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Obituaries & funerals, 1907

1,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 79

Death of an Old Goulburn Priest Father Kiely

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 4

In the year 1874, Dr. McAlroy, who was then called the "Apostte of to South," returning from a year's holiday in Ireland, brought with him from…

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Death of Lord Turing London, Wednesday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 1

The death is announced of Lord Thring aged 89. [Lord Thring was born November 3, 1818, and was the son of the Rev. John Gale…

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Killed by a Shark Tragic Death of an Engineer Wellington (N.z.)

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 4

'A terrible accident occurred at Port Moerakl yesterday, when Mr. William Henry Hutcheson, civil engineer and surveyor, met his death. Mr. Hutcheson was bathing with…

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Death of Lord Goschen

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

Viscount Goschen died suddenly this morning of heart failure, in his 76th year. [Lord Goschen, born in 1831, was a son of William Henry Goschen, a London merchant of…

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Mysterious Death of Calves

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 6

A dairy farmer near Tumut has lost 40 calves during the past eight months, and he is unable to ascertain definitely the cause of the mortality. Generally…

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Death of Lord Thring

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The death is also announced of Lord Thring, at the age of 89. Lord Thring was the first Baron of the name. The son of Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring, of…

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Mysterious Death of Cattle. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

Several milking cows died mysteriously at Nangus, 15 miles from Gundagai. The stock inspector, Mr. P. W. C. Palmer, who investigated the matter, has sent samples of the…

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Death of Mr. R. N. Robson

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 8

The death took place at Hornsby last evening of Mr. Reginald Norman Robson, B.A, L.L.B., son of Mr. W. Robson, M.L.C., and a brother of Mr. W. E. V. Robson, M.L.A., after an illness…

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Obituary. Lord Goschen Dies Suddenly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The death is announced of Viscount Goschen, who died suddenly to-day from heart disease…

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Death of Lord Goschen. London, Feb. 7, 11.15 a.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

Viscount Goschen died suddenly this morning of heart failure, in his 76th year. Lord Goschen, who began in politics as a follower of Mr. Gladstone, and ended his…

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Death of a Fireman

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 10

A fireman on the steamer Warrego, whose name is given as Edmonds, died while the vessel was on her way to Sydney from Brisbane. He appeared to be in good health on joining the…

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Death of an Old Resident

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

The death of Mr. James Nicholls at Balmain Hospital came as a shock to many of his friends. He was taken suddenly ill while at…

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The Death of Little Miriam

The Methodist · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

The Rev. Wm. Brown, of Rewa, Fiji, an old fellow-student of tho editor's, writes as follows:—"I enclose you a few lines describing the death of one of our Sunday-school scholars. 1 thought that you would…

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The Church Triumphant. Memoirs, it brief and correct, will be published as written. K not brief, they will be condensed. Poetry and resolutions cannot be admitted, The name of the writer must be attached, and the memoir must be sanctioned by the local minister. The memoirs must reach the Office within three months of the date of death of the subject, or they cannot be published

The Methodist · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

On January the 11th, after several weeks of illness patiently endured, Miss Jane Hanna, of Dungog, passed away to her eternal rest at the age of seventy…

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The Late Mr. R. N. Robson

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 10 February 1907 · page 2

There could have been no more eloquent tribute to the estimation in which the late Mr. R. N. Robson, B.A., L.L.D., was held than that evidenced by the at his…

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Belle Bilton's Funeral

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 February 1907 · page 2

The funeral of the Countess of Clanearty, well-known to Londoners twenty years ago as Miss Belle Bilton, took place at the Protestant Church of St. John's, at Ballinasloe, in the family vault…

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Death of a Young Woman

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 10 February 1907 · page 1

The death of a single woman named Edith Maude Hilda Burke, aged 26, has been reported to the police. The deceased lived with her mother in Short-street. Glebe. During…

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Death of a Jockey. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 8

Edward Horn, 33 years, a Jockey, died at the Bairnsdale Hospital yesterday from injuries to his head caused by Moonlight, a horse which he was riding on Thursday at the…

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Death of a Jockey. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 10

Edward Horn, 33 years, a jockey, died at the Bairnsdale Hospital yesterday from Injuries to his head caused by Moonlight, a horse which he was riding on Thursday at the…

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The Plague. a Dangerous Situation. Two Cases From Petersham. Death of One of the Patients

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 7

Two additional cases of plague, ono of which terminated fatally, were reported on Saturday. The victims are Doris O'Connor, aged 7 years, and her sister Alice, aged…

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