Original Poetry to a Gentleman on the Death of His Wife
The brightest flame that lights the gloom But flashes o'er its drying ray ; The sweetest flower that's known to bloom Sheds perfuro o'er its own decay…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1887
30 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Obituary
LATE on Monday evening last, says the Weekly Advocate of 12th instant, the Sorrowful tidings reached Sydney that the Rev. J. Walkden Brown had entered into…
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MOST of our readers will remember this kind-hearted, good natured old gentleman, who for a period of about thirty-five years was a resident of this district. In his…
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WE (Burrawang Herald) regret to have to announce the death of Mr. P. Mannix, a well and widely known resident of the Wingecarribee district, which…
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ONE of the oldest residents of the Illawarra district passed away from amongst us on Saturday, 5th instant, in the person of the late George Somerville, senr,. who was well known and…
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We have had several instances of more or less sudden death in this town lately (says the Port Elizabeth Telegraph), but few are more sad than that of Mr…
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SOME thousands of persons visited Prince's-end, Tipton, England, on January 21, to witness the funeral of Mr. Samuel Murfitt, who was recently…
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ON the 23rd March, at' the Valley," Gerringong, passed away the beloved and only daughter of Mrs. Ellen Hinrahan in the 22nd year of her age, She had been ailing…
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ANOTHER of our old and mush esteemed residents has "passed over to the great majority." Our deceased friend, the late Mr. George Gray, the subject of this notice,…
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ON Friday, last, 13th instant, there passed away at his residence, Mount Salem, one of the oldest residents of this district, Mr. George Grey, in his eighty-fourth year. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mr. W. E. Sheridan
MR. SHERIDAN, the tragedian, died early on Wednesday morning. At a late hour on Tuesday there was no perceptible change in the patient's condition, although he was known to…
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ON Sunday morning last the Rev. J. Howell Price delivered, in Christ Church, an address touching upon the recent decease of Mr. George Grey, one of the oldest…
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On Sunday morning last the Rev. J. H. Price, incumbent, preached a funeral sermon in Christ Church, Kiama, in connection with the death of the late Mr. George Grey,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mrs. Tyter
DURING our residence of thirty-three years in the district it may well be imagined that we have attended many funerals, that we have witnessed many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Obituary. the Late Robert Morrow
THE late Robert Morrow, who departed this life at his residence, Broughton Vale, on the 17th instant, and whose remains were interred two days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mr. J. Wright, Principal of the Training School
In the death of Mr. Wright, which took place on the 23rd of April last, the Education Department has sustained an almost irreparable loss. As a man of sterling quality of bead and heart…
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PROFESSOR HERRMANN, the Prince of Conjurors," as he called himself, died on June 8 at o[?]labad, after a short illness,at the age of 72. The Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reported Death of Stanley
THOUGH the news of Stanley's death is discredited, the very fact of such a statement will intensify the interest in the movements of the intrepid African explorer, and lead everyone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of King Cockie
"KING COCKIE'S dead," was the mad news received by all his old friends in Maitland from Singleton on Friday last, He did not last long after his visits to…
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Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Mr. Robert Anderson, died at her residence, Burrawang, on the twentieth of May last, and two days afterwards was…
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