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Obituaries & funerals, 1914

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Sentenced to Death Trial of German Murderer Concluded. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

The trial of the man Hopf, charged with a number of murders, was concluded yesterday. Hopf was sentenced to death…

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Obituary. Mr. Francis Speat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

The death took place on Thursday last, in the Public Hospital, of Mr. Francis Speat, catechist in connection with the local Church of England. The…

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Obituary. Mrs. A. E. Gill

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

We deeply regret having to report to sad death of Mrs. A. E. Gill the young wife of the proprietor of the fell known Parker-street bakery…

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Series of Tragedies Doctor Falls From Train. Death of a Young Swiss. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

The body of Dr. T. S. Hutchings, a visitor from Victoria, was found in a terribly mutilated condition on the railway line near Breadalbane. The…

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Fatal Wedding Trip. Sudden Death of Bridegroom Elect. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 3

While travelling in a railway carriage on his way to be married, W. K. Parkinson died in the arras of his bride elect. Both were residents of Echuca,…

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Obituary. Lord Strathcona. a Great Canadian. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada in London, died yesterday, aged 24[?]. Lord Strathcona was one of the…

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Death of Miss Johnson Body of Assailant Discovered. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The body of Albert Home, who is supposed to have cut the thloat of the girl Florence Johnson, was found floating in Breakfast Greek, Brisbane,…

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Funeral Mr. Allan Kendall. the Rock

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Allan Kendall topic place on Tuesday last, the cortege being a very large one, which moved from the railway…

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Missing Goulburn Girl Death of Her Mother. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

The mother of Miss Mona West, the girl who has been missing from her home in Goulburn for some weeks past, died at Goulburn this morning…

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Fall From Train Death of Dr. Hutchings. Speed of 70 Miles an Hour. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

The inquest concerning the death of Dr. Hutchings, of Euroa (Vic.), whose mutilated body was found on the railway line at Breadalbane yesterday,…

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Sydney Engineer's Death "Victim of Brutal Murder." London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 3

At the inquest to-day as to the death of Thomas Reeks, a Sydney engineer, who was found dead in a pit at Wolverhampton (England),…

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Obituary

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

The death occurred early yesterday morning at the Wagga District Hospital, of Mrs. Eva Violet Malone, wife of Mr. William Arthur Malone, a…

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Death of M'Guirk. the Penrith Tragedy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

Joseph Patterson was to-day committed for trial on a charge of wilfully and feloniously slaying James M'Guirk, at Penrith. Evidence was…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Eva Violet Ruel Malone, wife of Mr. Wilham Arthur Malone, the well known mad contractor, of Marrar street, North…

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Funeral. Mrs. Malone

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. Eva Violet Malone, wife of Mr. William Arthur Malone, mail contractor, of North Wagga, took place yesterday…

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Death of Da[?]iel O'connor. Former Postmaster-General

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

DANIEL O'Connor, at one time Postmaster-General of New South Wales, died at Liverpool on Saturday…

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Death of a Promising Youth. Touching Tributes

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

It is often said " The old most go, and the young may go." The fact that youth is not immune from the claims of death was strikingly…

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Obituary. Mrs. Boyton. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

At midnight on Monday there died Mrs. Mary Ann Boyton, at Nurse Swan's private hospital, Thomas-street, Junee, aged 70 years, wife of…

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Death of Tamworth Grazier While Temporarily Insane Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

At the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Charles [?]gall grazier, of Tamworth, who was drowned at Manly last week evidence was…

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Tragic Fire in Salvation Army Home. Death of Three Women. Inmate Suspected of Arson. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

A fire broke out in a Salvation Army home at Taringa, near Brisbane, at 8 o'clock this morning. The flames spread with alarming rapidity, and…

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