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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Death of an Old Hay Identity. Magisterial Inquiry

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 3

On New Year's morning the body of Mr. Robert Mateer, well-known for more than twenty years in the district as "Bob too Barber," was found dead in bed at his…

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The Late Mr. C. A. Lloyd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 28

A Sydney correspondent of a Dubbo paper says:—"Thirty odd years ago Mr. Lloyd's name was brought forward in a scathing pamphlet, issued by an erratic…

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Death of M. Jas. W. Parnaby

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 20

The uncertainty of human existence has received a striking exemplification within the past week at Wodonga. Up to about three weeks ago there was not a healthier or…

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Death of a Boundary Rider on Benerembah. Found Drowned in a Rabbit Tank

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr. F. Galbraith, conducted a magisterial inquiry on Saturday, at Benerembah station, with respect to the death of Robert Percy Staig, a boundary…

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The Late Mr. F. Graham

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 29

The body of Mr. Fred B. Graham, editor of the Warren Herald, who was drowned in Sydney very suddenly, was conveyed by rail to Warren. It seemed…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 21

Two deaths of old, well-known, and respected residents of the district have to be recorded this week. The first was that of Mr. John Sehwind, of Wodonga West, who…

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A Creek Funeral

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 29

Last Sunday the funeral of the late Athanassio Comino took place at the Waverly cemetery. The services at the St. James's Hall and at the grave were of…

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Death of General Yeatman-biggs. London, January 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 26

General A. G. Yeatman-Biggs, who commanded the division which operated in the C[?]gra Valley, when the Gordon Highlanders so brilliantly stormed the Dargai…

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The Mentone Racing Accident. Death of J. Laverty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 18
Also in The Riverine Grazier

The unfortunate jockey, John Laverty, succumbed in the Alfred Hospital on Monday afternoon from the injuries received when La Raine fell with him in the Hurdle Race at…

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Death of Mr. E. B. Price

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 29

The death is announced of Mr. Edward Bellingham Price, a prominent member of the engineering staff of the Public Works Department, being as he was a…

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Death of a Free-trade Leader. London, January 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 26

The Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P. for South Wolverhampton, and father of the House of Commons, died yesterday, aged 96 years. Mr. Villiers had been for…

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Death of Senior. Constable Morrison

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

Wednesday afternoon an inquiry was com [?] at Moama, by the coroner Mr N. C. O’Neill, [?] the death of Senior-Constable Morrison, [?] found dead that morning with a bullet…

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Death of an Old Melbourne Architect

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 28

Mr. Charles Webb, one of the oldest architects, as well as, perhaps, the longest practising his profession in Melbourne, died at his residence, Farleigh…

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Death of a Lion Tamer

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

The death is announced in Paris of Pezon, the lion tamer, at the age of 73. Ha was a highly popular character there, and for more than forty years the fairs near the Bastille—…

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Death of Mr. M. Mackenzie

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

A shockingly sudden death occurred on Thursday night last at about 11 o’clock, the victim being the wall-known and highly respected citizen Mr. Murdoch Mackenzie, bookseller and stationer of…

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Death of a Deniliquin Resident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 4

A shockingly sudden death occurred on Thursday night last at about 11 o'clock, the victim being the well-known and highly respected citizen,…

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Death of an Old Resident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 29

On Friday Mr. James Oliver, farmer, Byawatha, near El Dorado, an old and respected resident of over 30 years, passed away after a lingering illness expending…

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Death of a Well-known Woolbroker

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 28

The pioneer of the Geelong wool trade, Mr. Charles John Dennys, died on Friday morning at his residence, charlemont Newtown. Deceased was a colonist of…

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Death of a Lion Tamer

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 1

The death is announced in Paris of Peson, the lion tamer, at the age of 73. He was a highly popular character there, and for more than forty years the fairs near the Bastille—…

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