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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Death of Mr. Gladstone

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 2

WHEN our last issue went to press we had just received bare particulars of a cable to hand announcing the sad event. We are now able to add that Mr…

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Death of Mr. Gladstone. May 19

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

The particulars which are published this afternoon of Mr. G'adstone's death, which occurred at Harwarden Castle at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, are of the most…

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Death of Mr. Gladstone. London, May 20

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone died at five o'clock on the nineteenth instant. All the members of the family of the…

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Death of Mr. Roland Eymer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 35

A genial and straightforward man passed away on Monday evening. Mr. Roland Eymer has been connected with the town for the last 14 or 15 years he was first employed…

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The Funeral Arrangements. London, May 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 26

Mr. Gladstone's family has acquiesced in the desire of Parliament and the country I that he should be interred in Westminster Abbey. The remains will be buried in the…

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The Rookwood Tragedy. Death of Mrs. King

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 27

Mrs. King, who was shot at Rookwood on March 12, by Martin Cusack, succumbed to her injuries at the Auburn Hospital on Tuesday morning. The unfortunate woman was…

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The Sunbury Shooting Accident. Death of Mr. Hamilton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4

Mr. James Aitken St. Clair Hamilton, who was accidentally shot through the leg whilst rabbit shooting at Sunbury on Tuesday, died at the Melbourne Hospital on…

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The State Funeral. No Elaborate Pageantry. London, May 24th

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 3

In accordance with Mr Gladstone’s directions, the national funeral of the deceased statesman at Westminster Abbey on Saturday next will be of a…

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Obituary. Mr. Edward Bellamy. London, May 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 26

The death is announced, at the age of 48, of Mr. Edward Bellamy, the woll-known American writer, author of the Socialistic novels "Looking Backward" and "Liberty,"…

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Mr. Gladstone. Funeral Arrangements. Order of the Procession. Invitations to Public Men

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4

The following arrangements have been made in connection with the funeral of Mr. Gladstone, which is to take place on Saturday next in…

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Cable News. Death of Mr. Gladstone. National Mourning. Sympathy From Abroad. London, May 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 26

Mr. Gladstone died at 5 o'clock this morning. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Gladstone slightly rallied, and was able to…

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The Death of Arthur Orton. Buried As Sir Roger

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 4

That great imposter, Arthur Orton, died suddenly, appropriately enough, early on the morning of April Fool's Day, and in a mean street off Edgware…

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The Funeral. Buried As "Sir Roger Tichborne."

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 4

Some hours before the time fixed for the funeral the small streets in which Arthur Orton spent his last day presented a very unusual scene. The…

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Death of a Priest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 28

The Catholic Community of the Border district will regret to hear that the Rev. Wm. M'Cormack, Roman Catholic clergyman, died at the early age of 27 years at…

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Obituary. Sir Thomas Acland. London, May 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 27

The death is announced of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., formerly M P. for West Somerset, North Devon and the Wellington Division of Sumersetshire, aged 89…

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The Funeral of Mr. Gladstone. Impressive Ceremony in Westminster Abbey. London, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 26

Yesterday no fewer than 100,000 persons visited Westminster-hall, where the remains of Mr. Gladstone were lying in state. Before the hall was finally closed many…

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General Cable News. the Death of Mr Gladstone. the Queen’s Message. London, 31st May

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 2

Her Majesty Queen Victoria telegraphed to Mrs Gladstone on Saturday, the day on which the State funeral of Mr Gladstone took place at…

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Death of Mr. Robt. F. Gow

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 2

IN the person of the proprietor of the Abbotshall Vineyard, near Rutherglen, the district has lost one whom it can ill spare, and his sad death on Saturday last…

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Death of Mr. W. H. Gyles

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 2

AT two o'clock on the morning of Saturday last the watchers by the bed-side of the late William Henry Gyles saw him enter into rest. Death resulted…

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The Late Mrs. Edmonds

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1898 · page 36

The following notice with regard to the death of a former resident of this district appears in a Junneo contemporary:— "It is with sincere regret that we have to record…

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