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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1917

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Death of Trotting Horse

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Mr. W. J. Carter's well-known trotting performer Lady Love dropped dead yesterday at Temora…

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Death of Canon Grime

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday. -- The death has occurred of Canon Grime, of Christchurch Cathedral, Newcastle, at the age of 66…

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Obituary. Archbishop Dunne

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Dr. Dunne, Roinan Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, died at noon to-day. The body will be interred in the vault of St. Stephen's…

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Death of a Farmer. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3

Arthur Collins, a farmer at Redbank, Manning River, was watering a bull, when it attacked him goring him severely in the stomach and the lower…

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Gored by a Bull. Death of a Farmer

Northern Star · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Arthur Collins, a farmer at Redbank, on the Manning River, was watering a bull when he was attacked by the animal, who gored him severely in the…

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The Late Mr. Michael Ryan

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over the district when it became known that one of the most highly respected redents, in the person of Mr. Michael…

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The Late Mr. Michael Ryan

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

Quite a gloom was east over the district, when it became known that one of the most highly respected residents, in the person of Mr. Michael Ryan, had passed away on the 3rd…

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Death of a Postmaster

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The death is announced of Mr. R. H. Hipsley, aged 82. Deceased was one of the oldest postmasters in the State…

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Death of Admiral Dewey

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

It is reported from: New York that Admiral Dewey is dead. [Admiral George Dewey was born in 1837, and entered the United States…

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Death of Captain George Smith

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

An official cable has boon received reporting the death of Captain George A. Smith, killed in action in Sinai, on 9th January. Captain Smith, who will…

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Obituary. Admiral Dewey

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The death has occurred of Admiral Dewey. (Admiral Dewey, who was born in 1837, entered the United States Navy in 1858. He…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Caddell

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

Word was received yesterday morning of the death in Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, of one of this dis-trict's best known und most…

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District Hews Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Death of Gregory Kearney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

The coroner, Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, held an inquiry into the death of the above-named deceased on Thursday, at the Court House, Tweed Heads…

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Estate of Late Mr. Pilcher

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The estate of the late Mr. Charles Edward Pilcher, K.C., has been valued for probate at £60,926, of which £43,640 is represented in realty…

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Death of Earl of Elgin

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- The death is announced of the Earl of Elgin…

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Death of a Pioneer School Teacher. the Late Mr. Imlay M'laren

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 3

Residents of the Richmond heard with extreme regret on Saturday last the news that Mr. Imlay M'Laren had passed suddenly away at Byron Bay, aged…

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Obituary. Mr. S. W. Pratt

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 3

After a martyrdom of twenty years, suffering from acute rheumatism, Mr. S. W. Pratt died at his home at Tygalgah, last week, aged 70 years. He…

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Late Mr. S. W. Pratt

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

It was mentioned at the Oddfellows' gathering on Monday night, that the late Mr. S. W. Pratt, who died last week, was a very old Oddfellow in the…

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The Late Mr. Imlay McLAREN. Well-known Northern Rivers Teacher

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4

Early on Friday morning last, in a tent at Ryron Bay, Mr. Imlay McLaren, of Lismore, but intimately, known in many parts of the State, died suddenly. He He was a Splendid…

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Death of a Noble Hero. Fearful Shipwreck Recalled

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 8

The "Daily Telegraph," of January 19th, states: -- "Mr. Antonio Costa, cockswain of the Newcastle lifeboat crew, died at Newcastle on Wednesday night, after an…

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