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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1908

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Obituary. James Moran, Tuggranong

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

WE have with regret to record the death of James Moran, of Tuggranong, which event occurred on Friday last at the local hospital. The cause of…

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Stabbed to Death. Murder of Capetown Money-lender. a Cry in the Night

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

By the last mail from Capetown (reports "Lloyd's Weekly" of 24th November) comes the news of a mysterious and bloodthirsty tragedy…

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Obituary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2

LAST Sunday morning at about 4 o' clock yet another of Queanbeyan's oldest residents, in the person of Mrs. Mary Willans, entered into her rest…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, February 4, 1908. Obituary. MRS. O. WILLIANS

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2

RIPE as a shock of corn ready to be garnered, the subject of this obituary notice yielded to the hand of the grim reaper, Death, in the early hours of Sunday morning last. The…

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Sang at His Own Funeral. New Use for the Phonograph

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 3

It is not given to every man, writes the "Westminster Gazette," to anticipate his death as calmly as did the late Mr. H. N. Pottle, an organist, at whose…

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The Late Mr. David Syme. Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 6

There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Mr. David Syme, which took place yesterday at the Borooodara Cemetery, Melbourne. Amongst those who attended…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

Alderman William Augustus Kershaw, who has been unwell for some two months past, and who latterly became so much worse that he was obliged to take to his bed, expired on Saturday…

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Estate of the late Mr. James O'Brien

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

Probate has been granted in the estate of the late Mr. James O'Brien, of Mount Elrington. The trustees and executors named under the will are deceased's sons, James and Michael, and his nephew…

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Death of Mr. Joseph Webb

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 2

AFTER ailing for a considerable time Mr. Joseph Webb, an old resident, aged 68 years, died. this morning at Mill House, Queanbeyan. The…

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Obituary Notices. the Late Mr. Joseph Webb

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

THERE passed away on Friday last, as briefly announced in the AGE of that date, another of the prominent pioneers of the Queanbeyan district, in the…

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The Estate of the Late Mr. James O'Brien

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

We have to draw attention to an alteration in the date up to which accounts can be sent in in this estate as per advertisement in this issue. We published in a recent issue the terms of the…

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Laid to Rest. Carlos of Portugal. a Stately Funeral. Lisbon's Sorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5

From Lisbon on Sunday the 4th, William Maxwell, special correspondent of the "Daily Mail," wrote:—The funeral rites of [?] murdered…

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Famous Beauty's Death. Mystery of Letters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 5

According to the New York correspondent of London "Daily Mall," writing on February 21, New York society was profoundly stirred this evening by the…

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Death of a Reputed Centenarian

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

MR. WM. COSTELLO. a very old resident of the district, died on Thursday evening at his residence at Currawang. Deceased, it is stated by one of his…

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Obituary. John Owens, Ætat 80

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

As briefly noticed in our last issue, the Queanbeyan district has been deprived, by the hand of death, of one of the most estimable of its old, old residents, Mr. John…

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Death of Mr. C. C. Kingston

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

ON Monday morning the Right Hon. C. C. Kingston, P.C., K.C., M.P., and an ex-Premier of South Australia. died at his rooms in Ocean-chambers,…

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Death of an Old Pioneer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

THE death took place at 4 p.m. on Friday last of one of the earliest pioneers of the Queanbeyan district, viz., Elizabeth Louisa McKenzie, of…

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The Ballina Suicide. Death of Mr. W. M. HUNT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 5

From the "Northern Star" we take the following particulars of the death of Mr. W. M. Hunt, as given at the inquest on Thursday week last:—…

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The Late Mr. Gordon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 2

ON Friday last, says the Gundaroo correspondent of the Penny Post, residents of our township were deeply saddened by the receipt of a wire from Queanbeyan…

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Death of Two Infants

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 3

AN inquiry was held on Wednesday as Stroud by Mr. J. C. M'Intyre, coroner, into the cause of the death of a male and female infant…

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