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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

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Death of the Khalifa. Wednesday, November 29

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 3

An official report has been received of the decisive battle which has been fought in the Soudan between the Egyptian forces, under the command of Colonel Sir Francis Wingate, and a large body of dervishes,…

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Funeral of Dante

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 36

The body of the late Oscar Eliason, professionally known as "Dante the Great" was removed from Dubbo to Sydney on Thursday, and on Friday afternoon the funeral started…

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Death of a Pioneer Prospector

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 36

Mr. William Wye, so well known as "Billy Wye," the prospector, died in the Albury Hospital on Friday morning, the 1st December. The deceased had been ailing…

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The Late Mr. Lavender. References at the Magistrates' Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 3

Before the business of the Jurors' Revision Court was commenced yesterday, Mr. I. S. C Robertson, on behalf of the legal profession, made a feeling reference to…

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The Late Mr. J. S. Lavender

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 2

After the court for the revision of the jury lists had been opened on Monday, Mr. L. S. C. Robertson said he would like to express his sympathy with the…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. Walter Quirk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 24

It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Mr. Walter Quirk, son of Mr. John Quirk, of the Royal Hotel, from pneumonia, brought on by influenza. The deceased had been ill…

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Death of Mrs. Quirk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 24

Mrs. John Quirk died about half-past 5 Wednesday evening. The hopes of the family continued to the last, but the shock she received at the premature death of her youngest…

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The Late Mr. Matthew Prideaux

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 25

By the death of Mr. Matthew Prideaux on Wednesday, at his residence, St. Andrews' West Botany-road, Arncliffe, the Manchester Unity I.O.O.F. lost one of the most energetic…

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The Late Mr. J. Walker Jones

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 25

LATE MANAGER OF THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES, ALBURY…

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Death of Brockleich

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 21

From Tumut comes word of the death of the thoroughbred sire, Brockleigh. The Goldsbrough horse, it appears, reared and impaled himself on a fence, meeting with injuries which…

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Death of Colonel Macdonald

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 25

Colonel Malcolm Melville Macdonald, late commandant of the New South Wales Mounted Brigade, died at his residence, Llandudno, Old South Head road, Woollahra…

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Death of Mr. William Hill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1899 · page 21

The death of Mr. William Hill, J.P., of Wodonga, early yesterday morning, was a severe shock to the family and friends of that gentleman, and was a painful surprise to the…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 17

The Rev. Samuel Wilkinson, the oldest Wesleyan minister in the Southern Hemisphere, died at Petersham, a suburb of Sydney, on Wednesday, at the age of 85. He…

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Obituary. the Duke of "Westminster. London, December 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 26

The death is announced of the Duke of Westminster at the age of 74. The late Duke was very wealthy, owning some 30,000 acres in Cheshire and Flinshire…

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