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South Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

48 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

Sad Shooting Fatality. Death of Mr. Harvey Hay. Widespread Sympathy

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

SELDOM has the district been startled by such a sudden fatal accident as that which occurred at Coolangatta during the week. The suddenness of the shock which was conveyed to all…

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Shocking Gun Accident At Coolangatta. Mr Darvey D. Hay Killed a Military Funeral

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

Something like consternation was caused in Nowra on Wednesday by the news that Mr Harvey D. Hay had been accidentally shot on the previous, and that he had…

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Death of Mrs. Caffin. Coroner's Inquiry

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 2

An inquiry was held at the court house, Central Tilba, on Saturday last, 26th November, before Mr. H. O. T. Cowdroy, J.P., coroner for Bega…

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Death of Jem Tyson, the Australian Squatting King

Moruya Examiner · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 2

NEWS reached Brisbane on Monday that Mr. James Tyson, M.L.C., the well-known millionaire squatter, had been found dead in his [?]ed at Felton Station, on the Darling…

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The Late Mr. James Tyson. Interview with His Nieoe. Strange Ecoentricities

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 3

An Evening News representative had a chat recently with Mrs. Dwyor, a notice of the much talked-of millionaire, James Tyson, respecting the life and work of the somewhat accentric…

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Obituary

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 3

Referring to the recent death of Mr. William Bailey, sen., of Gerringong, the Kiama, “Reporter” says:— From particulars which have since come…

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Bushbakging Days. The Death of "True Blue."

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 4

The death of Mrs. Keightly having served to recall the incidents connected with the tragic "stickingup" of the Dunn's Plains…

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The Late Mr. Robert Baxter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 4

Another of the "old hands" of this district—Mr. Robert Baxter—Passed over to "the great majority" on Tuesday afternoon last, at the ripe age of 76 years. A strong…

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