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Obituaries & funerals, 1901

2,621 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 132

Late Edition. Herald Office, 10 a.m. Death of the Queen London, Jan. 22, 7.16 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 7

The death of the Queen is officially announced. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Beaumont has received a cable message announcing that…

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Death of the Queen

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 5

Profound regret was expressed in Sydney yesterday when it became known that Queen Victoria had died the previous evening at Osborne. Flags were hoisted half-mast high in…

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Death of a Bushman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Trooper .T. Finnigan, of the N.S.W. Bushmen, was killed in action at [?]…

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Death of the Duke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 7

Before the Princess was a year old important changes had taken place in the family. The Duke and Duchess of Kent, with their daughter, went to live at Woolbrook Cottage, near Sidmouth,…

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The Death of the Queen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

On the world-encircling British Empire to-day fails shade of a sorrow which the eloquence of national anguish will but feebly attempt to express. Queen Victoria is dead…

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Death of the Prince Consort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 8

That same year was to see the union of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort broken by the invincible hand of death. When the Court took up its residence in Windsor in the end of October it was…

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Death of the Queen The News in Sydney. the Official Message. The Hour of Death

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 6

Shortly before 3 o'clock p.m. yesterday the Governor-General received the following official message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:--…

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Second Edition the Death of the Queen. the East Illness. Long Periods of Unconsciousness. Royal Family Salutes the King. London, Jan. 23, 1.3 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 6

At noon on Tuesday, for the first time since Saturday, the Queen was conscious, and recognised her family. Her Majesty asked for her favourite…

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Death of the Queen. on Tuesday Evening. Inexpressibly Sad Scenes. Last Moments of a Great Sovereign. Peaceful and Painless End. Profound Sorrow Throughout the World. Colonial and Foreign Sympathy. Parliament Meets Immediately. Proclaiming the New King

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday, 7.16 p.m.--It is officially announced that her Majesty Queen Victoria is dead. MESSAGE FROM THE KING. LONDON, Wednesday, 1.35 a.m.--A huge, earnest, breathless crowd filled…

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Death of the Queen the Closing Scene. Her Majesty Recognises Her Family. Painless and Peaceful End. World-wide Sympathy. Unusual Tributes in America. Swearing-in of the King. Edward Vii. London, Jan. 23, 7.16 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 7

The death of the Queen is officially announced. Jan. 23, 1.35 a.m. The Queen's rooms were in the north-west…

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The Queen's Death. (Some of the Items in the Issue appeared in our latest Edition yesterday.) Universal Sorrow. Sydney in Mourning. Round the Quay and on the Harbor. (Continued from yesterday's first edition.)

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 6

The news of the death of her Majesty quickly Bread round the Exchange Corner and in shipping circles. The firstnamed building was immediately closed, and the flag lowered half-mast…

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Death of John Ferguson

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 3

Many of oar readers will learn with deep regret of the death of John Ferguson. He was a fine young fellow who need to be in the stock-broking…

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Death of Dr. Neill

The Australian Star · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Dr. L. E. F. Neill succumbed to an attack of pneumonia last night at his residence, Bayswater-road, Double Bay. The deceased gentleman gained his M.B. degree at Sydney…

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Death of a Bushman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Trooper T. Finnigan, of the N.S.W. Bushmen, was killed in action at Vlakfontein. (The foregoing messages appeared in a portion of…

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Death of Queen Victoria

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 12

The death of Queen Victoria took place on Tuesday, and although the medical bulletins had pronounced the end to be inevitable…

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Funeral Sermon on a Bushman

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 5

Mr. W. G. Handcock, traveller for Messrs. Grimley and Company, of Sussex-street, who has lost two brothers in South Africa the last (Mr. W. C. Handcock, belonged to the…

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Death of Dr. L. Neill

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 4

With the death of Dr. Leo Neill (in his 36th year), Sydney has lost one of its most gifted citizens. Essentially a man of many parts, the late Dr. Neill excelled in anything he took in…

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On the Death of the Queen

The Australian Star · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 2

God gave her of His earthly gifts the Crown; Her life, now ended, sees her talent spent, As He intended; her cross laid down Before His throne is token that He sent…

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