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Murray · Obituaries & funerals
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The fathers of our Upper Murray district are passing away one by one. Death is gradually decimating their ranks, and ere long the bardy and venturous pioneers who opened this and other…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A few days since, after an inquest was held on a Chinaman named Ah Suey at Reedy Creek, Victoria, it was deemed advisable to bury him as soon as possible owing to his…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Mr. Robert Cowley, the oldest resident of the Dunolly district, and one of the earliest settlers in Victoria, died at Old Dunolly on Monday, at the age of 83. He came to the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mdme. Boucicaut, proprietress of the Paris Bon Marche, whose death is reported from Nice, was a remarkable woman. Her fortune is given by some journals as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our correspondent "Saitbush" writes as follows on the 26th of this lamented occurrence: Mr. Slender of South Merrowie, had been ailing for some little time but nothing serious was anticipated from this. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lady Parkes died this morning at her residence, Balmain, aged 73 years. Yesterday she took a turn for the worse, and the end came very unexpectedly. THE RIVER.--The Murray, at Wohgunyah, yesterday was 4ft. 10in. above summer level and rising slightly. COROWA FIRE BRIGADE.--The following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lady Parkes died this morning at 6 o’clock. Yesterday, when the Premier returned to luncheon, her ladyship complained of illness, and was assisted to her room, but she never…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The funeral of the socialist Linnell, who was killed in the Trufalgar riots, was the greatest spectacle seen in London since the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although long expected, the announcement of the death of the Hon. Henry Miller, which took place on Tuesday last, will come somewhat suddenly upon the community, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The death is announced in her 90th year of Mary Howitt, the well-known authoress, and widow of the late William Howitt…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →We regret to have to announce the death of Lady Parkes, which took place at a quarter to 6 o'clock on Thursday morning, a[?]er residence, Hampton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the most remarkable funerals ever formulated in honor of a Thomas cat, says the New York Herald, was that of Tommy, the feline property of a Mr John…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HOME telegrams announce the death under circumstances of unusual sadness, of Mrs. R. Spencer Browne, a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Browne, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday afternoon a man named Henry Day, about 30 years of age, was arrested bv the West Melbourne police, charged with the wiliul murder of a boy, 10 years oi age, named…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The South Melbourne police have been engaged for some time passed in an endeavour to ascertain the circumstances of an assault committed upon a married woman named Jane…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →We take the following from the Inverness Courier, of January 20th:—The fine Sutherland parish of L[?]g has sent out many of its sons to take honorable and distinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The death is announced of the Duke of Rutland (Charles Cecil John Manners), in the 72nd year of his age. He will be succeeded in the peerage by his brother, the Right Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Emperor William was [?] Saturday suffering from cold in the [?] attack of [?] He suffered [?] was [?] but [?] and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WILLIAM I Emperor of Germany died quietly, in his bed on Friday morning, after an illness of a week. The news was not unexpected. For at least a couple of days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram from Thursday Island reports a tragic incident there. On Saturday afternoon Captain Kirby, a very old Straits navigator, was in the bar of the Thursday Island…
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