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Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Tasmania. Sudden Death of a Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1897 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--The Rev. F. Linden, in charge of the Primitive Methodist Church in Collins-street, died suddenly this afternoon, aged 54. The deceased officiated at the morning…

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Tasmania. Sudden Death of a Minister. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1897 · page 5

The Rev. F. Sinden, Primitive Methodist minister, died suddenly to-day.He had conducted the usual morning service, but feeling a little unwell he got a member of the congregation to…

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Country News. Strange Death of a Chinaman. Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1897 · page 5

A magisterial inquiry was held to-day by the district coroner, Mr.P.Brougham, touching the death of a Chinaman about 60 years old, named Joey Hannen. The deceased was on his way from…

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South Australia. Death of Mr. W. G. Cuthbertson. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1897 · page 5

News has been received of the death in England of Mr. W. G. Cuthbertson, formerly manager of the Bank of South Australia in this city…

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Death of Mr. Joseph Gillard

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--This morning, Mr. Joseph Gillard, a well-known vigneron, died at his residence, Clarendon. Mr. Gillard arrived in the colony about 40 years ago, and has been engaged…

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The Death of John Price. An Inquiry to be Held

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 8

The City Coroner has issued instructions for an inquiry to be made into the death of John Price, who died at the Coast Hospital, Little Bay,…

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Death of Mr. John B. Rubie

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 5

SINGLETON, Tuesday.--Mr. John B. Rubie, a very old resident of this district, died last night. He came to the district in 1853 as a schoolmaster, and afterwards followed various avocations. He…

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Boxing Notes. Death of Jim Quigley

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 8

Jim Quigley, whose death was reported from West Australia, succumbed to a lung disease. Before he took professionally to the ring Quigley plied the occupation…

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Japan Royalty. Death of the Empress Dowager

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 4

The flags of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha were flying half-mast to-day out of respect for the Empress Dowager of Japan, whose death is reported this morning. The Empress Osako was a daughter of…

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Death of a Railway Official. Loco-superintendent Frost

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 5

It is reported that Mr. A. Frost, the railway locomotive superintendent at Newcastle, died at an early hour this morning. Mr. Frost was a comparatively young man, having been trained in the…

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Japanese Royalty. Death of the Dowager Empress. The Court in Mourning for 14 Days

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 5

Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., the managers in Australia of the Japan Royal Mail line, received a cable this morning from the head office in Japan announoing…

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The Melbourne Murder . A Mysterious Crime Death of William Brady. Two Bullet Wounds. The Throat Cut-The Wounds Could Not Have Been Self-Inflicted-- Evidence of a Doctor. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 6

The post-mortem examination of the body of William Brady, book-keeper to Messrs. Cooper and Sons, who was found dead in the shop last night,…

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Death of a Centenarian

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

ALBURY, Thursday.--The death occurred today of Mr. Michael O'Leary, who was 103 years of age. The deceased was born at Cork in March, 1794, and for a number of years resided in the Kilmore district in Victoria. He was quite active…

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Strange Death of a Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

GOULBURN, Thursday.--A boy named Henry Campbell, aged 15, the son of Mr. Henry Campbell, of Eeneweena Station, Nevertire, died in the hospital this morning from peritonitis. The…

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Death of a Railway Official

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

News was received in Sydney to-day of the death at an early hour this morning of Mr. Frost, locomotive superintendent at Newcastle. The late…

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Death of Mr. Anthony Forster

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.-- The death is announced of Mr. Anthony Forster, formerly a member of the South Australian Legislative Council…

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Death of Mr. A. Forster

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

LONDON, January 14.—The death is announced at St. Leonards-on-Sea at the age of 82 of Mr. Anthony Forster, an old colonist of South Australia, who had resided in…

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Death of Mr. A. T. Frost

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday--Mr. A. T. Frost, district locomotive superintendent, died suddenly at an early hour this morning from English cholera. The deceased was in Sydney a few days ago, and…

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Death of a Centenarian. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

Matthew O'Leary, said to be 102 years old, died last night. ALBUBY, Thursday. Lord Brassey visits Rutherglen to open the…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

The death is announced at the age of 82 of Mr. Anthony Forster, an old colonist of South Australia, who had resided in England for many years…

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