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Oldbury Burne

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Oldbury Burne ( -1907)

1885 Elected IEE.

1891 of the Indian Government Telegraphs, Lahore

1907 Died. 'Mr. Oldbury Burne, of the Imperial Telegraph Services, Calcutta, who has been spending his furlough at Torquay, was sitting at the edge of a high cliff at Babbacombe when, in attempting to* rise, fell over. His body was found 120 ft. below, suspended by one foot, which was held fast in a cleft in the rock.'[1]

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  1. ↑ Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 17 December 1907
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