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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1931

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Laughed at Mate Then Sank in River Inquest Into Death of Moffatt Alexander Home

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 8

Five minutes before he was drowned in the Macquarie River on February 5, Moffatt Alexander Horne laughed happily at his…

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Obituary Winsome Marjorie Cameron

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 3

After a serious illness, Winsome Marjorie, aged two years and three months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cameron, of Coboco, succumbed…

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Obituary. Mrs. Zilla Seage

The Western Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

The sad news reached Bourke on Friday last that Mrs. Seage, wife of Mr. Jas. Seage, and eldest daughter (Zilla) of Mr and Mrs. Jas. Flanagan,…

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Obituary Mrs. Temperance Martin

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

There passed away yesterday evening, at her residence in Swift Street, a well-known identity in the person of Mrs. Temperance Martin, who had…

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Obituary Isabel Forrester

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 1

After a short illness, the death occurred in the Dubbo District Hospital on Tuesday of Isabel, wife of Mr. T. A. Forrester, of Narromine…

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Morgan the Bushranger Bloodthirsty and Callous How He Met His Death Story of an Eye-Witness

Western Age · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 3

The name of Morgan, the bushranger, will go down in history as one of the most bloodthirsty and calious scoundrels Australia has ever known. How he eventually met his death in Victoria is told in the…

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Obituary William Collin Brennan

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

THERE passed away, early on Tuesday morning, one of nature's gentlemen in the person of Mr.William Collin Brennan, after having…

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Morgan the Bushranger Bloodthirsty and Callous How He Met His Death Story of an Eye-Witness

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 5

The name of Morgan, the bushranger, will go down in history as one of the most bloodthirsty and cations scoundrels Australia has ever known. How he eventually met his death in Victoria is told in the…

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Obituary John Cadden

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 2

THE death look place .at the Wellington District Hospital on Friday morning of a well-known identity in the person .of Mr. John Cadden, who…

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Obituary Elizabeth Margaret Meredith

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

After an illness of seven days, Elizabeth Margaret Meredith, wife of William Meredith, of McLeay-street, North Dubbo, died in the District Hospital…

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Obituary Lucy Ann Colbran

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

At her residence, McLachlan Street, Orange Lucy Ann Colbian passed away, on Sunday morning, in her 74th year. Deceased, was the wife of Michael John…

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Obituary John Owens

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 4

After having lived in the Dubbo district for 50 years, John Owens died in the District Hospital last night, aged 77 years. The deceased, who was well…

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Obituary. Richard Elrington

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

Man after man departs— Who has not lost a friend? The head is bow'd! The tear drops start…

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Obituary Harold Geoffrey Grey

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 1

After an illness extending over a month, Harold Geoffrey Grey (55), died at the Dubbo District Hospital on Wednesday. Deceased, who was a native…

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Obituary William Charles Weber

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 2

THE death took place early yesterday morning of Mr. William Charles Weber, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. E. Hickey, in Arthur Street,…

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Obituary Patrick Wood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 1

The victim of the drowning fatality on Friday afternoon, Patrick Wood, aged 42, was interred in the Catholic portion of the local cemetery on Saturday…

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Nyngan News Death of Pioneer - Accident Has Faial Result—Heavy Rain—Canonbar P.P. Board-Nyngan Wins Swimming Cup—Personal Paragraphs Death of Old Westerner

Western Age · Wednesday 11 March 1931 · page 3

The death occurred at "Cookara," Five Duck, Sydney, last week, of Mrs. Buckley, senior a former resident of the West at "Cookara,"…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret Warner

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 3

THE death took place at her residence, in Pierce Street, on Tuesday morning, of Mrs. Margaret Warner, the wife of Mr. Jacob Warner, at the…

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Nyngan News Death of Pioneer--Accident Has Fatal Result--Heavy Rain--Canonbar P.P. Board--Nyngan Wins Swimming Cup--Personal Paragraphs Death of Old Westerner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 8

The death occurred at "Cookara," Five Dock, Sydney, last week, of Mrs. Duckey, senior., a former resident of the West, at "Cookara," Belaringur,…

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Local Jottings Death of Miss Fitz

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 2

Miss Fitz is (or rather was) an equinne, which probably held a record which no other brood mare ever had in the Commonwealth. She was…

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