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Obituaries & funerals, 1909

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 24

Our Germanton correspondent reports:- I have to record the death of Mr. Arthur Pigot, who had been confined to his bed for ten days with a severe attack of…

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Death of Superintendent Bell

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 25

Ex-Superintendent John Bell, of the New South Wales Police Force, died on Wednesday at the Lister Private Hospital, where he had been confined for some weeks…

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Death of Mr. Guest. Heart Failure the Cause. London, November 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 43

The death of Mr. Montague Guest, which occurred suddenly sit Sandringham on the King Birthday, was due to heart failure. Mr. Guest, who was 70, was a…

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Steamers Collide. Death Roll of 101. London, November 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 42

A disastrous collison, attended by heavy los of life, has occurred in the Rhio Straits, south of Singapore. The work of rescue was rendered desperate and dangerous by…

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Mysterious Death of an Old Lady

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 5

The Reading police (England) are searching for a kallo or other weapon by means of which Miss Lydla Smith, aged seventy-two, had been living with the sister…

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Death of Maurice Terry

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

The following letter from Andrew Baxter "Scotty" will be of interest to those who knew Maurice Terry in the early days of Tocumwal…

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Death of the Duke of Bavaria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

The death is announced of Karl Theoder, Duke of Bavaria, and brother of the late Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated at Geneva in 1898. Duke…

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Death of a Noted Western Resident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 32

Mr. John Lee, an old and highly-esteemed resident of the Bathurst district, died at his residence, Karalee, near Kelso, on Saturday morning after a short…

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Federal Parliament Death of a Member. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

The Senate passed the Naval Loan Bill through all its stages without amendment. In the House of Representatives Mr. Deakin in reply to a question said this…

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Death of an M.p

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 2

The death has occurred of Mr. Felix Thornley Cobbold, Liberal member for Ipswich, aged 68…

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Cablegrams. Death of Princess Waldemar Cleverest Woman in Royal Circles. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 2

The European press publish long obituary notices of Princess Waldemar of Denmark, sister-in-law of Queen Alexandra, who died on Thursday last [?]ed 41…

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Death of Canon Swindle Hurst

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

The death look place recently, of the Rev. Canon William Swindlehurst, of Wickham, near Newcastle, where he had been 21 year as rector of St. James'…

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A Pioneer Cone. Death of Mr. John Lee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 22

Under the above heading "Milroy," of the Sydney "Mail," writes:— The death of Mr. John Lee, of Karralee, near Bathurst, severs a link with the…

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The Moving Death. Horrors of a Bog-slide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 39

A bog-slide is caused by the water, in which every bog rests, becoming so augmented by rains and thaws as to float the peat over its boundaries…

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Late Mrs Pearson’s Wills. Another Discussion

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

The committee of the hospital, at their meeting on Tuesday night, again discussed matters in reference to the two wills of the late Mrs Pearson. It has already been…

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Obituary. Death of Mrs. John Hiskin[?], Senior

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 3

The death occurred on Saturday evening last of Mrs. John Hiskins [?] relict of the late John Hiskins, at the advanced age of 88 years. Death was the result of…

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The Death of a Famous Chemist Dr. Ludwig Mond. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

The death da announced of Dr. Ludwig Mend, director of Brunner, Mond and Co. Ltd., manufacturing chemists and soda manufacturers, of London and Cheshire…

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Death of a Ship Owner

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 5

The death is announced of Sir Alfred Jones, senior partner in the firm of Elder, Dempster and Co., shipowners, at the age of 63 years…

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Cablegrams. Obituary. Mr. John Mackrell. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 3

The death has occurred of Mr. John Mackrell, who formerly held the post of [?]licitor to the Governments of New South Wales and New Zealand. It was Mr…

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Obituary

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 4

It is with regret that we have to record the death of Mr. William Cunningham of this town on Friday last at his residence. Deceased, who was 64…

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