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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1883

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Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 June 1883 · page 4

The announcement of the death of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy was received by cablegram in Brisbane on Saturday, and to say that it occasioned profound regret is to express in the…

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Death of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1883 · page 4

THE announcement of the death of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy was recieved by cablegram in Brisbane on Saturday, and to say that it occasioned profound regret is to…

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Tragic Death of a Boy

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1883 · page 4

A FATAL accident, at first supposed to be a murder, has caused a great sensation, at Antwerp. Mdme. Everaerts, who with her husband lived in the Longue Rue…

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Death of Mr. John Bright

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 2

Rarely has this community received such a shock as it did on Wednesday forenoon last by tidings of the death of Mr. John Bright, late of this town. As will be remembered by many of…

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Death of Mr. John Bright

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1883 · page 4

THE "Illawarra Mercury" of Friday last says:—Rarely has this community received such a shock as it did on Wednesday forenoon last by tidings of the death of…

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The Late Mr. John Bright

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 July 1883 · page 2

By information to hand within the present week, it appears that, although Mr. Bright contracted his last illness at Naples, as already stated in our columns, he did not feel seriously unwell there…

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Death of Mr. James Matthews

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 4

ON Saturday morning the townspeople of Cootamundra were electrified by the news, rapidly passed along from house to house, that Mr, James Matthews had…

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The Death of Captain Webb

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 September 1883 · page 4

Full details as to the tragical death of Captain Webb on July 24 in his attempt to swim through the Niagara Rapids are given in telegrams sent by the special…

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The Late Mr. W. B. Thompson

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 October 1883 · page 2

All who had the pleasure of knowing the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this notice must now deeply regret his decease. Indeed, it is seldom that one has so worth an acquaintance to…

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Death of Archbishop Vaughan

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1883 · page 4

AN English exchange, to hand per the P. and O. steamer Mirzapore, says the death of Dr. Vaughan took place on August 18. The deceased arrived at…

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Sudden Death of Mr. John DiNGWALL, M.A., of the Public School, Bulli. Coroner's Inquest. Monday. October 8

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 October 1883 · page 2

Mr. John Dingwall, M.A., master of the Public School, Bulli, having died suddenly on Sunday morning, Mr. C. F. Smith, Coroner for the district, held an inquest…

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James Carey's Funeral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1883 · page 4

THE "Port Elizabeth Telegraph" of the 4th instant says :—The interment of the remains of James Carey took place on Wednesday afternoon, at a little after 4…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1883 · page 2

THE departure from our midst of the late Thomas Surflect Kendall, J.P., whose death and burial were briefly noticed in our last issue, will be…

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