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

Obituaries & funerals, 1893

222 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 12

Death of Mr. O'Donnell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 4

ONE of the oldest residents of Goulburn in the person of Mr. John O'Donnell passed away yesterday morning at Mr. Benjamin O'Donnell's residence, Bourke-street, at the age of 80 years. Mr…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 24 July 1893 · page 2

AN old resident of Goulburn, Mr. John O'Donnell, died on Friday at the residence of his brother, Mr. Benjamin O'Donnell, Bourke-street. Deceased, who was eighty-one years…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 3

WE regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Farr, wife of Mr. James Farr of Pitt-street, Redfern, formerly well known in the southern districts from his connection with the…

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Death of a Famous Explorer. London, July 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 4

The death is announced of Dr. John Rae, the famous Arctic explorer. The court-martial into the loss of H.M.S. Victoria has notified that an inquiry will probably…

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Death of the Rev. George Sutherland

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

THE Rev. Dr. Sutherland, of St. George'a Church, Sydney, died suddenly at his residence, Pennant-hills, on Thursday night. He had been to a church meeting…

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Local & General News. Obituary Notices

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning at about 5 o'clock Mr. James Smith, senr., a resident of Yass for 40 years, passed away at his residence in Polding street, at the age of 66 years. Mr. Smith was…

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Suspicious Death of a Woman. Supposed Malpractice. Two Persons Before the Court

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

At the South Sydney Morgue on Saturday an inquest was commenced on the body of the young girl Winifred Nellie Sims, who died on Thursday night at her residence in…

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Death of Mr. John M'Coig

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 2

WE regret to have to record the death of Mr. John M'Coig, the superintendent of the State Forest Nursery at Gosford. He was found drowned in the Nursery Creek on Tuesday morning. The…

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Death of General Hamley. London, Aug. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 4

The death is announced of General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley…

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Death of Lord Jersey's Mother. London, Aug. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 4

The death is announced of the Dowager Countess of Jersey, mother of the Earl of Jersey…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 August 1893 · page 4

THE Burrowa News reports the death on Thursday last of Mr. William Wilson of Cunningham Plains, after a lingering illness of some months. Mr. Wilson resided in…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

MR. THOMAS H. LINE, father of Mr. A. H. Line, baker of this oily, died at Glenfield, George's River, on Wednesday last during an apopleptic fit. The deceased was 65 years…

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Sydney, Monday, 2.6 p.m. Death of a Sportsman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 4

Mr. E. Cousins, the well-known Bathurst sportsman, who was on a visit to Sydney, died suddenly at the Royal Hotel this morning…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 2
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A CORRESPONDENT at Wheeo writes: -- With feelings of deep regret I have to announce the death of Mr. James Sullivan, second son of Mr. Patrick Sullivan,…

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Death of the Duke of Saxe-coburg-gotha. London, Aug. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 August 1893 · page 3

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, brother of the late Prince Consert, of England, has died from au apoplectic fit. He was in his 75th year. It is expected that the Duke of Edinburgh, who…

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Gun Explosion on a Warship.—Death of Four Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 4

A FRENCH man-of-war from Tahiti arrived at Noumea a few days before the steamer Tanais left there for Sydney on 20th August, and brought word that a gun burst on board…

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Strange Death of a Boy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

THE City Coroner held an inquest on Wednesday at the Royal Hotel, Leichhardt, concerning the death of a boy named Robert Hope, 11 years of age, who resided with his uncle, Mr. John Harris, at No. 36…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 September 1893 · page 3

AN old resident of Greenwich Park, Mr. Malcolm McCallum, died at the residence of his son, Tarlo Gap, on Thursday last. Deceased was seventy-nine years of age, and the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 3 p.m. Death of the Mayor of West Maitland

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 September 1893 · page 3

MR. R. A. Young, Mayor of West Maitland, died suddenly this morning. The cause of death is supposed to have been heart disease. THE MINISTERIAL VISIT POSTPONED…

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