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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Death of Bismarck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 5

A cablegram yesterday announced the death of Prince Bismarck. The decease of the famous statesman will cause deep regret throughout the civilised world. Bismarck…

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Death of Prince Bismarck

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 2

PRINCE BISMARCK died peacefully at 11 o'clock on Sunday night last at Fredrichsruhe. The late Prince Von Karl Otto Bismarck-Schonhanson was one of the most prominent figures in the…

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The Death of Nelson

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 3

Fifteen minutes after Hardy left him for the second time, the admiral became speechless; and when this had continued five minutes, the surgeon, who was…

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Death of Mr. W. D. Higgins

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 2

A GENUINE feeling of sorrow became universal when the news of the death of Mr. Walter Darwin Higgins, at Bellinger Heads, became known throughout these districts on…

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The Late Mrs. McLennan

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1898 · page 2

MRS. MARY MCLENNAN died at Blaxland'a Creek on Wednesday last, at the age of 83 years. She was a native of Rosshire, Scotland, and came to the colony in 1837 with her husband, the late Alexander…

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Death of Mr. J. Landrigan

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

MR. JOHN LANDRIGAN died at Orara on Wednesday. The deceased who was about 55 years of age, was a son of Mr. Thomas Landrigan, of Palmer's Island, and a brother of…

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Death of Dean Flanagan

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

On Sunday, after a long illness, Dean Flanagan died at Glen Innes. The Dean was 84, and was one of the oldest priests in the colony. Although 84 years of age, the deceased had not been in Holy…

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Death of a Lady Musician

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 4

The death of Miss Pedley, after a long and painful illness, leaves a great gap in musical circles in the capital. The deceased young lady was held in the highest esteem both…

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Death of an Old Shipmaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 8

Captain Richard Arnold, one of the oldest shipmasters in the colony, died at Hamilton at the age of 74. He came to the colony about the year 1856, and had charge of…

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Death of Mr. J. McDonald

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 2

A VERY old colonist and a pioneer of the Clarence has gone to his last rest, in the person of Mr. John McDonald senior, who died in the Maclean hospital on Wednesday night, at the advanced age of 80…

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Cards at a Funeral

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 4

An extraordinary funeral ceremony was conducted some months ago at the little village of Nomps-an-Val, near Amiens, in France. The dead man, it appears, was passionately fond of…

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Death of Mr. John Shaw

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1898 · page 2

MR. JOHN SHAW died at his residence on Woodford Inland on KFriday afternoon last, at the age of 59 years. Deceased had suffered from an ailment of the heart for several years, without…

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Death of Mr. M. M'Kay

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 2

MR. MURDOCK M'KAY died at "Warregh Island yesterday morning. The deceased had been suffering for two years from bronchial ailments, but the immediate cause of death a cancer of the…

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Death of Sir George Grey. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 5

SIR GEO. GREY, the eminent British Colonial Statesman, died in England on Monday from congestion of the brain and slight paralysis. The TIMES says that a striking commanding…

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Death of Sir George Grey

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 5

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the veteran New Zealand statesman, who has been in failing health for some time past, died in London on Monday, in his 86th…

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Death of a Premier. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 5

THE Hon. Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Premier of Queensland, died last night, from inflammation the lungs, and measles. THURSDAY…

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Death of the Queensland Premier

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 5

As feared for the previous couple of days, the Premier's illness terminated fatally on Wednesday. The real anxiety on the part of the medical men has been the weakness of…

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Death of a Queen. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 3

THE death is announced of the Queen of Denmark, who was in delicate health for some time. The late Queen was the mother of the Princess of Wales, and was 80 years of age. She was…

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Local and General News. Death of Mrs P. Weston

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

MRS. MARGARET Weston, the wife of Mr. Patrick Weston of Chatsworth, died at Machlean on Sunday night. Some months ago the deceased sustained an injury to her back which engaged…

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Death of Mrs. Haynes

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

IT was with feelings of mingled surprize and regret that the news of the death of Mrs. Haynes was received in Maclean on Friday morning. Two days previously she was in her usual robust…

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