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Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of M. Jolibois

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 8

M. Eugene Jolibois, one of the oldest members of the Paris Bar, died Recently at his estate at Vesinet. He was born at Amiens in 1819, and was…

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Death of a Cyclist. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 5

THE death is announced of A. W. Harris, the well-known cyclist, from injuries which he lately received in an accident whilst taking part in a cycling meeting at Astor,…

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Tasmania. Obituary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 3

The Rev. Samuel Ironsides, one of the oldest Wesleyan clergymen in Australia, died on Saturday, aged 84…

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Death of an Old Minister. Tasmania

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 5

THE Rev. Samuel Ironsides, one of the oldest Wesleyan clergymen in Australia, died on Saturday, at the age of 84 years…

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Death of Blondin

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 8

Blondin, the famous tight-rope walker, died id London recently, Emile Gravelet, better known as Blondin, wan born in France…

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Death of Two Children

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 2

Further particulars have been received regarding the death of the two little girls at Gunbar near Hillston, on Saturday. The girls were the…

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Death of M. Le Royer

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 8

The former Minister of Justice and President of the Senate, M. Philippe Elie Le Royer, died after a brief illness at the Luxembourg Palace,…

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Death of a Jockey. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

At the inquest, to-day, on the body of the jockey Gardner, who was killed at Kensington races on Saturday, a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Death of Sir W. Robinson

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 3

The death is announced of Sir William Robinson, formerly Governor of West Australis…

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Death of a Famous Painter

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 8

Paris has lost one of its beat artists and illustrators, by the death of Henri Pille. With Willette, Forain, Steinlen, and one or two…

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The Death of Sir William Clarke. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 5

THE autopsy on the body of the late Sir William Clarke showed that the kidneys and heart were extremely diseased, causing death…

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Death of Sir W. J. Clarke. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 4

SIR WILLIAM J. CLARKE, Bart., expired while on his way to his office this morning. He had alighted from a tram in Collinsstreet in front of the Union Club Hotel,…

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The Late Mr. T. Bawden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1897 · page 2

OUR [?] in mourning the death [?] pay a high [?] to his virtues and [?] his abilities as an [?] and patriotic citizen…

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Strange Death of a Horse

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 2

A horse met its death on Friday last in a rather strange way whilst in transit to Sydney by rail. As the 4 p.m. train came into Singleton on the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. A Sad Case. Death of an Old Man

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 5

At Trar[?] Victoria, yesterday on old man in broken health was sentenced to six months imprisonment for vagrancy. The presiding…

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Obituary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1897 · page 2

Isaac John Josephson, a well known citizen, died today at his residence Macquarie street, aged 73…

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Death of a Pioneer. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1897 · page 5

MR. Thomas Collins, a pioneer selector of Narrabeen, near Manly, died at the age of 94 years…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Pleuro Pneumonia. Death of a Teamster

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 3

A teamater named Johnson died at Wilcannia on Saturday from pleuro pneumonia, developed through a bullock suffering from pleuro…

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Chopin's Funeral March

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 7

FEW people are aware of the extraordinary circumstances under which Chopin composed his famous Dead March. The inspiration came to him…

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Death of Captain Hall. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 5

A PRIVATE cable was received to-day advising the death of Captain John Hall, marine surveyor to the Sydney Underwriter's Association…

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