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Weddings, 1903

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Disaster at a Wedding. Ladies Burnt to Death

Evening News · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 6

LONDON, May 27.—During some wedding festivities at Arras, France, a fire occurred in the ballroom. Four ladies were burned to death, and…

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France. Fire at a Wedding. Four Ladies Burnt to Death. London, May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 7

During the celebration of a wedding at Arras, France, a fire occurred in the ballroom Four ladies were burried to death and 20 others were terribly injured…

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Killed on Wedding Eve. Waiting for Bridegroom Who Never Came

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 7

A deeply pathetic lot has befallen Miss Emma Bedward a Richmond (Eng.) girl, who was to have, married Trooper Frederick Smith, of the 1st Royal Dragoon Guards…

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Tragedy at a Wedding. Four Ladies Burnt to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--While a wedding party was in progress last night in a house in the town of Arras, near Doual, in France, a fire occurred ill the ballroom…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 7

On Wednesday June 3rd, the marriage of Miss vwara Kaufman, daughter of M[?]s. Mr Kaufman of Woollahara, to Mr. Mark Harris, son of Mr and Mrs I. Harris, George-st. Sydney…

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Wedding

The Methodist · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 3

In the Methodist Church Bowral, on Wednesday, April 8th, the Rev. C. P. Walkden was married to Miss Ethel Marie Maddern, eldest daughter of the…

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WEDDINGS. Levy-Samuel

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 9

The Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House presented a picturesque scene on the 7th ult., when Miss Nellie Samuel, elder daughter of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, was…

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A Pretty Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

An exceedingly pretty wedding was witnessed in St. Patrick's "Church, Parramatta, on Wednesday, by a very large crowd of spectators, when Mr. George Frederick Knight eldest son…

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A Wedding Tragedy. Four Ladies Burned to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 May 1903 · page 8

During the celebration of a wedding at Arras, France, a fire occurred in the ballroom. Four ladies were burned to death, and 20…

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Two English Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 41

Two weddings, took place recently in England in which Australian readers will be interested, sinco the bride in one case was Miss Ellon Thorneycroft Fowler, the writer of "Isabel…

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Wedding Bells

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 3

A quiet wedding took place on Saturday, 30th May, at St David's, Surrey Hills, when Miss Matilda Margaret Haynes (third eldest daughter of Mr E E Haynes, Crescent…

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A Delayed and Interrupted Wedding. Earl Yarmouth Confronted by an English Writ

The World's News · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 6

Brief reference has been made by cable, and also in previous issues of "The World's News," to the marriage of the Earl of Yarmouth known everywhere as "The Dancing Earl")…

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A Royal Diamond Wedding

The World's News · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 6

The Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whose 60th anniversary of married life will be celebrated on June 28. The Grand Duchess was present at the coronations of William IV. and Queen Victoria, as well as at King Edward's coronation. She is…

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Weddings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

List, the sweet-toued golden bells, Pealing as the bride departs, Chinning suptial blessing full- "health and plenty, happy hearts!"…

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Divorce Court. an English Wedding

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 3

Mr. Justice Simpson yesterday continued the hearing of the suit in which Florence Lamb, formerly Atkinson, petitioned for a divorce from Robert Kitson Lamb, on the ground of desertion…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 45

A quiet wedding was celebrated by the Rev. Carr Smith, at St. James' Church, on June 3, between Mr. H. B. Green, of Liverpool, England, and Miss Violet Griffiths, second daughter of…

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Rice and Shoes at Weddings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

This pretty custom was born amid remotest antiquity, and generation after generation of happy households have handed it down. But in those olden times it was prettily…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 6

The marriage of Me. Jacob Diamond to Miss Ray Weissberger, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Weissberger of Bourke, will take place at the Great Synagogue, Sydney, on Tuesday, June…

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A Fashionable Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The marriage took place yesterday of a daughter of the late Sir Andrew Clarke, formerly Agent-General for Victoria, and Lieutenant Souter. The newly-wedded couple…

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An Inland Wedding

Evening News · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 4

Frances Maria Miller, formerly Tighe, petition-ed for a dissolution of her marriage with Joseph John Miller, on the ground of desertion. Petitioner said she married the respondent, who…

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