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Mid North Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Death of the Grand Duke Nicholas. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1891 · page 3

The Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the Czar, is dead…

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Death of Count Von Molke

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 5

Count Von Moltke, the Commander-in-Chief of the German armies during the Franco-Prussian campaign, and more recently chief of the general…

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Death of Barry Sullivan. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1891 · page 2

Barry Sullivan, the celebrated actor is dead. He was in his sixty-seventh year…

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Death of Sir John Robertson. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

Sir John Robertson was found dead in his bed at 5 o'clock this morning. The particulars of Sir John Robertson's death are withheld, pending the…

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Funeral of Sir John Robertson

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 6

THE funeral of the veteran statesman was the largest ever held fin the colonies. The steamer Premier, which was to convey the coffin to Sydney, arrived at Watson's Bay…

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Death of Canon Cadman London

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

The death is announced of Canon Cadman of the Canterbury Cathedral…

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Death of Lord Cavendish. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1891 · page 2

The death is announced of Lord Cavendish from influenza…

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Death of a Crimean Veteran. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

Thos. O'Grady, a Crimean veteran and holder of a Victoria Cross has died in the Immigrants Home, Melbourne. He was accorded a military funeral…

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Death of Police Magistrate Abbott. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

Police Magistrate Abbott died suddenly on Sunday…

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Death of Dr. O'reilly. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

Dr. O'Reilly of Moruya was found dead yesterday morning…

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Death of Mr. James Russell Lowell

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 2

Late cables report the death of the Hon. James Russell Lowell at the age of 72. The deceased was one of the most remarkable men yet produced in…

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Death of the British Postmaster-General

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

The death is announced of the Hon. H. C. Raikes, Postmaster-General, who died on Monday. He was 53 years of age, and the illness which…

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Death of Mr. C. S. WILKINSON' F.L.S., F.G.S. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, the eminent Government Geologist, who has been suffering from cancer in the stomach, and whose condition has been regarded…

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Death of the Hon. Geoffrey Eagar. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 September 1891 · page 2

The Hon. Geoffrey Eagar, who has held important offices in connection with the Government of this colony in past years, died on Saturday through…

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Death of Mr. Geoffrey Eagar

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

Another of the early colonists, and one who has been a prominent figure in colonial life, has passed away in the person of Mr. Geoffrey Eagar. Though…

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The Death of Mrs. James Cheers

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 2

THE death of Mrs. James Cheers of Frederickton, at an early hour on Saturday morning, in its suddenness, caused a shock throughout the whole…

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News by Wire. Death of the Earl of Portsmouth. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 2

The death is announced of the Earl of Portsmouth…

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Death of the Premier's Sister

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 4

Miss Maria Parkes, the only surviving sister of Sir Henry Parkes, died at Faul-conbridge on Saturday morning in her 81st year. For the past two years the deceased…

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Death of Charles Parnell. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 4

Charles Stewart Parnell died unexpectedly at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Brighton, he was 45 years of age. It was announced that he committed…

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Death of Sir John Pope Hennessy. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 4

The death of Sir John Pope Hennessy is reported at the age of 57…

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