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Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Death of Mrr. B. C. Juppenlatz, Senr

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

The news of the death of Mrs. B. C. Juppenlatz, of the Viaduct Hotel, will be read with general regret by all sections of the community. Her death took place at her…

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Funeral of William Charles Thomas

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

The funeral of William Charles Thomas, the young man who died in the Wagga Hospital on Wednesday morning from tetanus, the result of a gun accident, took…

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Funeral of Sir Henry Barkly. Largely Attended. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 5

The funeral of the late Sir Henry Barkly, at one time Governor of Victoria, which took place at the Brompton Cemetery to-day, was largely attended…

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Death of Mr. B. F. M'culla

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

Mr. Bernard F. M'Culla, farmer, of The Rock, who was admitted to the Wagga Hospital on the 14th October with a fractured hip, accidentally caused by a fall from his…

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Anthrax Poisoning. Death of a Station Manager. Mr. Gideon Telford of Collendina

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

Corowa was shocked on Monday morning (says the Free Press) to learn that Mr Gideon Telford had died at 10 o'clock on Sunday night…

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The Plague. Outbreak at Warsaw. Death of a Woman. London, Tuesday. Later

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

The plague, which caused so much consternation in Vienna and which also broke out in Samarkand, Russian Turkestan, to cope with which 30 medical men and 10 lady…

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Victoria. Over 100 Years Old. Death of Agnes Smith. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

A woman named Agnes Smith died to-day, and her age is reported to be 116 years…

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Later Cables. Through Reuter's Agency Death of Mrs. Langworthy. Her Famous Suit. Afterwards Reconciled to Her Husband. Mr. Langworthy Suicides with Grief. London, Tuesday, Later

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

Mrs. Langworthy, who will be best remembered for the famous suit which she brought against her husband as far back as 1887, and which was eventually settled by her husband…

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Local News. Funeral of William Thomas

Coolamon Echo · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 4

The funeral of the victim of the Cowabbee shooting accident—William Chas. Thomas—took place in Wagga, and was attended by a number of relatives and…

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Death of Mrs. Thomas Mate

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

It is with extreme regret that we have to record the death of Mrs. Christina Jane Mate, wife of Mr. Thomas Mate, of Tumbarumba, and a well-known resident of the district…

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Death of Mrs. T. H. Mate

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

WE regret to announce that Mrs. T. H. Mate, of Tumbarumba, who had been lying very seriously ill at the "Bungalow" Private Hospital during the past week, died a…

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Death of Bishop Stanley. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 5

Bishop Stanley, formerly of Honolulu, the capital of the Hawaiian group, is dead…

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Death of the City Solicitor. Found Beside His Bicycle. Cause of Death Uncertain. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 November 1898 · page 2

Mr. Geo. [?] Wa[?] the city so[?]citor and member of a well-known legal firm, was found dead beside his bicycle just after quitting the Rosehill racecourse this…

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Death of a Boy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

The death took place early on Thursday: morning of Herbert Esmond Brayne, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. Turner, at the residence of his grandparents…

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Tumbarumba. (From Our Correspondent.) the Death of Mrs. T. H. MATE

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 4

IT is with feelings of the deepest regret and sorrow I have to chronicle the death of Mrs. Thos. Mate, of Sunnyside, Tumbarumba, and eldest daughter of the…

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Death of Mr. Whitehead. Sir. F. Darley's Son-in-law. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

Whilst engaged in the Full Court to-day, the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Dari[?] received news of the death of Mr. Whitehead, his son-in-law, who resided at Bathurst…

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Victoria. Death of a Child. Whisky Supposed to Be the Cause. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 November 1898 · page 3

A boy named Cowan, aged three years, died at Brighton to-day. The death is supposed to have been due to the effect of whisky, which the child drank from a bottle…

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South Australia. Death of a Racehorse. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

The well-known racehorse Eleusinian is dead…

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Junee. Death of a Constable

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

Constable Midden who was in charge of the lock-up at Junes, and who has been stationed here for the past three years, died in Sydney on Saturday morning. For some…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Monday. Death of Mr. L. De Salis

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

Mr. Leopold Face De Salis, of Cappacumbalong and Tharwa stations, who recently resigned his seat in the Legislative Council owing to financial troubles and ill health,…

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