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Obituaries & funerals, 1909

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Obituary. Lord Amherst of Hackney. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

The death is announced of Lord Amherst of Hackney, at the age of 84 years. The cause of death was apoplexy, but it is understood that anxiety over recent…

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Sydney Harbour Disaster. Death of Fifteen Bluejackets. Marine Board Inquiry Opened. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

The Marine Board inquiry into the naval collision in Sydney Harbor on January 5, when the collier Danmore cut down the pinnace of the cruiser…

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Funeral of a Speaker. the Late John Leahy. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

The remains of the late John Leahy, speaker of the Queensland Lagislative Assembly, who died at Brisbane on Wednesday evening, were interred with…

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Found on a Railway Embankment Curious Death of a Constable

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

Police-constable Ralston, who met with a shocking accident on the railway line between Digger's Rest and Sunbury, on Thursday, died in the police depot hospital,…

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Obituary. the Earl of Leicester. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

The death is announced of the Earl of Leicster at the age of 86. (The present title of Earl of Leicester is a comparatively recent one, vi[?]nt…

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Sudden Death of an Infant

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

A painfully sudden death occurred at Albury yesterday, when the 13-months old son of Mr. [?], of Thurgoona-street, died. The boy's same was…

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Man of Resources. No "Grandmother's Funeral for This Chap

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 3

The Young Man walked jauntily to the telephone, notwithstanding the Boss had his eyes on him. "2823," he told "central" in a…

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Cablegrams. the Tottenham Outrace. Constable Killed on Duty. Accorded a Great Funeral. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

The funeral of Constable Tyler, one of the victi[?] of the Tettenham outrace last Saturday, took place to-day. The scene was most impressive. Great…

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Obituary. Lord Burton, Brewer. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

The death has occurred of Sir Michael Arthur Bass, Bart Baron Burton, the well-known brewer, as the result of an operation for an internal complaint, at…

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Death of Father Kelly

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 29

The Melbourne papers report the death of Rev. W. Kelly, S.J., who was wellknown all over the southern States as a versatile scholar and lecturer in the…

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Death of a Centenarian

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 33

An interesting diameter in the person of an old man, named Thomas Fitzg[?]d, died at the Warrambool Benevolent Asylum last week, at the age of 111 years…

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Late Mr. Alfred Dobson. His Estate in Great Britain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

The estate in Great Britain of the late Mr. Alfred Dobson, Agent-General for Tasmania, has been valued for probate purposes at £15,624…

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Totte[?]ham Crime. the Murdered Policeman Remarkable Funeral. London, January 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 41

The funeral took place to-day of the policeman, Tyler, shot by the tow Russians, Hefeld and Jacob, who carried out the robbery of money from a motor car…

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Strung Up by Hawsers. Death of an Unknown Man. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

Just before daylight Joseph M'Na[?]e, night fireman on board the [?] Courier, was passing along the Queen's wha[?], when [?] the [?]ad body of a man…

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Cablegrams. Chinese Emperor's Death Fate of Kuang-hsu. Preferred Opium to Strangulation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

A highly creational account of how [?] late Emperor of China, met his death in November last, is related in the [?] number of "Ha Revue," a…

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The Death of Colonel Burnaby

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 4

Archibald Forbes sent me in fuller detail a [?] word picture of an [?] which in the hurried march and the catastrophe looming over…

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New Museum of Fraud. the Mock Funeral.—an Aged Clerk and His Large Red Book

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 3

One of the most curious museums has just been opened in Paris— the "Museum of Fraud" It is situated in the Town Hall, and in it are…

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Death of a French Actor. Coquelin Cadet Follows His Brother

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

The death is announced of Era[?] Ale[?] Coquelin ("Coquelin Cadet"), brother of the great French actor Benoit Constant C[?] "Aine," who died on…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 28

The death occurred at Nurse Walsh's private hospital, Albury. on Wednesday evening of Mrs. Elizabeth Ziebarth, a very old resident of Gerogery. The deceased, who was 75…

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The Tottenham Outrage. Death of Hefeld. the Other Anarchist Succumbs London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

Hefeld, one of the two Russian [?] who ran amok at Tottenbam, London, recently, and, after participating in the slaughter of a policeman and a boy,…

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