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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1896

13 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Death of Mr. E. D. S. Ogilvie

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1896 · page 4

THE death of Mr. Ogilvie at a ripe old age removes from the scene one of the earliest pioneers of this district. Mr. Ogilvie's connection with the Clarence district began…

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Funeral of an Old Resident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 5

THE remains of the latp Mr. E. D. S. Ogilvie (who died at "Fernside," Bowral, on the 25th January from failure of the heart's action) reached Yulgilbar at 5 p.m. on Wednesday,…

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Death of Rev. O. R. Currey

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1896 · page 5

MANY of our readers on the Clarence and the northern districts will learn with regret of the death of Rev. O. R. Currey, which took place at Capetown in December. It…

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Death of Mr. C. N. Stephens

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 4

LAST week the intelligence that Mr. C. N. Stephens, of Harwood, had been struck down with paralysis created a profound foaling of regret throughout the community…

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Death of Sir Henry Parkes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1896 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—Sir Henry Parkes died somewhat unexpectedly at 4 o'clock this morning through sudden failure of the heart's action…

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Death of Sir Henry Parkes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1896 · page 4

"SIR HENRY PARKES died somewhat unexpectedly at four o'clock this morning." Such is the messnge flashed over the wires yesterday, announcing the death of one who…

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Death of Mrs. Clark Irving

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 4

THE announcement) of the death, though not unexpected, at the ripe old age of 82, of Mrs. Clark Irving, will be received with regret by a numerous circle of friends, particularly…

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Funeral Sermon

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 3

AT his morning service in Grafton last Lord's day, the Rev. Walter Scott preached with special reference to the two deaths of the previous week; it having fallen to him to…

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Death of Mr. John Toon

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 4

UNIVERSAL regret was manifested in town on Sunday last when it became known that Mr. Toon, manager of the Grafton branch of the E.S. and A. Bank, had succumbed to an…

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Awful Scenes of Bloodshed. the Sudden Death of Prince Lobanoff

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 3

THE report of The Times gives this explanation of the origin of the "demonstration." An Armenian patriotic society, of which the chief and the majority of the members are…

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Death of Mr. Goodchap

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 4

BY the death of Mr. Goodchap, M.L.C., the colony has lost a useful citizen and a very able man. The deceased was a gentleman in the highest acceptation of the term, and…

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Death of the Hon. J. F. M'dougall

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 8

GENERAL regret was expressed in Toowoomba when the news was made public, that the Hon. J. F. M'Dougall breathed his last at Sandgate. It cannot be said that…

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The Late Mrs. Bawden

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 8

WE briefly referred, in our last issue, to the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Bawden, whose charitable deeds and intimate connection with the progress of this city and…

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