Death of Captain Vos
Captain Joseph Vos was found dead in bed by one of his little daughters yesterday morning, at his residence in Campbell-street. North Sydney, udder circumstances pointing to suicide. A cup…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1908
1,531 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 77
The Late Mr. G. M'culloch. Terms of His Will
LONDON, Thursday.--The value of the estate of the late Mr. George M'Culloch, one of the original proprietors of Broken-hill, who died recently after a lingering illness,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japan's Only British Officer Death of Commander Hammond
The death is announced from Japan of Commander Frederick William Hammond, who, commencing life as a British naval seaman, went out to Japan with the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Mr. G. M'culloch. Estate Goes to Widow. London, Jan. 8
The [?]cate of the late Mr. George M'Culloch, [?] of the original proprietors of the Broken Hill mines, has been valued for probate purposes at £375,000 net…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crushed by a Rolling Log. a Remarkable Accident. Sad Death of a Young Girl
TILBA TILBA, Thursday.--A sad fatality happened late yesterday evening at Woodlands, the residence of Mr. Henry Wright, by which his daughter, aged 12, lost her life…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Mr. Charles Tuke
At the goodly age of 88 years, like a shock of corn fully ripe, Charles Tuke was called home on December 3, 1907. Having served his generation by the will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Death of Sen Constable May
Many of our readers will remember Senior-Constable May, who was for some time at Granville, and was afterwards in charge of Hornsby. About six months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Mock Funeral." Novel Rustication Scene at Cambridge
The sending down of a popular under-graduate was the occasion of a demonstration at Cambridge (England) the other day of the kind known as a mock funeral. The offence was the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Link with the Past, Death of an Old Colonist
A few days ago Mrs. Janet Mary Korff, one of our oldest colonists, died at her late residence, 7 Hereford-street, Glebe, at the advanced age of 80 years. For over half a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Passing of a Pioneer Death of Mr. Charles M'alistbr Goulburn
Mr. Charles M'Al[?]ster,an old identity of the ou[?]burn district, died last night at the age of 77 years, as the result of an attack of influenza. The deceased was author of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Paths of Glory Lead But To--a Pauper's Grave Death of Mutiny Veteran
This is a grim way of putting things, but as the story is true it is best so. Lying in a co[?]in in a workhouse mort[?]ry at Canterbury I saw yesterday (writes Mr. Bennett…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Flour King's Estate. the Late Mr. Crago
Probate has been granted in respect of the will of Mr. Francis Crago, miller, or Newtown and Bathurst, who died at his residence, "Lau-reath," Strathfield, on December 3 last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of a Grazier
NARRABRI, Tuesday.—The death has occurred of Mr. Duncan Cameron, of Aberfeldie, a well-known grazier. Messrs. Hordern Brothers big summer sale has proved successful, and is still being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Mr. Crago. Estate Sworn at £53,238
The late Mr. Francis Crago, miller, of Newtown and Bathurst, who died at Strathfield in December last, has left an estate the net value of which has been sworn for probate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improper Food. Death of an Infant
The Acting-City Coroner hold an inquiry yesterday into the death of Dorothy Millicent Bevan, aged a months, who died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on December 29…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improper Feeding Death of an Infant Evidence at the Inqurst
The circumstances attending the death of a six months old child named Dorothy Millicent Bevan, lately residing with its mother in Sutherland-street, St. Peters, which took…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Obituary
Mrs. B. Bache, 67, a resident of the Grafton district for many years. Mrs. Anderson, aged 83, who had resided in Corrimal for over half a century…
Continued on Trove, page 135 →Death of an Astronomer Melbourne
Robert Eilery, for many years Government Astronomer and Director of the Melbourne Observatory, died to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death of Mr. Corns. Prominent Railway Official
Mr. J. G. S. Corns, railway goods manager at Sydney, died this morning, at bis residence, "Manar," 42 Macieay-street, Potts Point. Mr. Corns was a native of Liverpool, England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Lieutenant-colonel R. L J. Ellery. Noted Astronomer and Scientist
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The death occurred to-day at the Observatory House, South Yarra, of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Lewis John Ellery, C.M.G., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.,, who was from…
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