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Obituaries & funerals, 1908

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Death of Mr. Martin Larkin

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 28

The oldest resident of the Moss Vale district, Mr. Martin Larkin, senr., died at Moss Vale on Tuesday, December 31, aged-96. He had been for 70 years a resident of the…

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Death of Mr. John Lovat

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 28

The death is announced of Mr. John Lovat, of Pemerton, near Wallacia, at the ripe old age of 85, after a brief illness of a fortnight's duration. Deceased, who was…

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An Old Mosman Identity the Late Mr. James Ritchie

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 6

One of the pioneers of Mosman, in the person of Mr. James Ritchie, passed away last Sunday morning in his eighty-first year. The deceased, who was a native of…

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Death of Mr. Richard Patrick Lee

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 28

Ono of the oldest and best-known residents of Merriwa, Mr. Richard Patrick Lee, passed away peacefully on December 26. He was a fervent Catholic, and his was an titude. He was married twice, his wife (formerly Miss Miner, of Singleton) attended him devotedly. The Sisters of St. Joseph were unremitting in their kindness…

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OBITUARY, Mr. Henry Joseph Davis

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 22

Very widespread was the sympathy extended to the family of the late Mr. Henry Joseph Davis in their great bereavement by his carly death at the age of 28 years. The…

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Obituary the Rev. M. Morris

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 16

The unexpected news of the death at sea of the Rev. M. Morris, of St. Patrick's, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, was received with profound regret when the R.M.S. Oruba arrived…

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Death of Dr. W. J. D. Croke, Ll.d

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 26

Dr. Groke, who for over ten years has contributed the letter from Rome to these columns, died on November 8 in Boston (U.S.A.), at the early age of thirty-eight. William J. D…

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Death of Mr. A. G.dent Hon. Treasurer of the M.r.f.u. a Keen Sportsman

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 5

This morning, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Alfred George Dent, horn treasurer of the Metropolitan Rugby Union, passed away after a long and serious illness, extending over four months. Mr. Dent was given up by the…

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Obituary

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 11

The death is announced of Mrs Selig, wife of Mr A. J. Selig, at 6 Woolcott-street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, aged 56. The deceased lady had been in indifferent health for some time past…

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Death of a Squatter

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

BATHURST, Friday.—Mr. E. A. Smith, owner of Narokgal, Mumbil, and Glenrock Estates, Wellington, who fell from his horse whilst rounding up cattle and received a…

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Death of a Molong Pastoralist

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

The death of Mr. George Bruce, a well-known sheep owner, of Loombah station, Molong, occurred early on Sunday morning last, at Sydney, the…

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Death of a Pioneer Sheepbreeder

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 6

We [?] to have to record the death of Mr. [?] Bruce, of Loom[?] one of the oldest and best known [?] of the State, which…

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Death of Mr. George Bruce

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. George Bruce, of Loombah, Cumnock, died in Sydney on Sunday last. Born in 1830. in Ayrshire, Scotland, the deceased gentleman came to New…

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Death of a Famous Cow

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 9

On Sunday last Mr. John Moir sustained a great loss in his imported Aberdeen-Angus cow, "Fanny of Benton," which died calving. This famous…

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Playing with a Horse's Tail. Death of a Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5

An inquest was held subsequently into the death of Edgar Barlow, 11, lately residing with his parents at Botany-road, Botany, which occurred on the 7th inst. A little…

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Serious Charge Nurse Brown and Others Death of Emily Pilgrim

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 4

At the Central Police Court this morning Mr. Isaacs, S.M., had a serious charge before him. Minnie Knight, 45, Michael Joseph Lee, 21,…

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Death of a Freak

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

John Harding, to whom P. T. Barnum offered 800dol a week to exhibit himself, died recently at Norwalk, Connecticut. Harding's pride would never permit him to place himself on show…

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Captain Vos's Death Verdict of Suicide

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 13

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Joseph Vos, which occurred at his residence in Campbell-street, North Sydney, on the 9th inst…

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After a Funeral. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 8

Whilst returning from a funeral Mr. Thos. Daley's horse bolted, capsized the buggy, and broke Mr. Daley's ankle…

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Sudden Death of a Civil Servant

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 1

There filed at his post suddenly this morning Lieut. Albert F. Stephens, clerk in the office of the Inspector-General of Police, Sydney. The deceased gentleman arrived at the…

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