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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

58 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

The Late Mrs. Steel

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 May 1897 · page 2

THERE has just been placed over the grave of the late Mrs. Steel, whose sudden death in March last occasioned such profound sorrow throughout the district and such…

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Death of Charles Ryley

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1897 · page 2

Mr. Charles Ryley, the popular baritone, formerly of Messers. Williamson and Musgroue's and the London Gaiety Companies in…

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Death of Mr. T. Jordan

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 2

LAST night, about 8 o'clock after a long period of suffering, Mr. Thomas Jordan, senior a very old resident of Queanbeyan breathed his last. The deceased was…

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Sudden Death of a Boy

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1897 · page 2

LAST Saturday morning, at three o'clock, Herbert, the youngest child of Mr. Charles Black, at Queenbeyan--a fine healthy boy, approaching four years of age-- died in a…

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Death of an Old Queanbeyanite

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 2

FROM a communication which reached us yesterday we learn that Martin Campbell, lately a resident of Rowen, and a resident for half a century or more in the…

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Death of an Old Identity

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 2

There died in one of the Sydney hospitals during the week a very old Queanbeyan identity, in the person of Mr Martin Campbell. Deceased was over 80 years of…

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Death of the Member's Brother

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 2

Mr E. W. O'Sullivap, M.P. (says Freemans Journal) has received from New Guinea the sad intelligence of the death of his brother Peter. The deceased was a native of Hobart…

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Death of the Rev. Father Madden

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 2

We are very sorry (says the Freeman's Journal) to have to record the death of a devoted priest, Father William Madden, who was attached to the Sydney mission for…

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Death of Powell

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 2

At twelve o'clock on Friday we received a telegram stating that Herbert Powell, the injured fireman, died that morning in the Goulburn Hospital…

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The Death of Powell

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 June 1897 · page 2

The inquest on the cause of death of Hubert Powell, fireman, was held before Mr O'Brien, the Goulburn coroner, on Friday. Evidence showed that deceased was…

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Death of Charles Cavill

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 2

From files of San Francisco papers to hand by the R.M.S. Alameda, the following details are obtainable about the death of Charles Cavill, the Australian swimmer,…

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Death of the Prince Consort

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 2

At a late hour on Saturday night, December 14, 1861, the inhabitants of London were electrified by the unusual sound of the tolling of the great bell of…

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Death of Mr. Eddy

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

MR. E. M. O. Eddy, Chief Railway Commissioner of New South Wales died at the Gresham Hotel, Brisbane, last Monday afternoon at half-past five o'clock…

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Death of Mr Eddy

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

Mr E. M. G. Eddy, Chief Railway Commissioner for New South Wales, died on Monday afternoon, at Brisbane. He had been for some time suffering from lumbago…

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Death of an old Politician

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

Alderman Ninian Melville, J. P., died at his residence, Dover-street, Summer Hill, at 1 o'clock last Saturday morning from septic pneumonia, following on…

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Death of Mr Melville

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

Mr Ninian Melville, of Ashfield, Alderman and for some time Mayor, died at his residence early on Saturday morning, after a brief illness. The cause of death was septic…

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Death of an old Resident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 2

ON Saturday shortly after midday, died at the advanced ago of 77, Mr. Richard Mchogan, a resident in Queanbeyan for about 40 years. The deceased was a saddler by…

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Sir P. Jennings' Funeral

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

The funeral service over the late Sir Patrick Jennings on Wednesday morning was presided over by the Cardinal and was most impressive. There was a ropressehative…

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Death of Mrs McDONALD

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 2

There was quite an expression of norrow in town on Wednesday night when it became known that Mrs Roderick McDonald had passed away. It was only recently…

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Shocking Death of a Lady

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 3

A shocking accident has occured in London. Mrs. Samuelson, a Yorkshire lady, on a visit to London, went…

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