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

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

336 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 17

Death of a Trooper

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 4

MR. E. F. THOMAS received a telegram on Wednesday informing him that Trooper C. Cripps died on May 5th. Deceased was a brother of Mrs. Thomas, and formerly resided in Goulburn. He…

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Death of an Australian War Correspondent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 4

ON Tuesday the proprietary of the Evening News received a cable from their agent at Capetown announcing the death, from enteric fever, of Mr. E. H. Spooner, their correspondent at the front…

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Death of an Australian War Correspondent Mr. H. H. Spooner Succumbs to Enteric Fever

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 17 May 1900 · page 2

YESTERDAY the proprietary of the Evening News received a cable from their agent at Capetown, announcing the death, from enteric fever, of Mr. H. H…

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Obituary. Mr. James Ryan, Ætat 65

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

DIED early yesterday morning at his residence, Greenwich Park, after a lingering illness of eight months. Deceased was well-Known in the district, having formerly resided…

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Death of a War Correspondent

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 3

ON Tuesday the proprietary of the EVENING NEWS received a cable from their agent at Capetown, announcing tho death, from enteric fever, of Mr, H. H. Spooner, their correspondent at the front…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 2

MR. SAMUEL HAIN of Cooma died early on Friday morning. Deceased, who was about seventy years of age, had been ill for a long time. The late Mr. Hain, was one of Monaro's…

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Death of a Grand Vizier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

The death of the Grand Vizier is considered likely to precipitate serious troubles in Morocco. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, May 18…

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Obituary. Miss Connie Kenny, Ætat 23

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

FOURTH daughter of Mr. E. J. Kenny, late of Kenny's Point, Lake George, now of Bourke, died at her father's residence early this morning from typhoid fever, Deceased was a…

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Death of a Centenarian

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 4

Our Dalton correspondent writes on Tuesday:—One of the oldest residents of the district named James Sawfoot died yesterday. He was not married, and so far as is known had no relatives in…

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Exciting Scene at a Funeral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 2

The story of a strange and exciting incident comes from Burton-on-Trent. A horse attached to a coal-cart bolted over the Trent Bridge at a rapid pace. At the same time a…

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Letter From the Front. a Soldier's Life. Short Fare. Scene at a Funeral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 2

Private H. Heazlett, of the Australian Horse, writes to his brother, Mr. J. F. Heazlett:—Bloemfontein, March 31, 1900. In my last I told you of our arrival in…

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Death of Mrs. Bridget Ward

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

THE news of the death of Mrs. Bridget Ward, of Cunningham Creek Station, will be received with regret by many. Although not compelled to keep her bad…

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Death of Mr. Patrick Hines

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

AN old identity in the person of Mr. Patrick Hines, aged 78, passed peacefully away on Tuesday evening last at the residence of his son. Paddy was a…

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Death of Mrs. Ward, Senr

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

On Tuesday week, Mrs. Ward, Senr., one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Murrumburrah district, passed away at the ripe old age of 74…

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The Late Mrs. Ward

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 2

SPEAKING of the late Mrs. Ward, to whose decease we referred in our issue of Saturday last, the YASS COURIER says :—“Mrs. Ward was a very old resident of the Murrumburrah…

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Obituary. Mrs. Christopher Grunsell, Ætat 30

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 2

WIFE of Mr. C. J. Grunsell of Mulwarree Gardens, died at her husband's residence Mulwarree Gardens, at 5.30 a.m. yesterday from rheumatic fever supervening on…

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Death of the Hon. A. H. Jacob, M.l.c

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 2

The heart of the Hon. Archihaid Hamilton Jacob. M. L. C., J. P., which occurred at Westhorpe, 25 Victoria-street, Ashfield yesterday at [?] a.m., removes one who has been long…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 1.40 p.m. Death of the Hon. A. H. Jacob

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 4

THE Hon. A. H. Jacob, Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council, died this morning, He was a colonist of 40 years' standing…

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Obituary. Mr. Martin Tully, Ætat 78

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 2

A RESIDENT of Wheeo for about forty years, died last evening from senile decay. He had been in bad health for some years. Formerly he carried on farming and grazing…

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Death of the Hon. A. H. Jacob, M.L.C.

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 2

THE death of the Hon. Archibald Hamilton Jacob., M.L.C. and Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council in this colony, occurred on Monday morning at this…

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