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Obituaries & funerals, 1902

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Death of Mrs. E. S. Wilkinson

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Sybil Wilkinson, wife of ex-Judge William Hattam Wilkinson, took place yesterday, at Hereford House, Glebe Point-road. The deceased lady was a sister of…

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Death of Mr. J. B. Chirnside

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The death is announced M Mr. John Bell Chirnside, formerly of Bolida station, Victoria…

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Obituary. London, January 7

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

The death is announced of Mr. John Bell Chirnside, a cousin of Mr. Robert Chirnside, of Little River, "Victoria…

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Death of Mr. F. A. S. Bowden

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

We regret to have to record the death of Mr. F. A. S. Bowden, of Maitland, the eldest son of the late Mr. T. K Bowden (of the firm of Messrs. Allen, Bowden and Allen),…

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Obituary. Mr. J. B. Chirnside. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 7

The death is announced of Mr. John Bell Chirnside. Mr. J. B. Chirnside was a cousin of Mr. Robert Chirnside, of Little River, Victoria…

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Li Hung Chang's Death. Acknowledgment of Sympathy

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

The following communication, dated November 24, 1901, has been received by Mr. Quong Tart from Mr. Reginald Power, secretary of the Legation at Pekin: --…

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Funeral of the Late Mrs. Wilkinson

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Sibyl Wilkinson, wife of ex-Judge Wilkinson, were Interred In Waverley Cemetery yesterday morning, the Rev. S. S. Tovey officiating. Assisted…

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Death of Lady Farmer

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

News has been received of the death of Lady Farmer, wife of Sir William Farmer, chairman of the London board of directors, of Farmer and CO. Limited. The deceased…

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Death of Captain Odman

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

News has been received of the death of Captain Olaf. Odman late of the steamer Bullara, which occurred a few days back in Fremantle Hospital from blood poisoning. For…

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Strange Death of a Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 4

The circumstances surrounding the death of a woman named Elizabeth Mary Catherine Aiken, aged 59 years, who died at Sydney Hospital on Tuesday morning formed the subject of an inquest before the…

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Death of M. Bloch. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 4

The death is announced of M. Bloch, well known as the author of "The War of the Future." [M. Jean De Bloch was an Actual…

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Obituary. M. Jean De Bloch

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The death is announced of the Russian Peace Apostle, M. Jean do Bloch, author of "The War of the Future." The late M. de Bloch held rank as a…

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OBITUARY. M. Bloch. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 7

The death is announced of M. Bloch, well known as the author of "War of the Future." M. Jean de Bloch was an Actual Councillor of State…

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In Antarctic Waters. the Tanglin's Visit to Kerguelen. Landing Stores for the German Expedition. Death of Four Chinamen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 7

Lying away to the south, 3675 miles from Sydney, is Kerguelen's Land, or Desolation Island, as Cook renamed it in 1772. It lies outside the track of ice from the Antarctic regions…

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The Late Mr. W. Short. The Funeral

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 10

The remains of the late Mr. W. Short, Council Clerk at Ryde, were, on Monday removed from the Gladesville Hospital to his Into residence, and were interred on Wednesday in the…

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The Late Mrs. Nicholas Hanly

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 22

We have to record the death of Mrs. Nicholas Hanly, of Rocklow, Jamberoo, an old resident of the district. Deceased, who was a daughter of the. late Mr. William Downey, was…

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Obituary

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday last, Hurstville lost one of its oldest Mr. William Henry Smithson, he having died that day at Sydney Hospital. The deceased…

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A Fashionable Funeral

The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 30

It is a custom in Urua, Central Africa, at the burial of a chief, to divert the course of a stream and to dig an enormous pit in its bed. This cavern is then lined with living women. At one…

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An Interrupted Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 10

The body of Elizabeth Ann Smith, a married woman who had resided at Cardiff, was brought to the Newcastle morgue by Sergeant Coughlin, of Wallsend, yesterday, and during the…

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