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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1886

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Death of an Old “Buck.”

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 8

The London correspondent of the South Australian Register thus writes of a buck in the time of the last of the Georges :— “The death of Lord Ranelagh has…

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Death of Vanderbilt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1886 · page 8

A New York telegram in the San Francisco Chronicle, dated December 8, runs as follows:—" William H. Vanderbilt is dead. Without a moment's warning, the message…

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Violent Death of a Capitalist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1886 · page 8

Mr. J. M. Todd, a well-known capitalist of Oakland, was killed by a train near the corner of Adeline and Seventh-streets, Oakland. The stories of the fatal disaster…

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Fire on Board the Manapour[?]. Death of the Chief Officer and One Seaman. [By Electric Telegraph.] Auckland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1886 · page 19

The Union Steamship Company has had narrow escape of another shipping disaster. Shortly after the Ma[?]apouri left Auckland yesterday for Melbourne, a passenger being…

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Death of Richard III

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 2

RICHARD out down all before him in his fury, and there no longer remained a single flighting man between these rivals for a crown, when Hubert, springing unexpectedly from…

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Death of an Old Border Resident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 25

We regret to learn the death of Mr. Robert Telford, of Yarrawonga station. The deceased was a very old colonist, and over a quarter of a century ago, after managing a station in the…

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Death of Miss Emily Morris

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 March 1886 · page 4

BARELY a month ago it was our painful duty of record the death of Mr. George Morris, junior, of Fairfield Vineyard, Brown's Plains. To-day the…

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Death of Archbishop Trench. London, March 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1886 · page 18

The death is announced in his 79th year of the Most Rev. Richard Chenevix Trench, D.D., late Archbishop of Dublin…

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Death of the Comtesse De Chambord. London, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1886 · page 18

The death is announced, in her 69th year, of the Princess Marie Theresa Beatrice Ga[?]tane, the widow of the Comte de Chambord, the last male survivor of the elder branch of…

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Death of Mr. N. Chenhall

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 3

BY the death of Mr. Nicholas Chonhall, which occurred early on Monday morning, at Corowa, the district loses another of the pioneers to whose efforts much of its…

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Death of Mr. Forster. London, April 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 19

The Right Hon. William Edward Forster, M.P. for Bradford, and who was Chief Secretary for Ireland in the last Liberal Ministry, died this morning, in his 68th year…

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Death of Richard Goldsbrough. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 2

Richard Goldsbrough, the founder of the great woolbroking and stock and station agency company in Australia, the Goldsbrough Company, died here on Thursday, aged 65. The deceased gentleman had…

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The Late Mr. T. B. Carne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 3

FROM the Pastoral Times of Saturday last we extract the following notice: -- "We regret to announce the death of Mr. Thomas Broughton Carne, senr.,…

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Death of Mr. Richard Goldsbrough

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 27

The public will hear with regret, though probably not with surprise, of the death of Mr. Richard Goldsbrough, which took place his private residence, at South…

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Death of Mr. C. H. Roope

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 4

SINCE we announced three weeks ago that Mr. C. H. Roope, formerly well-known as a solicitor in Corowa, was suffering from serious illness, all sorts…

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A Chinese Millionaire. Death of Hu Hsuch-yen", the Vandekbilt of the Chinese Empire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1886 · page 9

Hu Hauch-yen, the great Chinese banker and millionaire of Hangehow, is dead. In some respects he was one of the most remarkable men in that country. His father…

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The Late Mr W. A. Brodribb

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 3

[?] regret to have to ann-more the death of Mr William [?] Brod[?] one of the last of the old colonists who link [?] re[?] to the past of New South Wales. Mr Bredribb [?] having [?] in that city on May the…

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The Finale. the Funeral of the Ly-ee-moon Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 June 1886 · page 4

At about ten o'clock on Thursday morning a commencement was made with the interment of the bodies recovered from the wreck. Rude coffins were constructed, and in these were placed the last remains…

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Death of Sir Alexander Stuart

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 4

Sir Alexander Stuart, late Premier of New South Wales, died to-day…

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The Late Mr. D. C. M'carthy O'leary

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 4

THE death is announced, at his residence, Albert-street, Melbourne, on the 14th inst., o£ Mr. D. C. M'Carthy O'Leary, barriater-at-law, aged 44…

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