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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Funeral of the late William Geoghegan

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1896 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon the remains of the above-named deceased were interned in Porter's Girrden cemetery. The funeral cortege fully evidenced the [?]ot that the…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. William Kennedy

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1896 · page 3

MR. WILLIAM KENNEDY, one of the best known and esteemed of the old residents of Shoalhaven, passed away at his new home at Leconfield House, Branxton, on the Hunter…

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Strange Death of a Horse

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 4

A MOST extraordinary occurrence happened to a horse belonging to Mr. H. L. Lovegrove, of Berry, on Sunday last, by which the animal died, or, properly speaking,…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 2

MRS. JAMES WALKER, whose death was chronicled in this paper a few days age, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Tate, of Jamberoo, at whose residence…

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The Late Mrs. Joseph Hart

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 2

This lady, the wife of our respected townsman, Mr. Joseph Hart, of Kembla-street, died at Moss Vales on Saturday last after about a year's illness. She had been…

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The Late Mr. John Timbs

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 2

The Great Raper his again been busy in the neighborhood of Marshall Mount Very recently Mrs. Timbs, wife of Mr. Henry Timbs, was called away, and on the night…

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