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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Death of an Old Resident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 4

Captain Mayne, an old resident of Barwood, died yesterday at the age of 95…

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The Late Mr. Alex Ferguson

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 4

OUR Gilgandra correspondent writes:—It is with feelings of sincere regret that I have to chronicle the death of Mr. Alex Ferguson, at his residence,…

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Death of Mr. Gilbert Elliott

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 4

WE regret to have to announce in this issue the decease of Mr. Gilbert Elliott, one of our best-known townsmen of the younger generation. His death came quite as a shock to the…

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Death of Mr. Gilbert Elliot

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 3

THE death of Mr. Gilbert Stanley Elliot, which sad event occurred on Wednesday evening, comes as a painful shock to his friends and acquaintances throughout the…

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Accident to President Roosevelt. Narrow Escape from Death. Two of His Attendants Killed. LONDON

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 5

President Roosevelt, with other gentlemen in a four-horse landau, went for a drive yesterday from Pittsfield to Lenox. After they had gone for two miles the driver of the landau…

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Death at a Funeral

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 3

A man named William Parkin, while assisting to fill up a grave at a funeral at Sunbury (Victoria) on Sunday, dropped dead…

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Death of Sheep from Change of Diet. The Myall Mundi Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 2

THE intestines of the sheep which recently died at Myall Mundi from some indefinable cause were examined by Mr. J. D. Stewart, Government Veterinary Surgeon, on the occasion of his…

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Death of Mr. Charles Ryder

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

Many expressions of regret were heard when it became known that Mr. Charles Ryder had died at Calga on the 7th inst, for there are no more popular and…

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Death of Archdeacon Ross

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 3

Ven Archdeacon Ross died at Armidale this morning after a short illness…

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Death of Miss A. Campbell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

IT is our painful duty to report the death of Miss Annabella Campbell, of Bunglegumbie, second daughter of the late Mr. More Neil Campbell, one of the pioneers…

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Death of Miss Campbell, of Bunglegumbie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

THE decease of Miss Annabella Kinghorn Campbell, member of one of our oldest district families, occurred at Bunglesgumbie on Wednesday last. Miss Campbell, who was 54 years of…

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Death of Mr. D. White (Wellington)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

AT Wellington on Wednesday occurred the death of Mr. David White, senr., who was probably the oldest resident of the district. Deceased was 87 years of age, and had resided…

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Death of Mr. L. O. D. James

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 September 1902 · page 4

The death occurred at Bathurst early in the week of Mr. L. O. D. James, aged 85, solicitor. In Mr. James' decease old-time Wellington memories are revived, as he…

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Queer Funeral Rites

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 6

A whimsical Frenchman, having selected his last resting place, drew up a special programme for his funeral, which religion was to play no put. A…

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Peculiar Death of Sheep in Forbes District

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 3

THE "Forbes Times" says, "A number of sheep have recently died at Messrs. Martin Bros.' Dronbalgie station, the cause undoubtedly being blood poisoning in some form. At first…

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Death of Mr. M. Taylor

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 2

The death of Mr. Mark Taylor which occurred in Gunnedah last Tuesday night took place under unusual distressing circumstances. The deceased had been…

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Death of Mrs. H. Hunt

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 2

The death occurred at Bugaldie last Tuesday night of Mrs. H. Hunt from consumption The deceased had been suffering from that dreaded disease for some…

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Death of Zola. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 3

The death is announced of M. Emile Zola, the French author, aged 62. Death was due to accidental asphyxiation. Later…

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The Late Mr. John Strahorn

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 4

By his last will John Strahorn, graziers of Mungery, near Duddo, who died at Derowie, near Obley, on May 1st, appointed his brother-in-law, Florant John Martel,…

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Death of M. Zola

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 4

A cable message from London announces the death of Emile Zola, the realistic novelist, who was suffocated in his bedroom by charcoal fumes escaping from a defective…

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