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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

9 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Telegrams. Death of Mr. R. Knaggs. BRAIDWOOD

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1884 · page 3

WHILST Mr. Knaggs was inoculating cattle yesterday, the mob rushed about and caused a rail to strike Mr. k[?]aggs. He died at 9 o'clock…

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Death of John Watkins

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 3

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held by Mr. Robert Dawson, P.M., at Mr. Patrick Mullans's, Pine Valley Hotel, near Cooma, on Wednesday last, on…

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In Memoriam. (Lines written on the death of Selina Elizabeth Constance, who died at Cootra[?] on May 4th, 1884.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1884 · page 4

AROUND poor little Lena's from, Sorrowing friends in circle stand. With heavy hearts and bated breath A silent, awestruck, solemn band…

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Telegrams. Death of H. L. Joseph. BOMBALA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1884 · page 2

MR. H. L. Joseph, who met with the accident on Thursday, never regained consciousness, and died on Friday night…

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Cablegrams. Fire on S.S. LUSITANA Lambkin Wins the Leger. Cholera at Naples. 800 Cases; 300 Deaths. Death of Duggan, the Fenian. Horrible Scenes at Naples. Superstition of Italians. 600 Fresh Cases of Cholera. Chinese Blocking Woosung. War in Egypt. Mudir Routs El Mahdi. Cholera in Rome and Spain. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 3

A FIRE broke out in the receiving room of the steamer Lusilana while going through the Indian Ocean on her passage homewards. The fire burnt for…

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Latest Cablegram. French Marines for Tonquin. King Humbert Left Naples. Crew of British Ship Nisero. Funeral of Denis Duggan. Fenian Demonstration. British Politics. London Times Advises Victoria. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 17 September 1884 · page 3

TWELVE companies of Marino infantry have been despatched from Tonquin to join the French forces under Admiral Courbet in Chinese waters…

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Telegrams. Gippsland Stock Market. Funeral of John Frazer, Half a Millionaire. Sir Moses Montefiore. the Education Question. Archbishop Moran Speaks. Hon. A. Stuart Improving. David Quinton Found Dead. Melbourne Sporting. Chinese Steamer Beached. Bairnsdale Stock Report

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 3

MESSRS. A. Macarthur and Co. wired from Bair[?]dale on Friday night:—We have had sixty hours splendid rain. The whole country is fooded. Store…

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bumor. Bill Nye's Budget. the Death of a Newspaper

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 2

I TOYED with a daily ones which was incorporated to fill a long-felt want. I did not know it was loaded. There was a rival daily that had been running two years, and we…

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Late Telegrams. Parliament Further Prorogued. Kindergarten School Closed. Fatal Fire at Narrabri. Death of John Bowdel. Betting on Summer Cup. Rumored New Loan in Victoria. Disastrous Yacht Excursion. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Monday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 24 December 1884 · page 3

PARLIAMENT has been further prorogued until the 18th of February. The Kindergarten School has been finally closed, prior to which the…

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