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

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Death of Senator Washburne. LONDON, Sept. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 4

The death is announced of Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Senator of the United States, and formerly United States Minister to France, aged 71…

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Death of the ex King of Oude. LONDON, Sept. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 3

The death is announced of the ex King of Oude…

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The Late Mrs. Martin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 2

AT the morning service in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday the Rev. A. J. Webb made reference to the death of Mrs. Martin, wife of the Rev. G. Martin, the former pastor of the…

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Death of Rev. Father Walsh

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 2

THE Rev. Dennis T. Walsh, who resided in Goulburn for nearly eight years, and who was so popular and highly respected by all classes, died at Albury yesterday. The remains…

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Death of the Rev. Father Walsh

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 2

MANY of our readers who were acquainted with the Rev. D. T. Walsh, who a few years ago was administrator of the Roman Catholic diocese of Goulburn, will learn…

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Death of a Crown-Prosecutor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 3

A WAGGA telegram of Thursday says:—Mr. Robt. Pitcairn, Crown-Prosecutor at the Wagga Assize Court, died at Wagga to-day. The deceased gentleman arrived in Wagga from…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 October 1887 · page 2

MRS. EMERTON.—The many friends of the late Sergeant Emerton will be sorry to hear that his widow has so quickly followed him to that bourne from whence no traveller returns. The…

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Reported Death of the Sultan of Morocco. LONDON, Oct. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 October 1887 · page 4

There is an impression that the Sultan of Morocco is dead. Spain is sending a body of troops to the frontier of Morocco, and Franco will probably…

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Death of the Head of the Good Templar Order. LONDON, Oct. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 October 1887 · page 2

John Finch, the head of the Good Templar Order, has died in America…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 2

WITH feelings that none but a parent can be cognisant of, we place on record tho death of Eliza Jane Davis, the wife of Mr. H. L. Davis of Bowral, and daughter of Mr. Oram,…

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The Inquiry Into the Death of Robert McDowell

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 2

The inquiry into the cause of the death of a man named Robert McDowell, who died at Crookwell on the 17th September through injuries received during a drunken…

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Death of Mr. C. Horn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 4

OUR telegrams to-day convey the information that Mr. C. Horn, stationmaster at Gundagai, was found shot dead in his office this morning. Goulburn residents will be shocked to hear that…

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Death of Mr. C. Horn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 4

GUNDAGAI, Saturday.—Mr. C. W. Weeks, jun., held an inquest in the waiting-room of the railway station this afternoon, touching the death of Charles Horn, station-master, who was found…

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Reported Death of Ayoub Khan. LONDON, Oct. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 2

Ayoub Khan, the rival of the Ameer of Afghanistan, and who recently escaped from that country, is reported to have been killed…

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Tragic Death of a Station-master

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 2

Am inquest was held at Gundagai in the waiting-room of the railway station, on Saturday afternoon, touching the death of Charles Horn, station master, who was…

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Death of Mr. Geo. Watson

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 2

Death has again, we regret to say, taken from amongst us an old resident, the one who had this time to respond to his call being Mr. George Watson. As most of our readers are aware,…

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News by Cable. Death of Lady Brassey. LONDON, Oct. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 4

News has been received that Lady Brassey died on board the yacht Sunbeam on the 14th of September last of fever, which she contracted on the Australian coast. Lady Brassey was…

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The Late Mr. Henty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mr. Richmond S. Henty, whose death was occasioned by his severe exertions in combatting the fire at Messrs. Lansdown Brothers' timber-yard on Friday…

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Death of Mr. J. M. Broadhead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 4

OUR readers will learn with regret of the death of Mr. John M. Broadhead, a very old and esteemed resident of this district, and who for many years has resided on his estate at Inverary…

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Death of Fordham. LONDON, Oct. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 4

The death is announced of George Fordham the well-known jockey…

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