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Obituaries & funerals, 1890

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The Late Mr. W. E. Forster. Unveiling His Statue on the Thames Embankment. London, August 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1890 · page 18

The statue of the late Right Hon. W. E. Forster, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland in Mr. Gladstone’s Administration of 1881 has been completed and placed in position on…

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Death of Cardinal Newman. London, August 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 18

Cardinal Newman, who has been seriously ill, died last night at the age of 89 years…

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The First Execution by Electricity. Death of Kemmler, the Murderer. London, August 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 18

Full particulars have been received of the execution of Joseph Kemmler by electricity at New York yesterday. The prisoner, on being led out for…

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Death of Cardinal Newman

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 August 1890 · page 2

His Eminence Cardinal Newman, whose health has been feeble for nearly a year past, was seized with an acute attack of pneumonia a few days ago, and died at London…

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Funeral of Cardinal Newman. Immense Attendance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 August 1890 · page 24

The remains of Cardinal Newman were interred to-day, the ceremony being most imposing. Enormous crowds followed the funeral, and assembled at the place of burial. Many…

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Cardinal Newman’s Funeral. London, August 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 August 1890 · page 18

The funeral of the late Cardinal Newman will be attended by many of the bishops and members of the peerage, as well as a large number of his old friends in the Anglican…

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Death of Mr. Lawrence Zucker. London, August 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 August 1890 · page 18

Mr. Lawrence Zucker, of Melbourne, a well known bookmaker, has died from paralysis of the brain…

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Death of Mr. P. Hanna

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 27

The death is announced on Friday morning last of Mr. Patrick Hanna, an ex member of the Legislative Council for the North-E[?]tern Province. Mr. Hanna, who was 71 year old,…

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The First Execution by Electricity. Death of the Murderer Kemmler

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 11

By the arrival of the R. M. S. Lusitania the following particulars have been received:— Terrible scenes were witnessed in the…

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Death of Mr. Dion Boucicault. London, September 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 19

The death is announced of Mr. Dion Boucicault, the dramatist, in his 68th year…

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Death of a Famous Gipsy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 10

The “Journal of Gipsy Lore” records the death of Sylvester Boswell, a notable Romany chal, who ended his days in Walton Workhouse. He was born at Dover,…

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Death of Professor Sellar. London, October 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 18

The death is announced of D. William Young Sellar, Professor of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, aged 65 years…

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The Funeral of Mrs. Booth. London, October 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 18

The service in connection the funeral of Mrs. Booth, the wife of “General” W. Booth, the head of the Salvation Army, was celebrated yesterday at Olympia, West…

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Death of Professor Thorold Rogers. London, October 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 18

The death is announced of Professor J. E. Thorold Rogers, professor of political economy at the University of Oxford and formerly member of Parliament for Southwark…

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Mail News. Sudden Death of Canon Liddon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1890 · page 27

Canon Liddon died at Weston-super- Mare on September 9. The deceased divine attended the funeral of the late Earl of Carnarvon, at Highclere, on July 3, and there caught…

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The Funeral of Mrs. Booth. London, October 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1890 · page 18

The funeral of Mrs. Booth, the wife of “General” W. Booth, the head of the Salvation Army, took place to-day. A procession of 5000 officers of the army, including several…

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Death of a Former Beech-worth Resident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 25

One by one the early pioneers of this district are passing away. This morning we have to chronicle the death of Mrs. Mary Clark (relict of the late Mr. Sitch Clark,…

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Accidental Death of a Peer’s Son. London, November 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 18

Viscount Cantelupe, the eldest son of [?] De-La-Warr, has been accidentally drowned while yachting at Belfast…

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Death of Major-general Pasley. London, November 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1890 · page 18

The death is announced of Major-General Charles Pasley, C.B., late of the Royal Engineers, and formerly Commissioner of Public Works, Victoria…

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Death of the Countess of Rosebery. London, November 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 18

The Countess of Rosebery, who has been seriously ill for some time past from typhoid fever, died this morning…

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