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

Obituaries & funerals, 1901

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The Late Queen. Order of the Funeral Procession. London, Jan. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 6

The funeral procession from Osborne to Cowes will be elaborate. The pipers of the late Queen will play in front of the gun-carriage bearing the coffin…

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The Funeral of the Queen. Public Day of Mourning in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

TO-DAY was observed as a strict holiday in Goulburn. Pratically all business was suspended and the quietness of a Sabbath rested on the city Many buildings were draped in black and purple,…

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The Royal Funeral. Floral Tributes. a Ragged Boy's Violets. London, Friday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

Magnificent weather prevails at Cowes. The shores at Osborne, Southsea, and Gosport are crowded. A grand English service will be held…

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Death of Mr. Alfred Bennett

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

MR. ALFRED BENETT, brother of Messrs. Frank and Chrts. Bennett, Proprietors of the Sydney Evening News, died suddenly at Peton on Friday afternoon. Deceased was…

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The Royal Funeral. London, Feb. 2

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

THE funeral of the Queen began on Friday afternoon when the coffin was taken from the improved chapel at Osborne. The weather was bright and sunny…

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Death of Queen Victoria. Funeral Ceremonies. the Removal From Osborne. London. February 1

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

THE remains of Queen Victoria wore removed from Osborne to-day, accompanied by a renal but solemn pomp which was indescribably impressive…

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Simultaneous Funeral Services

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

Simultaneously with the funeral service in St. George's Chapel yesterday afternoon, services were held in nearly every church in the kingdom…

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The Naval Funeral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

From the wharf at Cowes the petty officers of the Royal yacht Alberta bare the coffin aboard the Royal yacht through the secret of Grenadiers amid the booming of muffled guns…

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World-wide Funeral Services. Feb. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

On Saturday funeral services were held in all the churches of the Empire, all through the United States of America, and in British churches in foreign countries…

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The Royal Funeral. Accident Threatened. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

It has transpired that the incident at Windsor during the Queen's funeral was sensational. The horse on the off side nearest the gun carriage bearing the coffin…

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Telegrams. the Royal Funeral. the Final Scene. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

The regal splendour and dazzling brilliancy of the final scene in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, were indescribable. When the chapel was full the perfect…

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Queen's Funeral. First Part of Ceremonies. the Removal From Osborne. London, February 1, Night

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

The remains of Queen Victoria were removed from Osborne to-day, accompanied by a regal but solemn pomp which was indescribably impressive…

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The Late Queen. the Funeral. Imposing Spectacles. Procession in London. Witnessed by Enormous Crowds. London, Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

THE funeral of the late Queen Victoria loft Osborne this afternoon for Portsmouth on route for London. Feb. 2…

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The Most Wonderful Pageant the World Eyer Saw. Four Miles of Crowds. Funeral March Through Purple Streets. London, Feb., 2, 12.45. p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

The funeral pageant was the most wonderful the world ever saw. All along the four miles between the Victoria and Paddington railway Stations…

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The Late Mr. James Tyson's Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 4

Hay, Tuesday.—The sale is reported of Tupra station, together with Juanbung, near Oxley, on the Lachlan River, the principal pastoral property of the late Mr. James…

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Death of Verdi

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 3

The death is announced of Signor Verdi, the eminent Italian composer, at the age of 87 years. The funeral was attended by 100,000…

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Death of a Child

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 5

AN inquest was commenced this afternoon at the Rose and Crown Hotel, Clifford-street, touching the death of a male child, aged three months, named James Leslie…

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The Naval Funeral. From Cowes to Portsmouth. a Magnificent Spectacle. London, Feb. 2

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 1

From the wharf at Cowes the petty officers of the Royal yacht Albers bore the coffin aboard the Royal yacht through the escort of Grensdiers amid the…

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The Funeral at Windsor Funerad Service in St. Georges' Chapel. London, Feb 3

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 1

At Windsor Station a party of the 1st Battalion of the Granadier Guards bore the coffin fran the train to a gun carriage drawn by eight artillery horses…

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Death of Queen Victoria. the Last Scene. Interment at Frogmore. London, Feb. 5

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

DETACHMENT of Life Guards and Grenadier Guards watched the coffin containing the remains of her late Majesty in the Albert memorial…

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