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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1912

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Cablegrams. the Late General Booth. Funeral Watched by Vast Concourse. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

The funeral of the late General Booth took place yesterday. A vast concourse of people lined the route between the Army headquarters and the Abney Park cemetery…

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Death of General Booth. Memorial Services in Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 2

A service in memoriam of the late. General Booth was held at the Salvation Army Barracks Albury, last night. At the open air service the band played the…

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Death of Mr. Judkins. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Judkins, the well-known social reformer, died at his residence, Campbell road, Camberwell, at half-past 12 o'clock to-day. Mr. Judkins had been…

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Cable News. Late "General" Booth. Impressive Funeral. London, August 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 42

Amid very impressive scenes, the funeral of "General" Booth, the founder of the Salivation Army, took place yesterday. The remains were buried in the Abney-park…

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Death of Six Soldiers. Drowning Fatality in Holland the Hague

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

Duriug the course of some military operations at Utrecht, yesterday, a raft which was launched in the Vossegat collapsed with the result that six soldiers…

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New South Wales. Sudden Death of a Contractory. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 3

Mr. H. Jorgensen, contractor of 65 Pitt street, dropped dead in the office of Messrs Langdon and Langdon yesterday morning…

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Death of Mr. Wm. Herlot

The Independent · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 2

The dentil of Mr. William Herlot, which took place at his residence, Haifl[?]r Street, on Sunday last, removes from our midst one who had witnessed the progress of…

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Personal. Death of Mr. W. HERIOT

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 2

After an illness; expending over 18 months the death occurred on Sunday of Mr William Heriot, who for 50 years had been a well known figure in the…

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Wheels of Funeral Car Emit Seven Different Melancholly Sounds. Tokio, Saturday Evening

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 2

The coffin containing the remains of the late Emperor was carried in a car drawn by five oxen from the palace to the Oyama parade grounds in the evening. Hun…

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Cablegrams the Mikado's Funeral Quaint Ceremonies. Culminate at Midnight. Coffin Draw by Five Oxen. £25,000 Spent in Street Decoration. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 2

The funeral ceremonies in connection with the interment of the late Mikado were commenced yesterday. Enormous crowds filled the streets of the city. The…

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Obituary. Death of Senior Sergeant Walsh

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 2

Information came to band yesterday from Melbourne of the death of Senior Sergeant Walsh, for over 12 years head of the police staff in Corowa. About…

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Funeral of the Mikado. Arrival of Coffin at Kyoto. Eighty Doves Released. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 2

The funeral train conveying the remains of the late Mikado to Kyoto for interment beside the remains of his father in the mausoleum, on the Imperial estate, was…

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Dredges in Difficulties. Funeral Party in Danger

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 2

The Blight district is now experiencing one of the worst floods seen there for many years. Six and a half inches of rain have fallen since Friday. 212 points…

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Count Nogi's Funeral Great Military Honors. Tokio

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

General Count Nogi and his wife, both of whom committed suicide, when the corpse of the late Mikado left Tokio for Kyoto, were buried yesterday, a vast num-…

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Cable News. Funeral of the Mikado. Deeply Impressive Ceremony. Tokio, September 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 42

Amid the lamentations of the millions of subjects over whom he ruled for nearly half a century, and with the manifestations of sympathy from the great nations of the…

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Obituary

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

Mrs. Brown, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Brown, formerly of Tappal, station died on Wednesday of last week at "Monteath," Williams-road,…

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The Death of Astley. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 3

The English aviator Astley. who was killed at Belfast on Saturday, in the presence of 30.000 spectators, was very wealthy Laving inherited a portion, of the fortune…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. R. H. Gillies

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. R. B. Gillies, of Tarce, a former resident of Corowa. We learn from a private source, that on Friday last Mr. Gillies…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 23

Another old identity of the Milbrulong district passed away on Tuesday, 10th inst., in the person of Mr. J. A. Krause, of Fairlight. Mr. Krause came to the…

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Professor's Death. Arrest of Young Wife. Berlin, September 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 42

A sensation has been caused by the arrest the youthful widow of the late Dr. Blume, in connection with her husband's death. He was a young professor of…

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