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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

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Death of Ottmar Mergenthaler. Inventor of the Linotype

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 4

By the death of Ottmar Mergenthaler the world has lost one of its greatest inventors. When them comes to be considered the very grant benefits which have already followed…

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Funeral of the Victim

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 34

The inquest on the body of little Rita Jones was opened on Saturday, and adjourned after evidence of identification had been given. The funeral took place during the…

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A Venerable Pastor Gone. Death of Rev. S. Wilkinson

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 34

By the death or the Rev. Samuel Wilkinson, which occurred at his late residence. Petersham, there has passed away, in the fulness of years, one who was held in deep…

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Death of Mr. Robert Chirnside

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

News was received in Deniliquin on Wednesday afternoon last, that Mr Robert Chirnside, who has with his wife and family, been a well known visitor to Deniliquin for some years past, had died that day…

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Death of a Noted Sculler

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 19

The death took place in England at the end of November of the noted American oarsman, Wallace Ross. The cause of death was paralysis. Amongst those who attended…

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Death of the Brood Mare Frailty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 18

The brood mare Frailty, one of the gems of the Stud Book (writes " Goodwood") died a few days ago at Mr. Thomas Morrin's stud, Wellington park, New Zealand, full of years…

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Death of a Cricketer. London, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 37

The death is announced of William Bates, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, aged 44 years. William Bates was one of the best known of English cricketers. He…

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Death of M. Coxwell

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 30

A cablegram from London on Monday announces the death of Mr. Henry Tracy Cox-well, the famous aeronaut, who has just died in his 8lst year. It will be of interest to our…

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Death of a Journalist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 30

It is with deep regret (says the Wagga Express, we have to chronicle the death of Mr. Arthur Harrissmith Walton, editor of the Wagga Advertiser, which took place at his…

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Death of an English Sportsman

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 18

Mr. R. C. Naylor, one of England's most prominent sportsmen and breeders, who owned the famous Stockwell and won the Derby with Macaroni, died on 30th…

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Death of Mr. J. L Thompson

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 37

Mr. J. L. Thompson, the Government lecturer in agriculture, and formerly principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, died at Burwood, near Sydney, early on…

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Obituary

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 2

An old and highly respected [?] in the person of Mrs C. E. A. McGeoch was suddenly called away on Tuesday 16th inst at Egan [?]…

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The Late Mr. A. G. Taylor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 30

Mr. A. G. Taylor died late on Thursday night, 18th inst., in Callan Park Hospital for the Insane, where he had for some months past been under treatment. For some time…

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Death of Mr. E. I. Wignell

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 24

Death continues to make vacancies in the ranks of the pioneers of the district. In another column appears the obituary notice of Mr. Edward Thomas Wignell, who for close upon 50…

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Death of W. G. Steevens. Fever in Ladysmith. London, January 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 27

Typhoid fever continues prevalent in Ladysmith. The latest victim is Mr. George Warrington Steevens, the well-known war correspondent, who was the representative of…

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War Notes. a Battlefield Funeral. the Highland Brigade. a Graphic Description of an Impressive Scene. Modder River, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 28

The sun has just set and the period of twilight has commenced. The great heat of the day has passed, and although there is not a breath of wind the air is cool and…

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The War. Death of Dr. A. C. Stark. Killed by a Boer Shell. Look After My Cat!"

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 4

Brief though it has been, the Transvaal War has not been without its tragedy for several Torquay families, which have either been plunged into…

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The Death of the Khalifa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 9

Writing from Cairo on December 2, Reuter'a agent gives the following particulars of the dramatic death of the Khalifa:- "As soon as Colonel Wingate's force had…

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The Late Mr. W. J. Lambie. How He Was Killed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 3

A cable message has been received from South Africa confirming Reuter's announcement that Mr. W. J. Lambie, the war correspondent of the "Age," was killed during…

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The Storyteller. the Death-doing of Squire Asleburn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 7

When, on that October morning, Blairham village was thrilled by the news that Squire Asleburn had been found dead by the wayside, soon after daybreak, and that…

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