was in his 71st year…

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The Ralph Trevor Plot. Chapter Lxxviii. the Death of Maud Lispenard

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 4

Nick Carter took advantage of a short pause in Ida's narrative to say to Bryington, in a low voice, intended only for the doctor's ear…

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Lines on the Death of a Young Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 May 1897 · page 4

I SEE her in the twilight with her sweet and pensive face, I hear her ringing laughter in the fr[?]li[?] and the race;…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 2

MISS FLORA ANNA McKINNON, aged twenty-three, died at the hospital on Tuesday from typhoid. She was admitted from the country and at the time the disease was in a very…

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Death of Mr. G. Bassingthwaighte

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 3

BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.—Mr. George Bassingth-waighte died to-day after several weeks' illness. The deceased was a very old resident, and owned a considerable amount of land at Larbert…

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Death of a Young Man

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 2

MR. CECIL S. WISEMAN, a young man aged 19 years, died at the hospital on Tuesday evening from double pneumonia. Deceased was employed in the upholstering department at the Great Arcade, and…

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Death of Mrs. J. S. Hayes

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 2

It is our sad duty to report that Mrs. J. S. Hayes, late of Goulburn, died yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in Yass, at the age of 53 years. Mrs. Hayes was widely known and…

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Death of Mrs. J. S. Hayes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

THE Yass Courier says:—It is our sad duty to report that Mrs. J. S. Hayes, late of Goulburn, died on Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in Yass, at the age of 63 years. Mrs. Hayes was widely known…

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Death of Rev. William Madden

Goulburn Herald · Monday 31 May 1897 · page 2

We are very sorry to have to record the death of a devoted priest, Father William Madden, late of Bungendore, who was attached to the Sydney mission for something like…

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