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Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of a Pioneer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 29

New Zealand files to band announce the death of Mr. C. H. Tripp of O[?]ari Gerge station, Canterbury, NZ. The deceased gentleman was one of the…

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Death of Archdeacon King

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 28

The Venerable Archdeacon King died at his residence, Douglas-street, Stanmore, at an early hour on Saturday morning, at the age of 71 years. Five years ago…

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The Death of Charles Cavill

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 4

San Francisco papers of 23rd May give the following singular account of the death of Charles Cavill, the Sydney swimmer, at Stockton, California,…

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Death of an Old Man at South Hay. Magisterial Inquiry

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 2

The Police Magistrate conducted a magisterial inquiry this morning as to the cause of death of an old man named John or " Jock" Stone, whose dead body was found…

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Sudden Death of a Laborer. Under Peculiar Circumstances

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 4

The coroner, Mr. F. H. Galbraith, conducted on inquest, before a jury of five, at Mr. Paul Mattes Star Hotel, Bringagee, on Tuesday last, respecting the cause of death…

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Death of a Cyclist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 24

We regret to learn that Mr. T. H. Allan, wardsman at the hospital and captain of the Bicycle Club, died yesterday. The deceased, who had been six years connected with the hospital, went…

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The Anarchist Murder in Spain. Funeral of the Late Premier. London, August 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 27

The funeral of Senor Canovas del Castillo, late Premier of Spain who was assassinated on Sunday last by an Italian anarchist, took place to-day at Madrid…

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Death of Sir Chas. Lilley

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 29

Sir Charles Lilley died at Brisbane on Friday morning. The first serious phase of Sir Charles Lilley's illness occurred in Sydney some weeks ago. After his…

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Death of a Musician. New Zealand

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 2

Tallia Trimmell, the well-known organist, is dead…

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Death of Mr. A. Fairfax

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1897 · page 28

The death is announced afc the age of 63 years of Mr. Andrew Fairfax. At one time Mr. Fairfax occupied a prominent place among the musicians of Sydney…

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Death of a Sydney Financier

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 28

One of the wealthiest citizens of New South Wales, Mr. John Thomas Neale, died on Wednesday last at Potts Point, He was a native of the colony, and laid…

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Obituary. Mb J. P MoDONALD

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 2

“Life is a leaf of paper white, whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night.’ It was at 12 o’clock, noon. on Monday last…

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The Late Mr. J. T. Neale. Total Legacies, £359,575

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 4

The late Sir J. T. Neale, was a largehearted and benevolent man He gave much that will [?]ever be known ; did many acts of kindness, the…

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A Sad Fatality. Death of Mrs. J. B. Gill

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 2

One of the saddest events which has occurred in Hay, took place this week, when Mrs. J. B. Gill lost her life under circumstances of a distressing character…

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The Death of Sir William Jervois. a Strange Circumstance

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 4

The death of Sir W. Jervois (says the London correspondent of the Sydney Telegraph) was the result of a carriage accident very similar to that which laid him up in South Australia some years…

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The Silence of Sin. Sad Story of a Ruined Girl. Death of Mother and Child

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 3

BY that inexplicable but splendid silence which a woman is ever went to maintain regarding the man she has loved and lost all for, the most grim and pathotic…

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Death of Frank Slavin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 4

The death of Frank P. Slavin, at Klondyke, British Columbia, reported by cable this week, removes one of the most notable figures in the history of pugilism during the past decade…

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Death of a Grand Old Man. the Draw-boy Who Became a Millionaire M P.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 35

Commenting on the death of Sir Isaac Holden, Bart., the Westminster Gazette says:—It is a somewhat melancholy coincidence…

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Death of Mr. J.m. Duncan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 3

AFTER long period of suffering, borne with exemplary fortitude, Mr. John Montgomery Duncan, latesub-collector of Customs at Corowa, died peacefully…

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A Hurried Funeral

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 5

A little deeper, sexton. You forget— She you would bury 'neath so thin a crust Of learn was fiery souled, and even in…

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