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

Obituaries & funerals, 1904

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Death of Lady See

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 2

The whole community learned with extreme regret of the death of Lady See, wife of the present State Premier, which took place at her home in Hand…

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Death of the Duke of Cambridge. London, March 18

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge died yesterday morning, aged 84 years. The King and the Queen…

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Death of Mr. D. Heazlett

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 4

A correspondent writes:—A very old resident of Major's Creek, Mr. David Heazlett, passed away on Friday morning last after a long and painful illness. The cause of death was heart disease and a…

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Death of Mrs. C. L. Hume

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 3

By the death of Mrs. C. L. Hume, of Castlesteads Estate, near Burrows, which occurred in Sydney this week, the districts of Burrowa and Yass lose one of their energetic workers…

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Death of Two Horses

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

A HORSE belonging to Mr. J. Day of Bourke-street died this morning through bring impaled. He was placed in the yard last night, and in jumping the gate this morning one of…

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Death of the Jockey Riley

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon, the jockey, Bert Riley, succumbed to the injuries be received in the accident which occurred at Tumut Races last week, when the horse he was riding, Peeping Tom,…

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Murder at Picton. an Old Man Chopped to Death. Evidence of a Desperate Struggle. Arrest of an Assyrian. Fight with the Police. a Confession of Guilt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

A report was received by the Sydney police on Friday morning describing certain details of a ghastly tragedy that was perpetrated in the Pioton district some time during Thursday. From the…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM GURD LEDSAM, formerly employed in the Goulburn post-office, died at Summer Hill, near Sydney; yesterday, aged 68 years. The remains will be interred in…

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Death of an Old Resident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

Mrs. Mary Hadfield, wife of Mr. Joseph Hadfield, died at her residence, Auburn-street south, yesterday morning at the advanced age of 84 years. The cause of death was bronchitis. Mrs. Hadfield…

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Death of Mr. W. G. Ledsam

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

Monday's Sydney papers announce the death of Mr. W. G. Ledsam, formerly connected with the Post and Telegraph Department and stationed at Wagga, Junee, and Goulburn. Mr. Ledsam only…

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Death of Rev. T. J. M[?]in

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

DUBBO, Saturday.—News of the death of the Rev. J. T. Mai[?], Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, was received in town this morning,…

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Death of the Rev. J. T. Main

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

The Rev. J. T. Main, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, died at Richmond on Saturday, and the news was received in Sydney with expressions of intense sorrow. The late Rev. James…

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Death of Mr. Wm. Wall of Limestone

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

THE Yass people were greatly surprised to hear the sad news on Thursday evening last of the death of Mr. Wm. Wall, sour., of Limestone, near Yass, at the…

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Death of the Rev. J. T. Main

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

The Rev. J. T. Main, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, died at Richmond on Saturday, and the news was received in the city with expressions of…

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Death of Bert Riley. (From Friday’s Tumut Express)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

OUR sporting readers in particular will be greatly shocked to hear that that game young rider Bertie Albert Riley, the chief victim of the unfortunate accident in the Shorts at the Tumut…

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Death of Rev. J. T. Ma[?]n. Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

THE death is announced, from Richmond, of the Rev. James Taylor Main, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, one of the most popular ministers of the Gospel in…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

WE have, with regret, to record the death of a very old and highly-respected resident in the person of Mrs. Reedy, wife of Mr. Patrick Reedy of…

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Death of Mrs. P. Reidy

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

It is our painful duty to have to record the death of a highly respected and well-known resident of this town, in the person of Mrs. P. Reidy, which…

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Poetry. Death of the Young

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 1

A sunbeam through the window pans Fell softly on ber hair; A [?] sodded all in rain Beyond the [?] there…

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Magisterial Inquiry on Death of Best Riley

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Best Riley, the chief victim of the unfortunate accident in the Shorts at the Tumut Turf Club Races (who…

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