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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

4 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Men of the Day. Death of General Pettie

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 3

That gentleman, Secretary to the President of the Republic, and chief of his Military Household, died on the 4th December, at the age of 57…

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The Death of General Gordon

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 3

It is a somewhat strange confidence that, on the second anniversary of the death of General Gordon, the only apparently authentic news of that sad event should be…

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Obituary. Richard Harris, M.D.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 November 1887 · page 2

We extract the following from the Newcastle Herald of the 4th instant.—Most of our readers will have been prepared for the event which we have regretfully to notify to-day—namely, the demise of…

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The Late Railway A[?] Death of Charles Pivett

The Carcoar Chronicle · Saturday 3 December 1887 · page 2

It is our painful duty to announce [?] Charles Pivelt, the victim of the railway accident recorded in our last issue, expired at the local hospital on Sunday night. He…

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