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Obituaries & funerals, 1904

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The Late Mrs. Walker

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 40

Mrs. Walker, wife of the Hon. William Walker. M.L.C., or Windsor, died on January 5. Mrs. Walker was a daughter of the late Rev. William Wood, Church of England clergyman, and was…

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Parramatta District. the Late Mrs. Lemarchant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 10

Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., the Parramatta coroner, resumed the adjourned inquest yesterday touching the circumstances connected with the death of Mrs. Jessie Lemarchant, who died in the Parramatta District Hospital on…

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The Late Mr. John Farrell

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 52

The late John Farrell, whose death occurred on January 8. was practically the first of the N.S. Wales verse-writers to make more than an academic success by his writings. Discovered by…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 84
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Mrs. White, 84, long resident in Scone. John Howard, an old resident of Lismore. M. Connelly, Glenfield, an old and respected resident…

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Death of Sandow

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 4

Walter J. Sandow, the one who was the worse injured of the three stokers taken from H.M.S. Wallaroo to St. Vincent's Hospital, as the result of the recent boiler explosion on that…

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Death of Mrs. Le Marchand

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 6

The magisterial inquiry in connection with the death of Mrs. Jessie Le Marchand was concluded at Parramatta yesterday. After Mrs. W. J. Ferris, who was driving with the…

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Death of a Wharf Laborer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 10

At the Lloyd Hotel, George-street North, Secretary, the Acting-City Coroner held an inquest on the body of Alexander Anthony (40), wharf laborer, late of Kemp-street, Mortdale…

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Accident While Returning From a Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

ARMIDALE, Tuesday,--While driving from a funeral two residents of Tilbuster met with a serious accident in a cutting close to town. The vehicle collapsed and the occupants worn…

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The Wallaroo Disaster. Death of Sandow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 7

The fifth death as a result of the disastrous explosion on board H.M.S. Wallaroo occurred shortly before 8 o'clock last night, when Walter Sandow, one of the stokers, died in St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Death of Ted Pritchard. Some Reminiscences

Referee · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 7

After a brief Illness, Ted Pritchard, the woll-known boxer, died at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon from p[?] (says London "Sportsman" of November 21.)…

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Death of Sir John Blundell Maple

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 45

It is with profound regret that we have to announce (says the London "Sportsman") the death of Sir J. Blundell Maple, which sad event occurred at Childwickbury, his country residence…

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Death of One of the Injured Hen

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

Shortly before 8 o'clock last night Walter J. Sandow, the stoker who wall so terribly injured in the Wallaroo disaster, died at St. Vincent's Hospital. Pretty was still in a very critical…

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Death of Captain Malcolm Green, R.N.R.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 16

One of the old and fast-disappearing class of shipmasters, Capt. Malcolm Creon, R.N.R., died on January 6, at his residence, Varna-st., Randwick. The deceased gentleman, who was about…

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Wallaroo Disaster. Death of Walter Sandow. the Fifth Fatality

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 5

The list of the bluejackets who lost their lives in the shocking disaster on board H.M.S. Wallaroo has been added to Walter Sandow, one of the stokers most seriously…

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Death of an Ex-constable. One of " the Six-hundred"

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 4

WINDSOR, Wednesday.— Ex-constable Arthur Berckelman was found dead in bed this morning at his residence, "Balaclava," Newtown, Windsor. Though deceased had been in poor health…

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Sandow's Funeral

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

In a light, drizzling, misty rain, at half-past l o'clock yesterday afternoon, a naval funeral procession left St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst. The hearse at the head of the…

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Walter Sandow's Funeral

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 6

The remains of the late Walter Sandow, who died at St. Vincent's Hospital on Tuesday night from injuries sustained on the Wallaroo on the 6th instant, were laid…

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A Naval Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

The remains of Walter. J. Sandow, the fifth victim of the Wallaroo disaster, were interred in the naval section of the Rookwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral moved from…

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The Funeral of Sandow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 7

The remains of Walter Sandow, the fifth victim of the unfortunate explosion on H.M.S. Wallaroo, were accorded full naval funeral honours yesterday. The body was carried…

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