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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
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Thus the Paris correspondent of the London TELEGRAPH on February 16: The funeral of Jules Valles, the Communist, took place this afternoon amid scenes of tumult and disorder. Valles died…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jonathan. Stables, the well-known sporting celebrity, died this morning, it is supposed through internal in juries received during a wrestling contest with J. Thomas, of the Dinnie Combination, in the theatre some time ago…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →George Helmersen, the eminent Russian geologist, died recently. He carried out a series of important geological journeys over the Kirghiz Steppe, through Norway and Sweden, the coal districts of Poland and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Several cases of typhoid fever have occurred in one portion of the town. On Saturday morning a daughter of Mr. E. Grover, ex-Mayor of Glen Innes, fell a victim to the disease. Her funeral,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.--This morning Mr Robert McJannett died at the residence of his granddaughter Mrs C. J. Hancock. The deceased, who was highly esteemed by all who knew him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is with regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. B. O. Holtermann, M.L.A., of St. Leonards, North Shore, which took place in his residence on Wednesday. The deceased gentleman was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday evening last a banquet was given in the Masonic Hall, Walker-street, at Leonards, to Mr Alderman Jago, who is about to visit Europe. After several speeches had been made by the Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is with regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. B. O. Holtermann, M.L.A., of St. Leonards, North Shore, which took place at his residence on Wednesday. The deceased gentleman was…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →SUAKIM, May 1,8.30 p.m.—There are a few cases of dysentery among the New South Wales contingent. Private R. Weir, of D Company, died to-day from that ailment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suakim, May 1 (evening).--The New South Wales Infantry will leave Otao to-day for Handub on their return to Suakim. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robert Weir, a private in the 4th Company of the New South Wales Contingent, died this morning, from dysentery, on board the hospital ship Ganges. He was buried this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The funeral of the late Mr. H. J. Collins took place here yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended. The corpse was conveyed into the Anglican Church, where Canon Bentzen read…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tannadice, which left Hongkong on April 15, arrived at Cooktown on Saturday, She brings the following news:— The Governor of Hongkong received a telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. George Sparrow, a resident of Bungendore-road, near Queanbeyan, for forty years, and head of a most respectable and large family, died suddenly this morning, from apoplexy. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, May 6.—The death is announced of Dr. Nachtigal, the German Commissioner on the Western Coast of Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn., reports the death of a fanner at Somerset, Kentucky, by an aerolite falling on his head from a cloudless sky. The farmer, it is said, was killed instantly, his head…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The death is announced of Dr. Nachtigal, the German Commissioner on the West Coast of Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Harry Sefton, who was well-known as a comedian, expired in Melbourne on Monday last after a lenghened illness. The deceased was a great favorite with the theatrical profession generally. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A correspondent, "R.S.J." writing in reference to the death of the late Mr B. O. Holtermann, M.P., says":-- "It was more through the energy and perseverance of Mr Holtermann, more than…
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