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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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The Whitechapel Murders. The Funeral of the Latest Victim

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

THE remains of the murdered woman Kelly were interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Leytonstone on Nov. 19. The body was enclosed in a polished elm and oak…

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The Whitechapel Murders. The Funeral of the Latest Victim

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

THE remains of the murdered woman Kelly were interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Leytonstone on Nov. 19. The body was enclosed in a polished elm and oak…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 4

MR. FRANCIS HENTY expired at his residence at Kew, Victoria, on Tusday, aged 73 years. He was the survivor of a family of brothers who were the first Bettlers at Port Phillip…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 4

MR. FRANCIS HENTY expired at his residence at Kew, Victoria, on Tusday, aged 73 years. He was the survivor of a family of brothers who were the first settlers at Port Phillip…

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Death of Inspector Wright

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 8

FURTHER information is to hand respecting the death of Sub-Inspector Wright, which occurred under peculiarly distressing circumstances. He had been absent from Walgett about 15 days, and…

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Death of Inspector Wright

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 8

FURTHER information is to hand respecting the death of Sub-Inspector Wright, which occurred under peculiarly distressing circumstances. He had been absent from Walgett about 15 days, and…

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A Pathetic Border Funeral

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 2

IT was a touching sight to see how the boys stood around the dead body of Briggs and endeavoured to hide their emotion and failed. The tears ran down the face of Arkansaw…

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A Pathetic Border Funeral

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 2

IT was a touching sight to see how the boys stood around the dead body of Briggs and endeavoured to hide their emotion and failed. The tears ran down the face of Arkansaw…

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Coroner's Inquest. Sudden Death of Mr. Charles Tennant

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

YESTERDAY evening the District Coroner (Mr. A. L. M'Dongall, P.M.,) with a jury of twelve, held an inquest on the body of Charles Tennant, who died on board the Helen Nicoll that morning on…

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Coroner's Inquest. Sudden Death of Mr. Charles Tennant

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

YESTERDAY evening the District Coroner (Mr. A. L. M'Dougall, P.M.,) with a jury of twelve, held an inquest on the body of Charles Tennant, who died on board the Helen Nicoll that morning on…

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Mysterious Death of a Young Woman

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 8

THE death of the young woman Lavinia Dines, which took place in the Syney Hospital on the 3rd instant, formed the subject of an inquiry at South Sydney on Saturday. Considerable interest is being…

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Mysterious Death of a Young Woman

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 8

THE death of the young woman Lavinia Dines, which took place in the Syney Hospital on the 3rd instant, formed the subject of an inquiry at South Sydney on Saturday. Considerable interest is being…

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Death of Mrs. Emily Osborne at Lismore. The Jury Disagree as to Cause of Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

ON the 14th ultimo an inquest was held at Lismore before the District Coroner (Dr. Bernstein) and a jury of 12, touching the death of Emily Osborne, wife of James Osborne, jeweller, and which has…

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Death of Mrs. Emily Osborne at Lismore. The Jury Disagree as to Cause of Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

ON the 14th ultimo an inquest was held at Lismore before the District Coroner (Dr. Bernstein) and a jury of 12, touching the death of Emily Osborne, wife of James Osborne, jeweller, and which has…

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Death of a Female Giant. A Woman Weighing Half a Ton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 3

PHILADELPHIA has just placed in the tomb the body of another of its celebrites, Mrs. Hannah Battersby, the biggest woman in America. She was laid away in a handsome walnut coffin 7-feet…

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Death of a Female Giant. A Woman Weighing Half a Ton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 3

PHILADELPHIA, has just placed in the tomb the body of another of its celebrites, Mrs. Hannah Battersby, the biggest woman in America. She was laid away in a handsome walnut coffin 7[?] feet…

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Human Sacrifices on the Death of a King

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 6
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FROM New Calabar news was brought of a most revolting sacrifice. It seems that a few months ago the old King of Eboe died, and, as is customary in that part of the…

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Death of Alderman Murray

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1889 · page 4
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IT is with much regret we have to record the death of Alderman ARCHIBALD MURRAY, an old and highly respected resident of Grafton. The deceased has been suffering for some months past,…

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