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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 20

We regret to announce that just as we were going to press a telegram came to hand from Melbourne intimating the death of Mr. Alexander M'Bean, of…

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Death of Mr. James Williams

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 34

There has been no figure more prominent in the history of the charitable movements of Victoria than Mr. James Williams, who died on Tuesday at his residence…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. Geo. R. Boss

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last a telegram was received from Melbourne bearing the melancholy news of the death of Mr. Geo. R. Ross of Bulganna…

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Death of A. Remarkable Man

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 2

The death was announced lately of Mr. Thomas Sterratt, on his eightieth birth day, at Kear[?]ley: Mr. Sterratt, who was without arms, was an oil and tallow merchant. His…

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Death of Mrs W. O. Close

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 2

Following on the death of Mr. Geo. Ross, came another of those shock giving telegrams on Saturday, staring that Mrs W. O Close had died suddenly at…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 24

We regret having to record the death of Mr. J. G. Batstone, of Olive-street. Some time ago he was attacked by an internal malady the precise nature of which could…

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Death of a Pioneer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 29

The death is announced of Mr. Robert Moubray, one of the earliest pioneers of Australia. Mr. Moubray was a brother of the late Dr. Andrew Moubray, P.M…

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Strange Death of a Child

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 34

A daughter of Mr. J. Bagley, aged eight years, residing at Chiltern Valley, died suddenly at her parents' residence on Monday evening under peculiar circumstances. An…

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Death of Mr. Dingley. Author of the United States Tariff. London, January 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 26

Mr. Nelson Dingley, the member of the United States House of R. presentative for M'mine, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of that House, and author of the…

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By Electric Telegraph. Death of Mr. John Crowe. Tocumwal. Friday, January 20

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

One of the oldest and most highly respected resident of the district, Mr John Crowe, of Nallabooma, died at Cobram at two o’clock to-day. The deceased was born a Appin 67 years ago, and…

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Death of Mr. E. Barker

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 3

MR. Ernest Barker, of Rutherglen, was taken ill about ten days ago, and on the recommendation of his medical adviser laid up in Nurse Nicholas' private hospital…

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Death of a Cyclist. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

James Sommerville, a cyclist who was injured at the Sydney Cricket Ground, died this morning. He never regained consciousness from the time of the…

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The Sketcher. Posthumous Memoirs of a Crocodile. Life, Activities, and Death of Long Tom

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

An enterprising journalist has lately secured the posthumous memoirs of an ancient and well-known crocodile, and published them in the "Pioneer Mail."…

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Fatality at a Funeral

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 29

A painful shock was experienced on Saturday by the mourners at the funeral of Wm. Passenger, an old resident of Ballarat East. While the coffin was being borne to the…

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Death of Mr. Carragan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 3

It is with profound regret that we have to record the terribly sudden death of an old and highly respected townsman in the person of Mr. Patrick Michael Carragan, of…

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Death of the Princess of Bulgaria. London, February 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 21

Princess Marie Louise, wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, died yesterday of pneumonia after the premature birth of a daughter…

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Sensation at a Funeral. the Rev. Dr. C. A. Berry. Drops Dead While Praying. London, February. 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 24

The death is reported under startling circumstances of the Rev. Charles Albert Berry, D.D., of the Queen-street Congregational Church, Wolverhampton. The deceased…

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Death of Mr. D. M'cauchey

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 2

It is with feelings of deep regret that we have to sudden death of Mr. David M'Caughey, of Corse Station, yesterday morning, between the hours of 6 and 7…

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Death of Mr. D M'caughey, of Coree Station. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 2

Mr. David M'Caughey, of Coree Station (brother of Mr. Samuel M'Caughey, of Coonong Station), one of the largest breeders of sheep in the colonies, died…

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Death of a Royal Prince. Alfred of Saxe-coburg and Gotha. London, February 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 24

The death is announced of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert, eldest son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Dake of Edinburgh)…

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