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Mid North Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

9 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Lament of the Prince of Choisin on the Death of His Wife

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 4

[?] midnight when the world is still [?] to drift upon the tide [?] waters, while the dying moon Sinks slowly, gathering all her tender rays…

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Death Customs of the Indians

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 2

We have observed the care with which the Otoe and Missouri Indians preserve the body from being touched by the earth : the Comanches of Indian territory go to the…

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The Death of Gordon

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 2

THE Age remarks that it is a somewhat strange coincidence that on the second anniversary of the death of General Gordon the only apparently…

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Death of Henry Ward Beecher

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 4

WE are profoundly concerned to learn from a cablegram, dated New York, March 8, that this world famed preacher and pulpit orator expired on that date. The immediate cause…

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Death of Mr. H. Dean

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 May 1887 · page 4

IN our telegraphic news to-day will be found the announcement of the death of Mr. Horace Dean at Grafton. Mr. Dean was an American by birth, but…

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Death of Mr [?]

The Manning River Chronicle · Monday 30 May 1887 · page 2

John Wright, [?] School, Fort-sweet, [?] As training master, [?] guided and moulded into official [?]…

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The Death of Lady Brassey

The Manning River Chronicle · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 3

Regret will be felt in Sydney at the news received by cable from London, of the death of Lady Brassey on board the Sunbeam, on the 14th September last. An additional sad…

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Death of an Old Northumbrian Abroad

The Manning River Chronicle · Monday 7 November 1887 · page 2

The following extract we copy from a home paper. Our respected Donkins, of Rye-hill Karaak Flat, are of the same family as that referred to :—…

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The Late Mr. T. Scott

The Manning River Chronicle · Monday 14 November 1887 · page 2

The search for Mr. Francis Scott, of Glenugie was continued with, an unabated vigour by the residents of the District during the past week, resulting in his body…

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