The Death of George Eliot. (Home News, Dec. 31.)
The greatest novelist of our time, and some may hold of the century, G[?]ge Eliot (Miss Marion Evans), di[?] suddenly on Wednesday night, [?] 22…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1881
31 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Death of a Centenarian
The Pastoral Times states that on Sunday night last Patrick Murphy, an old identity here, better known as "Old Paddy," breathed his last in the Deniliquin hospital at the…
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The death of Mr. Buckland leaves a blank in one particular department of natural-history study not likely to be soon filled up. We have abundance of learned and technical treatises on ichthyology and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of a Supposed Leper. (From the Uralla and Walcha Times, Feb. 16
The Chinaman, On L[?]n, who was supposed to be suffering from leprosy, was found dead on the morning of Tuesday, the 8th instant., by the police, in the miserable den in which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Mr. William Langford
To write of William Langford (says the Herald) is to recall many pleasant memories in Australian aquatic history. His name has been connected with the yacht and boat…
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MR. GERARD KREFFT. who was for many years Curator of the Australian Museum, died on Friday might at his residence in Stanley-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Funeral of M. Blanqi. (From the London Correspondent of the Melbourne Argus.)
Mr. Blanqui, the revloutionist, after spending half his life in prison, expired on Saturday evening last in Paris, at the age of 75. He died quietly in his bed, after a few days'…
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BY the death of Maafu, the native chief, the colony of Fiji has lost a most remarkable man. Possessed of a gigantic body, unfaltering courage, and unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monument to the Late Mr. Peter Clarke, Who Was Murdered at Warland's Range. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—You will oblige by publishing this letter. Most of your readers will remember that that brave man, Mr. Peter Clarke, was murdered while endeavouring to apprehend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of the Rev. M. PUNSHON. London, April 14
The Rev. Morley Punshon, Wesleyan minister, died to-day, aged 56. [From "Men of the Time" we learn that he was born 1824, at Doncaster,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Earl Beaconsfield. London, April 18, 6.25 p.m
A bulletin issued to-day by the phyaicians in attendance upon the Earl of Beaconsfield, states that his Lordship suffered a relapse through the night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Death of Mr. Winter. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have always hitherto believed in the strict and faithful accuracy (at least as to f[?]cts) of the Mercury, but I regret that my belief has received a rude shock by the telegram from your Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Funeral of the Late Earl Beaconsfield. London, April 26 (Evening)
The funeral of the late Earl Beaconsfield took place to-day at Hughenden, to which place the remains had been conveyed a day or two ago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Mrs. A. Wightman. (From a Correspondent.)
It was with feelings of profound regret that the news was heard by people of Murrurundi and many other parts of the colony, that upon the 27th April, at her residence, Haydonton, Mrs. Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Death of John Collier. (Namoi Independent, May 5.)
The following is the evidence taken at the magisterial inquiry held before T. K. Abbott, Esq., P.M. touching the death of John Collier, which took place at Cowmore on Thursday last, from injuries inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Paterson. Death of Mrs. Frankland
In the obituary columns of your issue of the 21st April, appeared the following announcement:— "Death: On Good Friday, March 15th, at North House, Ripon, Yorkshire, England, aged 87 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Ouida
A TELEGRAM, the accuracy of which, though impugned by some, there seems no reason to doubt, has announced tons the death of one of the best known and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Summer. Michael O'shaughnessy's Funeral
THERE is not mush mock-solemnity about the poor Irishman's funeral. The hearse, mourning-coachas, and other usual, paraphernalia give place to a train of carts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of an Old Colonist. (Queenslander, May 14.)
Eighteenth century men are getting scarcer and scarcer amongst us, and apart from that, while Government debentures, bank and insurance shares, are matters so well known, the death of the pioneer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Funeral of the Late Emperor of Russia
[?] murdered remains of Alexander II., [?] for six days and nights have constantly [?]ed the tearful homage of all that is [?] and noble in Russia, were consigned to…
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