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Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of Sir Isaac Pitman. London, January 22

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1897 · page 5

The death is reported of Sir Isaac Pitman, the celebrated inventor of Pitman's phonography…

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Death of a Child

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 5

The Newtown police have reported to the City Coroner the death of a five-days-old child belonging to one of the inmates of a private hospital in Terry-street, St…

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Funeral of Burgess. Parees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 7

The remains of the young man murdered in the Black Range were yesterday enclosed in a plain coffin to await burial this morning. At 10 o'clock to-day the funeral cortége moved from the hospital…

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Funeral at Parkes. Parkes

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 5

In the shade of the great forest tree that marks the little cemetery, of the Church of England, about a mile outside of Parkes, the body of the young…

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Death of Sir Isaac Pitman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The death is announced of Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of Pitman's well-known system of shorthand writing. He was in his 84th year…

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Death of Pitman. London, January 22

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 6

The death Is announced of Sir Isaac Pitman, the famous inventor of shorthand. Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of…

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Death of Sir Isaac Pitman. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 7

The death is announced of Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the well-known system of phonetic shorthand which bears his name…

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Funeral of the Murdered Man. Burial at Parkes Cemetery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 6

PARKES, Sunday.--The funeral of the murdered man took place at 10 o'cloek thin morning. The remains were interred in the Church of England cemetery, a mile out of town. About 30…

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Mountain Murder. The Black Range Tragedy. Funeral of the Victim. Butler's Association With Burgess. Further Discoveries. A Rug Identified

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 6

PARKES, Monday.—The funeral of the murdered man Burgess took place on Sunday morning. About thirty people followed the funeral to the Church of England Cemetery, including…

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Lost Her Life. Perished in the Flames The Alexandria Fire. Terrible Death of Jessle Dolehery-- Perished in View of Helpless Spectators

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 5

The accounts given by spectators of the fatal fire which occurred in Botany street, Alexandria, early this morning, show that the girl Jessie Delohery…

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Death of a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 6

The Newtown police reported to the City Coroner yesterday morning that during the previous night a child, seven days old, had been apparently overlain by its mother at the lying-in-home of Mrs. Jackson,…

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Death of a Purser

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 7

Dr. Taylor, the Government Pathologist, has furnished a report to the Coroner respecting the death of Frederick Curtis, assistant purser of the…

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Death of Professor Howard

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Professor Howard, the famous cello player, was killed at Narbethong yesterday, by being thrown from his horse. He was out riding with two young ladles, when…

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Death of a Purser

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

Dr. Taylor, the Government Pathologist, has furnished a report to the Coroner respecting the death of Frederick Curtis, assistant purser of the…

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Death of a Mining Manager

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 4

MOUNT M'DONALD, Wednesday.—Mr. Willmott, mining manager here for the Hongkong Gold Mining Company, who had been ailing for a length of time from consumption and asthma, has died…

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The Waterloo Fire The Death of Jessie Delohery. An Explanation Required

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 4

The action of the firemen at the fire at 129 Botany-road, Waterloo, on Monday morning has been subjected to much criticism, and last night a "Star"…

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The Waterloo Fire Death of Jessie Delohery The Volunteer Brigade. Duties of Volunteer Firemen--Evidence of a Metropolitan Fireman

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the Waterloo fire, in which the young girl, Jessie Delohery, lost her life on Monday morning last were further…

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The Waterloo Fire Death of Jessie Delohery Resumption of the Inquest. Important Evidence--The Marine's Testimony--"Livening Up" the Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 6

Further inquiry was made by the City Coroner at the South Sydney Morgue to-day in to the fire which occurred on Monday morning at 126…

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Death of an Officer. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 8

Lieutenant Andrew J. Stewart Templeton, of the Victorian Permanent Artillery, son of the late Mr. Wm. Templeton, one time police magistrate, died…

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The Waterloo Fire Jessie Delohery's Sad Death. Conclusion of the Inquest. An Open Verdict-No One Censured

The Australian Star · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 6

The Coroner's inquest into the death of Jessie Delohery, the young girl who perished in the Waterloo fire, was concluded this afternoon at the South…

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