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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1883

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Death of Gambetta

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 4 January 1883 · page 3

LATE cable messages convey intelligence of the death of the celebrated French statesman, M. Gambetta, at the early ago of 41. On November 28 M. Gambetta met with an accident through the…

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Death of the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1883 · page 4

AFTER an illness which has extended over more than three months, the Archbishop of Canterbury died on Sunday, December 3, at Addington Park, Croydon,…

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Death of an Octogenarian

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 1 February 1883 · page 2

The body of an old man, aged eighty-two years, named Benjamin Robinson, now lies at the morgue awaiting an inquest, which will take place this evening. The…

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The Inquest on the Late Mr. Commissioner King

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 3 February 1883 · page 3

THE coroner, Mr. H. Dawson, held an inquest at Mr. Gracie's Royal Hotel, Cooma, on Saturday morning, 27th January, touching the death of Mr. Commissioner Johnson George King, who was…

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Death of Mr. H. W. Horn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 2

MR. A. M. BETTS (Coroner) held an inquest yesterday touching the death of Mr. H. W. Horn, when the following evidence was elicited:— John Joseph Frederick Becker deposed: I am a…

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Death of Mr. Henry W. Horn

Southern Argus · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 2

IT is with deep regret, we have to record, the death of Mr. H. W. Horn, which sad event occured on Tuesday evening, about 7-p.m. As our renders are aware, he met with a gun accident whilst out…

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The Funeral of the Late W. H. Horn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 4

IT is not often that we have to chronicle so large a funeral as that which took place in Goulburn lost Thursday, when the remains of the late W. H. Horn were conveyed to their last resting place. The…

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Sudden Death of a Pioneer

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 3 March 1883 · page 3

With feeling of the deepest regret we have to announce the demise of Mr, Donald Mc Leod of Batsman's Bay. The melancholy event took place suddenly on Sunday…

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Select Poetry. Lines on the Death of Longfellow

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1883 · page 4

THE singer mute, the lyre unstrung. Dust—first from off earth’s bosom sprung— To earth return ! Yet a great quenchless torch of song,…

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The Late Mr. Green the Historian

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 24 March 1883 · page 2

General regret will be felt at the premature death of Mr. John Richard Green, the well-known popular historian. Mr. Green, who was comparatively a young man, first…

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The Death of Sir Salar Jung

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 3

REGARDING the death of the late Sir Salar Jung, who is believed to have been poisoned, an Indian paper says :—"The late Sir Salar is greatly regretted. The…

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Death of Mrs. Hayes. [Cobar Herald.]

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 2

IN the amidst of life, surrounded with friends, and in spite of all that medical aid could do, Mrs. Mary Ann Hayes, the proprietress of the Commerical hotel…

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The Late Mr. W. De Graves

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 7 April 1883 · page 6

Intelligence has boon received of the death, in Tasmania, last week, of Mr. William De Graves, aged 68, many years a prominent…

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Death of John Brown

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 April 1883 · page 2

OUR European telegram last week announced the death of John Brown, for many years the, confidential servant of Her Majesty the Queen. John Brown…

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In Memoriam of the Late Mr. George Leaman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 2

Who was killed by the accidental upsetting of a dray near Tueua, 17th June, 1882. These lines are, with feelings of deepest sympathy, dedicated to his bereaved window…

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Death of Mr. Allman

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 3

WE (Goulburn Herald) learned by telegram from Sydney, that Mr. John James Allman, police magistrate of Goulburn, was very seriously ill. We regret now to…

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Death of the Honorable J. B. Wilson

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 2

THE Hon. John Bowie Wilson, a gentleman who has occupied a prominent position in public life in this colony, died at his residence on Monday. Mr. Wilson…

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Funeral of Sir John O'shanassy

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 May 1883 · page 4

A MELBOURNE telegram to the Sydney Echo, dated Monday, says:--To-day from noon was observed as a public half-holiday in all the public departments, in…

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Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 June 1883 · page 4

WE regret to have to announces the death of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy. K.C.M.G. the late Governor of Queensland, which took place at Aden on the…

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Death of Bishop Colenso

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 4

THE death of Bishop Colonso, which was announced in our cable messages, removes a very prominent figure from the arena of theology. He was born in 1814, and in…

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