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Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of Mr. Eddy. Chief Railway Commissioner. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 2

Mr. Eddy, chief railway commissioner, is seriously ill in Brisbane, and Dr. Fiaschi has been telegraphed for. The complaint is an affection of the lungs…

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Death of the Prince Consort

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 June 1897 · page 1

At a late hour on Saturday night, December 14, 1861, the inhabitants of London were electrified by the unusual sound of the tolling of the groat bell of…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Eddy. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

The funeral of the late Railway Commissioner, Mr. Eddy, this afternoon, was largely attended by Government officials and leading citizens. The cortege was…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 29

"We regret (says the Wahgunyah News) having to chronicle two more deaths. The first one took place on Monday night, at Gooramadda, when Mr. Wheelan, one…

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The Late Mr. E. M. G. Eddy

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

A DEEPLY-SAD note obtruded itself into the preans of general jubilation which the occasion of the celebration of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign…

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Death of Charles Cavill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 28

An Auckland telegram says:—" Advices by the R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived from San Francisco, state that Charles Cavill, the Australian swimmer…

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The Death of Mr. Eddy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

AMIDST the natural congratulations at the success which attended the Record Reign celebrations, not only in Corowa, but through the whole…

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Mr. Barnato's Funeral. Enormous Crowds. London, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 27

The remains of the late Mr. Barnett I. Barnato, the South African millionaire, who committed suicide by drowning himself at Funchal, Madeira, were interred in London…

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By Electric Telegraph. Death of Mr Eddy. Sydney. Tuesday, June 22

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 3

Mr E. M. G. Eddy, the Chief Railway Commissioner, died at Brisbane yesterday afternoon…

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The Late Mr. Barney Barnato

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 4

In his time Mr. Barnett I. Barnato, familiarly known as Barney or Barnie Barnato, played many parts. At the age of 23 he started his mining career…

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The Late Mr. Eddy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 29

The general belief that the public has no sense of gratitude, and that it is insensible to the services rendered to it, will have to be reconsidered in the light…

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 28

With the first peal of the general rejoicings on the attainment of the 60th year of her Majesty's reign there passed away at Brunswick a resident of the…

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West Africa. Rumored Death of Samory. London, June 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 26

It is rumored that Samory, the Mohammedan ruler of Wasula, and the greatest native potentate in West Africa, has been poisoned. It is also reported that he has…

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Death of Mrs. Oliphant. a Popular Novelist. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 27

Mrs. Margaret Oliphant, the popular novelist, died yesterday, aged 69 years. Mrs. Oliphant has been one of the most popular novelists and voluminous writers of…

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Death of an Actress. Mrs. W. Horace Lingard. London, June 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 27

The death is announced of Mrs. W. Horace Lingard, generally known as Miss Alice Lingard, the well-known actress…

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Death of Sir Patrick Jennings. Brisbane

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

Sir Patrick Jennings died here yesterday morning in a private hospital from syncope. The body has been embalmed for removal to Sydney, where…

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The Late Mr. N. Melville

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 28

The party of protection in New South Wales has lost a sturdy champion and energetic worker in the death of Mr. Ninian Melville, who has been an advocate…

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Death of Sir Patrick Jennings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 25

A telegram was received from Brisbane on Sunday announcing that Sir Patrick Jennings had died there that morning in a private hospital, where he had been for a fortnight…

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Death of an Old Identity

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 29

An inquiry was held at Carrathool before Mr. Galbraith, P.M., touching the death of an old man known as Bristol George. The police, who examined the…

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Death of Sir Patrick Jennings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 4

Last Monday morning we were advised by wire that Sir Patrick Jennings bag died in Brisbane on the previous day. He had been in precarious health for a considerable time past, and his…

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