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

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 4

THE large circle of friends of Mr. William Ryan, of Ryan's Vale, Braidwood road, will hear with regret that his death took place at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of…

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Obituary. LONDON, Oct. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

The death is announced of the father of Wills, one of the members of Burke and Wills's Exploring Expedition…

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Death of Me. L Tierney

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 October 1889 · page 2

We(Burrangong Argus) are sorry to hare to record the death of a sometime resident of Young, Mr. L. Tierney, which took place at his residence, Spring Creek,…

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Reported Death of the King of Portugal. LONDON, Oct. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 3

It is reported that the King of Portugal, Dom Luis, is dead. The rumour h as not yet been confirmed…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 October 1889 · page 2

DEATH OF MR. ROBERT BEVERLY.--On last Friday evening Mr. Robert Beverly died at his residence, Cooma-street, Yass, aged fifty seven years. The deceased has been a…

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Death of the King of Portugal. LONDON, Oct. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 October 1889 · page 4

The death is announced of Dam Luis, King of Portugal…

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Shocking Death of a Shearer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 October 1889 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—About 6 o'clock this morning a shearer named J. Glennon was found lying dead on the road, about six miles from Goonoo Goonoo, where he had previously been…

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Death of the King of Portugal

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 October 1889 · page 3

The death is announced of Dom Luis, King of Portugal. King Luis the First of Portugal was born on October 31, 1838, being the son of Queen Maria the Second…

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Mysterious Death of a Former Resident of Springfield, Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 October 1889 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday.—On the 14th instant a man named William Nelson was found dead in his bed at the Rose Hotel. He had been drinking heavily, and had taken a sedative draught,…

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Death of Mr. William Westgarth. LONDON, Oct. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 October 1889 · page 4

Mr. William Westgarth, the well-known Anglo-Australian financier, died suddenly to-day…

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Death of Dr. Blake

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 November 1889 · page 2

ONE of the most respected of the "old identities" of Yass (if not exactly one of the first pioneers of this district) passed over to the majority on Friday last, full of honorably spent…

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Local & General News. Death of Dr. Blake. Communicated

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 November 1889 · page 2

THE electric wire at Grenfell sent the mournful message on Friday morning last to Yass that Dr. Isidore, Maurice Blake died at Grenfell that morning and it was quite needless to…

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A Peculiar Incident. Face to Face with His Alleged Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 3

AT Wednesday's meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works a peculiar incident occurred. It may be remembered that some time ago a witness named Arthur Samuel…

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Death of a Mother While Trying to Save her Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Monday.—A sad drowning fatality occurred on the Belmore River on Saturday afternoon about 1 o'clock. Three little children, whose father is a farmer named…

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The Death of an Acrobat at Broken Hill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A coroner's inquest was held to-day touching the death of Charles Leonard Godfery, an acrobat, known as "The Baby Wonder," at Broken Hill on…

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Death of Dr. Blake

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 2

[?] intelligence of the death of Dr. [?] at Grenfell on the 1st inst., was everywhere throughout the district learnt with regret. In the Yass district the…

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The King-street Shooting Outrage. Death of Mr. Bartlett

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Bartlett, mercer, of King-street, who was shot on the 6th inst, by Willoughby Andrews, expired at the Sydney Hospital at a quarter to 8 o'clock…

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Death of Mrs. Thos. Robertson

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 2

WE regret having to announce, in this issue, the death of Mrs. Robertson, wife of Mr, Thos. Robertson, of Bowning, which event took place at her residence, Bowning, yesterday…

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Death of Martin Tupper. LONDON, Nov. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 4

The death is announced of Mr. Martin Farquhar Tupper, a miscellaneous writer, and author of "Proverbial Philosophy." He was 79 years of age…

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Death of Mr. Harold Stephen, M.L.A.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 4

WE (S. M. Herald) regret to have to record the death of an old and respected member of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Harold Stephen, who died at his residence at Newtown on Saturday…

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