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

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 2

Miss Elizabeth Anne Walsh, second daughter of the late Mr. Charles Hamilton Walsh, solicitor, and sister to Mr. John residence, Woollahra, on Monday, aged…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 2

THE death is reported of Mr. Jas. Rix, aged 68, of Mary Ann are, Marulan, which took place at his residence yesterday. Deceased was a very old resident of the district, and was well…

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Death of Archbishop Oroke

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 3

The death is announced of Dr. Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel, aged 78 years. Dr. Croke was born on May 19…

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Death of a Tasmanian Colonist

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 July 1902 · page 2

MR. RODDAM HULKS DOUOLAS, an old and widely respected colonist, died at Launceston (Tas.) on July 2nd. Deceased was born in 1817 at Fareham, Hampshire, England, and…

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Death of an Infant

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 July 1902 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. H. O'Brien, held a magisterial enquiry this (Tuesday) morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of an illegitimate male child who died in…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1902 · page 2

MRS. PALMEN, relist of the late Mr. George Thomas Palmer, eldest son of Mr. G. T. Palmer of Gininderra, died at Woodhouselee yesterday, from general break-up of the…

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Death of a Child

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1902 · page 2

AN inquiry was held in Mundy-street yesterday by Mr. H. O'Brien, touching the death of a chill, ten weeks old, named Albert Cyril Henth Emerton, son of Cicely Emerton,…

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The Funeral of Joseph Heaps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 July 1902 · page 3

The mortal remains of Joseph Heaps, the victim of the tragedy, were laid to rest in the Necropolis on Tuesday afternoon. A large number of wreaths had been sent. Long…

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The Kembla Disaster. a Death Roll of Eighty-six. Cause of the Explosion. Wollongong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 2

he intense excitment of the last few days, consequent on the fearful catastrophe at the Mount Kembla mine, has been followed by an aftermath of listlèssness on the part of the…

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The Late Mr. W. H. L. Ranken

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 August 1902 · page 2

WORD was received by the police on Monday that the late Mr. William H.L. Rauken, who was found shot at Tindery's station near Captain's Flat, on June 30, was to be…

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The Late Mr. W. H. L. Ranken. Result of Post Mortem. Believed to Be a Case of Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 August 1902 · page 2

Dr. McKillop, Government medical officer, and Dr. Burkitt held the post mortem examination on the body of the late Mr. W. H. L. Ranken at the Goulburn morgue on Wednesday…

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The Late Mr. Ranken. Sensational Developments. Murder Suspected

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon at the Goulburn morgue, Dr. McKillop, government medical officer, and Dr. Burkitt held a post-mortem examination of the remains of the late Mr…

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Death of Mr. Francis Jenkins

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 3

Mr. Francis Jenkins, one of the oldest [?] of Australia, died on Friday [?] at Buckinbong station, near [?] The deceased gentleman,…

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Strange Death of a Chinaman. Shot by a Youth

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 3

A Chinese named One Sin, aged 70, who for the past 40 years has been a resident on the outskirts of the Cr[?]wick, met with his death on Wednesday evening…

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Death of Mrs. Hanna

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 11 August 1902 · page 2

At 9 o’clock on Sunday night the death occurred of Mrs. Hanna, wife of Senior Constable Hanna of this town, after a brief illness, from inflammation…

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Death of an Old Sister of Mercy

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 August 1902 · page 2

AT 1 p.m. on Saturday the tolling of the Convent and Cathedral bells, Goulburn, announced that Mary de Pazzi Dolphin had passed away…

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Local and General News. Obituary. Death Of Mrs. Hanna

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 2

WE regret to announce that Mrs. Hanna, wife of Senior-Constable Hanna of this town, died at the police station on Sunday evening last about ten o’clock. The…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 2

WE regret to chronicle the death of a very old and highly respited resident of the district in the person of Mr. Jas. Poll, senr., whoso demise took…

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The Late Mr. W. H. L. Ranken

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 4

The remains of the late Mr. W. H. L. Ranken were re-interred on Saturday. The head is being preserved in a sealed receptacle. It is will be seen by our telegrams that a detective is inquiring into the…

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Death of an Aged Nun

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 3

Mother Mary do Pazzi, one of the founders of the Convent of Mercy, died in that institution on Saturday afternoon last at the age of 85. Mother do Pazzi (Helen Dolphin) was born at Danesfort,…

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