Obituary
Sydney, Friday.— The Rev. J. Gravey, of Sacred Heart Church, died at 11.30 p.m. on New Year's eve. A requiem mass, to be presided over by Archbishop Moran, will be…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1885
48 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
Obituary
Sydney, Tuesday.—A private cablegram from France announces the death of M. Louis Sentis, the Consul for France at Sydney…
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THE death of the last survivor of the expedition to Ban try Bay in 1796 is announced at Columbus. The venerable veteran was born near the Pantheon on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sudden Death of the Bishop of Bathurst
THIS (Friday) morning the great and good Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. Quinn) passed away to his eternal rest. As the sad news floated over the city at an…
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London, Thursday.-Sir Robert Phellimore, the eminent cooleniastical lawyer, is dead…
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THE name of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Coveny is one of the latest additions to the long death roll of the ill-fated Soudan campaign, and his is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of a South Sea Islander. Inquest at Corinda
THE District Coroner, Mr J.N. Brooks, P.M., held an inquest on Saturday last at the residence-of Mr W. J. Hawthorne, Corinda, respecting the death of a coloured' man…
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Mr. Percy Morrison, coroner, held an inquest at the Tally Ho, Caterham, Surrey, on Friday, Jan. 9, regarding the death of Mr. Henry John Keith, an independent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poetry. the Death of General Gordon
Within the precincts of Khartoum, Our noble Gordon fell, By traitors hands he met his doom, Toll ye the doleful bell[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of an Explorer. Port Darwin
Some few weeks ago Messrs. Stockdale and Ricketson, the explorers of the Kimberley country on behalf of some Melbourne capitalists, arrived at Palmerston, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Death of a Child. the Father Committed for Manslaughter
At the R[?]ymond Terrace police court, on Tuesday, before Messrs. C. R. Middleton, and W. Shelley, J.P., David Dunn was brought up in custody, charged with having wilfully exposed his child, Rupert…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Mr. Samuel Baker. (From a Correspondent.)
It is not the intention of the writer to give an outline of Mr. Baker's life, but to mention a few character traits of one who was in truth no ordinary man, though, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Battle of Kerbekan. Carrying the Position with the Bayonet. Death of General Earle. (From the S. M. Herald)
The R. M. S. Australia, which arrived from San Francisco on Thursday night, brings the following particulars of the battle of Kerbekan, near Dulka Island, on F[?]ary 9, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. Death of Cyrus H. McCormic
This well known inventor, whose name will always be associated with improved harvesting machinery, died in Chicago, May 13, 75 years of age. He was born in Virginia…
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The death is announced of Mr. John King, the last survior of the " Seven Men of Preston." Mr. King (says an English Paper) was in his 99th year, and he died on Thursday…
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The Hamilton correspondent of the N. Z. Herald states that about 12 p. m, on the 15th Match, as Messrs' George Runcimau and Rhodes were riding home they noticed, when passing Camp's Hotel, a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Death of Judge Pring in Brisbane. (From the Evening News.) Brisbane
Judge" Pring died [?]t his residence at an early hour this morning He had been [?]iling for some time. His decease was not altogether unexpected. He was the second son ot the late Mr. Thomas Pring,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Late Mr. Langlands. (To the P[?]tor of the Maitlar Mercury.)
SIR,—Adverting to poor Langland's death, mentioned by your Branxton correspondent in last Tuesday's issue, I can conscientiously endorse the account he gave regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Death of Colonel Burnaby
The following intensely vivid description of the death of Colonel Burnaby is given by Mr. Burleigh, the war correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph who was wounded at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mr. M. Spence, of Port Macquarie. (Port Macquarie News, April 18.)
We have this week the mournfnl task of chronicling the death of one of the oldest residents of Port Macquarie, namely— Michael Spence, Esq., J.P., who expired…
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