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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

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Death of Senor Gastelar. Politician and Writer. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 26

The death is announced of Senor Em[?] Castelar, at one time a noted Spanish statesman, and a writer of great repute…

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Death of Johann Strauss. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

The death is announced of Johann Strauss, the celebrated composer…

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The Late Mr. Conisbee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 9

Mr. Conisbee arrived in Beechworth early in "the fifties," and, with Mr. T. Johnson, carried on an extensive butchering business which had been established by the…

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Death of a Child

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 24

A little boy named William Gilroy died yesterday. He had been operated on for an internal tumour a few days ago, and was also suffering from inflammation of the bowels…

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Coursing. Death of a Famous Greyhound

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 19

The death is announced by cable of the famous English greyhound Fullerton, by Greentick—Bit of Fashion. He was considered one of the best greyhounds that ever…

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The Sudden Death of the Gunbar Postmaster. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 4

Mr. Galbraith, coroner, conducted an inquest at Gunbar on Tuesday, with the assistance of a jury of five, as to the cause of death of Mr. John George Bunn, the…

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Death of Strauss. the Austrian Composer. London, June 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 26

The death is announced of Johann Strung, the Austrian musician and compe[?]r. Johann Strauss, who was known in…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Linton

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Linton, the well-known storekeeper of this town, passed quietly away on Wednesday morning last at his residence in Kew, Melbourne, after…

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Death of Sir Archibald Michie. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 2

Sir Archibald Michie, the well-known veteran Victorian politician and journalist, died to-day, aged 80 years…

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A Great Comedian. Death of Grattan Riggs

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 36

It is with the most sincere regret—a feeling which will be shared not only by all playgoers, but by the thousands who regarded him as a personal friend—that we (Herald)…

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Death of an Old Pioneer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 36

A very old identity of the district passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning in the person of Mr. S. H. De Mamiel, aged 64 years, who has lived in Howlong for over 20 years…

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Death of Sir Archibald Michie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 13

It is with regret that we record the death, last week at St. Kilda, of Sir Archibald Michie, who was in the early sixties, and for years subsequently, one of…

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Death of a Centenarian. a Long-lived Family

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 24

The death occurred at Warrnambool on Wednesday morning of Mr. James Walsh, who was 101 years old. He came to Victoria with his wife and three children 45 years ago…

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Death of a Brave Englishman

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 4

A Dispatch from Valparaiso states: — "There recently died at Coquimbo, Captain James Hart, a native of Dur-ham, who, in the course of an…

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The Late Mr. P. P. Sandral

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2

REFERRING to the late Mr. Prosper P. Sandral, J. P., whose untimely death was recorded in our Friday's issue, the Tarrawonga Mercury says:--…

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Death of a Nonagenarian. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Heyward, one of the oldest native-born colonists, died at Leichardt yesterday, aged 92. She eaves 280 descendants…

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Death of "Pedex."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 16

Mr. James Thomas Wrench, better known as "Pedex," the armless artist, died at Brisbane on Sunday night. The father of the deceased, Mr. Wrench, of Wallaby Rocks…

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Death of a Footballer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 19

A well-known and popular resident, named Archibald Gardiner, died at Orange on 6th instant, aged 24 voars, the primary cause of death being influenza. Deceased was a…

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 13

Mr. Thomas Sales, who came to Victoria in 1846, died last week at Wangaratta, at the age of 76. Deceased was a blacksmith, and when he first arrived in Melbourne from…

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Death of Mr. Samuel Wilson

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 2

It is with sincere regret that we have to report the rather sudden death of an old and highly respected resident of this district, in the porson of Mr. Samuel Wilson, of Carrah…

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