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Obituaries & funerals, 1906

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Funeral of B. B. Kieran Champion Swimmer of the World at Gore Hill Cemetery, December 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 38

THE HEARSE, SHOWING WREATHS. EN ROUTE TO GORE HILL CEMETERY. AT THE CEMETERY…

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Death of a Parramatta Journalist

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. John Shaw, a well-known Paramatta journalist, died at 5 o'clock this morning. He ago. For some years he conducted a private school at Yass. During his stay in that town…

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Death of Mr. Stephen Toohey

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 22

The death of an old and esteemed resident of the Chinning district., in the person of Mr. Stephen Toohoy, took place at his home on Monday morning, December 18…

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Sudden Death of an Upholsterer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon James Lawrence Muhr, an upholsterer employed at the Hotel Metropole, was found dead in the workroom by a fellow-employee named Pearce. The deceased…

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Death of a Jockey. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

The jockey, James Doherty, who was injured in consequence of the horse Genet falling in the Collwood Handicap on Monday, at the Now Year Meeting, died last night from a…

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Death of Victor Daley. The Obsequies

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 15

By the death of Victor Daley Australia loses the most melodious of its poets, and one of tho brightest and most gifted personalities our literary…

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TONGA. Death of a Marist Father

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 16

A short time ago we received the sad news of the sudden death of the Rev. Father Joseph Berger, S.M., from "Niva Tapu Tapu" (Koppel Island)…

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Death of John Shaw. Another Man of Letters Gone

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

John Shaw has quickly followed Victor J. Daley, Mr. Shaw was not a poet. But he was one of the best writers in the Commonwealth. Unlike Daley, this "man of letters"…

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His Funeral. the Man and the Sulky. Livery-stableman's Lucky Thought

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. Patrick Toohey of Parramatta, received a telephonic message yesterday afternoon from his brother in law, Mr. John M'Elhone, liverystable proprietor, of Redfern, to keep watch…

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A Remarkable Funeral

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 5

A large crowd assembled in the streets of Tutbury, Staffordshire, to witness the funeral of Mr. W. Barker, who had left minute instructions as to the manner in which his obsequies…

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The Death of Harry Diamond. Evidence at the Inquest. a Further Adjournment

The Australian Star · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

The City Coroner continued his inquest into the death of Harry Diamond yesterday afternoon. Senior-constable Wilson was further…

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Death of Harry Diamond. What a Woman Heard Mrs. Johnson Examined. the Inquest Adjourned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 8

The City Coroner continued the inquiry Yesterday into the death of Harry Jarvis Diamond, who was found in an unconscious condition on a doorstep in Surry-hills on…

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Death of Mrs. Whiteoak

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

Mrs. Alice Whitcoak, of Albert-street, Parramatta North, died on Thursday, after a long and painful illness. Her husband, it will be remembered, died some…

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Death of Mr. John Shaw

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

On the morning of Thursday last, Mr. John Shaw, journalist, of "Broughton-shaw" Back Domain, Parramatta, breathed his last, after an illness of just…

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Death of Mr. J. W. Williamson

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

Our old and respected follow-townsman, Mr. Joseph W. Williamson, died at Parramatta North, at the age of 81 years, after a long illness, on Thursday evening…

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Obituary. Mr. George Martin

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 26

The late Mr. George Martin, who passed away at his residence, Croydon, at the age of 76, on Wednesday, December 20th, was the youngest brother of the late Chief Justice…

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Chopin's Funeral March. How It Came to Be Written

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. Felix Ziem, the famous landscape painter, says a writer in the "Pall Mall Magazine," is one of the most delightful raconteurs I have ever had the good fortune to meet. There is…

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Death of the Very Rev. Dean Foley, S.M.

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 26

During his address on Thursday afternoon at the vacation functions in connection with the Convent High School (says the Christ-church correspondent of the N.Z. "Tablet"…

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Death of Bushranger Dunn's Captor

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 8

The death is announced of Mr. J. A. G. M'Hale, the police constable who in December, 1865, made a name for himself by his capture of John Dunn, the only member of the famous gang of…

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Death of an Ex-premier

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 8

The death is announced of Sir Hugh Nelson, an ex-Premier of Queensland, aged 70. The deceased during his Premiership piloted Queensland through the greatest. financial crisis it has…

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