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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Career and Death of Morgan, the Bushranger. . Power and the Kellys

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 8

During an extended official career, the duties of which for at least 17 years had to be performed on horseback in remote and sparsely populated bush and mountain…

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The Death of a Jockey

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 25

The circumstances connected with the death of the jockey Manning are related as follows by the Richmond River Express:—“On Saturday afternoon last a sad accident occurred on…

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Death of Mr. Stapleton Minchin

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 4

Another old and well respected resident has been called to his long home. After a most painful illness of long standing, which culminating during the last fortnight induced…

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The Wholesale Death of Sheep at Bourke

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 25

Mr. Stanley, the Government veterinarian, has presented a report to the Mines Department regarding the wholesale death of sheep at Bourke, which has been already reported…

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Obituary. Mr. John Macvean, Mooloomoon

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1887 · page 2

It is our sad duty to chronicle the sudden death of the above gentleman. From particulars received as to the death of Mr. MacVean, we learn that…

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Death of Mr. P. [?] a Painful [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 2

Considerable excitement was [?] day evening on it being [?] Slaman, of End-street had [?] Terminus Hotel, situated at [?]…

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Death of an Ex-minister. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 September 1887 · page 2

The Hon. Joseph Jones, formerly Minister for Railways, died at Ballarat this morning after a long illness caused by blood poisoning…

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Death of Mr. T. Henty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 27

The Hon. Thomas Henty, M. L. C., died on 22nd inst. at his residence, Middle Brighton. He had been in failing health for the past 12 months, and although his demise was no…

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Funeral of Rev. D. T. Walsh

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 24

The remains of the late Father Walsh were conveyed to Goulburn and interred on Tuesday. On the train reaching Wagga, the mortuary car was opened, flowers were strewed over the coffin, and…

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The Late Mr. J. R. Hudson

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 2

WE regret to announce the death, at Corowa, on Tuesday last, of Mr. J. R. Hudson, chemist, one of the leading and best known residents of the town. For…

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Death of a Philanthropist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 24

Mr. Robert Hudson Drew, a lineal descendant of the last member of the Hudson’s Bay Company, died in Sydney on Monday, aged 74. As a young man, be inherited a small…

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Death of the Good Templar Leader. London, October 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 21

Mr. John Finch, the head of the Good Templar Order, has died in America…

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The Late Mr. J. R. Hudson

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 2

REFERENCE to the sudden death of the late Mr. J. E. Hudson was made at the pulpits of the Anglican and Presbyterian Churches, at Corowa, on Sunday evening. At St…

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Death of the Stationmaster at Gundagai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 25

Mr. C. W. Weekes, jun., held an inquest in the waiting-room of the railway station, Gundagai, on Saturday, touching the death of Charles Horn, Stationmaster, who was found…

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Death of Lady Brassey. London, October 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 21

News has been received that Lady Brassey died on board the yacht Sunbeam on the 14th September last of a fever which she contracted on the Australian coast. Lady Brassey was…

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Death of an Indian Mutiny Hero

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1887 · page 7

Prophets are never of great repute in their own country, and a Scotsman has just passed from our midst whom Scotland might well have honored (writes a…

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Death of Baker Pasha. Cairo, November 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1887 · page 18

News has been received of the death from fever of Baker Pasha (General Valentine Baker) at Tel-el-Kebir…

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Death of Sir William M‘arthur. London, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1887 · page 18

Sir William M‘Arthur, late member of Parliament, and long known in Australian commercial circles, died suddenly to-day at the Praed-street station, on the Metropolitan…

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Open Column. the Late Dr. Frean's Funeral. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 December 1887 · page 2

SIR,—It would seem as though a stray specimen of the asi[?]us domesticus or common donkey—escaped possibly from some adjacent government institution—had been browsing on Hay Common about the time…

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Strange Death of a Young

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 24

A young woman, aged 20, named Margaret Kennedy, died under peculiar circumstances in Sydney on Sunday. It appears that on Saturday night she attempted to obtain an…

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