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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1914

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Funeral Services. Montreal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 2

An impressive service was held on boars the incoming steamer Megantic at the spot where the Empress of Ireland sank. The passengers and crow lined up on the…

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Obituary

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 5
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

On Sunday afternoon last, Mr. W. Cowhan of Jerilderie, was called suddenly to Melbourne, owing to the death of his aged mother, Mrs…

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Obituary. Mr. Wm. C. Oliver

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

There died at Dr. Gray's private hospital, Corowa, on Tuesday night last, Mr. Win. C. Oliver, father of Mr. H. Oliver, of the Corowa post office staff…

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Death of Sir Joseph Swan. London, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 7

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, whoso name will be identified for all time with the invention of they incandescent electric lamp which bears his name, and with many…

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Feared Loss of Child. Mother Starves to Death. Dread of Divorce

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 5

Rather than live without her child, whom she feared she would lose as the result of divorce proceedings a young mother starved herself to death. The victim was Mrs. Ethel Horrocks, of Moorfield, Heyrod, Stalybridge…

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The Late Mr. Hubert E. Hacker

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

We have received professional information regarding the death of the late Mr. Hubert E. Hacker who died in the Urana Hospital…

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800 Bodies Still in Ship. Impressive Funeral Services. Montreal, June 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 42

The rescue steamer Lady Evelyn has abandoned the search for the bodies of victims of the St. Lawrence shipping disaster, her captain declaring that all which…

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Marries Married Woman. Wedding at Pistol Point. Dramatic Scene at Funeral

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 5

That he had been compelled to marry another man's wife, and to pay £200 or run the risk of being shot by the woman's husband, was the astounding allegation made…

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Death of Carbine. Australia's Greatest Racehorse. at the Age of 29. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 4

Carbine, Australia's greatest racehorse, died on Tuesday at the stud of the Duke of Portland at Welback (Workshop, Notts.) He was foaled in 1883, and was, therefore…

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Death-traps of the Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 6

In "Chambers's Journal" Mr. T. C. Bridges describes a number of ocean death-traps or graveyards of ships and sailors. He enumerates…

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Tallangatta Mourns a British Hero Death of Surgeon-major Patterson. Memories of Stirring Deeds in South Africa. the "Red Cross" and the "White Flag." Boer Commander Dictates Terms. While Two British Columns March to the Attack

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 2

The friends of Dr. James Patterson, J.P., of Tallangatta, will regard to learn of his death, which took place at an early hour yesterday morning. Dr. Patterson…

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Death of Mr. C.l. Russell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 4

Mr. Charles Lord Russell secretory of the Owners and Trainers' Association and the Victoria Trotting Association, who had been ill for some time, died at 7 a.m…

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Death of Gippsland Giantess. Toured the World at 38 Stone. Bunyip

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

Clara Snell, the Gippsland g[?]ess died this morning, at the age of 10 years. She was a native of Bunyip and had lived here nearly all her life…

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Obituary. Mr. John Kelly

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 4

On Saturday morning another pioneer of the Rutherglen district crossed the great barrier from which there is no return (says the "Sun".) The deceased,…

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Death of a Journalist. Mr. Henry Dunstan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

The death occurred at his residence, Wagga, on Sunday, of Mr. Henry Dunstan, senior partner in the firm of Dunstan and Sons, proprietors of the…

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Death of Carbine. Australia's Champion Horse. London, June 20

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 1

The death has taken place at the Welbeck Stud, Worksop, of the famous horse Carbine, the property of the Duke of Portland. Carbine, who was…

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Obituary

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 2

Another life has passed away to join the great majority in the person of Mr. James Hawksworth whose death took place at his residence "Pareenyeen"…

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Death of a Riverian Jouralist

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 2

Mr Henry Dunstan, senior partner in the firm of Dunstan and Sons of the Wagga "Express," passed away at his residence in Wagga on…

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Death of a Bishop. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 3

The death has occurred suddenly of the Right Rev. Alfred Robert Tucker, D. D., formerly Anglican bishop Uganda. Dr. Tucker became suddenly ill when…

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