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

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Wesleyan. Death of Mrs Sellors

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 February 1898 · page 2

MRS. BELLORS, wife of the Rev, Dr, Bellors, of Statments [?] log at the [?] of her son. Mr. [?] Chalswoud. For several months [?]…

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Death of Mrs. Sellors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 4

MRS. SELLORS, wife of the Rev. Dr. Sellors, of the Stanmore Wesleyan Church, died on Saturday evening at the residence of her son, Mr. Richard Sellors, Chatswood. For several months past…

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Strange Death of a Woman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 4

WHILE a man named Henry Rogers, a fisherman, was passing along Coogee beach early on Saturday be noticed the body of a young woman lying on the sand. It had evidently been left there by the…

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Peculiar Death of a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—An inquest was opened to-day on the body of an infant who died at Carlton on the 24th inst. The medical evidence showed that the body was very much emaciated, and that the…

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Death of Mr. H. T. Mellish

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

THE sad news reached Yass on Saturday last of the death of Mr. H. T. Mellish, of Sydney. The deceased has been ailing for some weeks, and died on Saturday morning at 2 o'clock…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Colls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 2

YASS, Wednesday.—Mr. Thomas Colls, one of the oldest residents of Yass, and at one time representative for the Yass electorate, died at 7 o'clock this evening. He had been ailing for four weeks…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 2

ON Wednesday last a very old and respected resident of Grabben Gullen, in the person of Mrs. John Loughnan, died at her residence, at half-past…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Colls, J.p

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 2

IN a very few years the old pioneers of Yass, those who have laid the foundation of the town will be no more. On Wednesday evening last, at 7 o'clock, Mr. Thomas Colls, passed…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

MR. JONATHAN BROWN, a very old and respected resident of Bangalore, and recently of Goulburn, died at his residence, Bourke-street, on Friday evening, at the age of 80 years. Up to 12 months…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 2

MR. JONATHAN BROWN, aged eighty, died at his residence, Bourke-street, Goulburn, on Friday evening from old age. He was a resident of Bangalore for forty-nine years, and…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. T. Colls J.p

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon last the funeral of the late Mr. T. Colls, J.P. took place and was very largely attended. Mr. Colls being so well known friends came from all parts to pay the…

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Death of Mrs. Patrick Emmerson

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

ON Sunday night last another old and respected resident passed away to the silent majority in the person of M rs. Emmerson, mother of Mr. E. McReynolds, of Ashby, North Yass,…

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A Chemist's Mistake.—Death of a Doctor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A shocking tragedy was enacted at Fitzroy to-day, resulting in the death of Dr. S. I. Williams, who resides at the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson streets, Fitzroy, and the…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 March 1898 · page 3

MR. HENRY TUCKER, aged seventy a resident of Mummel for about forty years, died on Wednesday from rheumatism. Until quite recently he was in fairly good health, and…

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Death of a Mummell Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 4

IT is reported in Goulburn that Mr. Henry Tucker, an old and respected resident of Mummell, died on Wednesday last. He was about seventy years of age. Mr. Tucker was champion…

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A Chemist’s Mistake. Death of a Doctor. Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 4

A shocking tragedy was enacted a F[?]zroy to-day resulting in the death of Dr. S.I. Williams, who resides at the corner of Gertrude and Nicholson streets, Fitzroy…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Sydney, Friday, 1.30 p.m. Death of a Doctor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 4

Dr. McKay, one of the oldest directors of the Sydney Hospital, has died at Stanmore. Salvation Army. A Salvation Army Congrees is now sitting…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 2

WE are sorry to record the death of Wallace John Winter, infant son of Mr. J. K. Malcolm, Solicitor of this town, at the age of eight months. All that care and attention…

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Cusack’s Funeral. Rookwood

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

The closing scene in the Rookwood tragedy took place this morning, when the remains of Martin Cusack were interred in the Rookwood Cemetery at 11 o’clock. The cemetery authorities…

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Obituary. London, March 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

The death is announced of Sir Henry B[?]mer F.R.S., the eminent civil engineer and inveti[?] whose name is inseparably connected with the development of the steel industry. He was in his…

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