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New England · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Obituary

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 5

Mr. David M'Beath a well-known city architect died yesterday…

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The Death of a Chicago Man From Hydrophobia

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 1

Chicago, January 16.--S. Samuels died last right of hydrophobia after two days of fearful suffering. About three months ago Samels while playing with dog,…

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Death of a Celebrated Novelist

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. James Grant, the well-known novelist, aged 65…

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Death of a Miser from Starvation

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 3

THE death apparently from starvation and in squalid surroundings of an old miser who is said to have been possessed of £10,000 (says the Melbourne Argus) formed the subject of a…

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Death of Mr. Horace Dean. (Akgus.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1887 · page 6

ON Sunday forenoon last, the abovenamed gentleman died at his residence, Fitzroystreet, at the ripe old age of 73 years. For some months past, and more…

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Obituary

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1887 · page 4

The death of the Sari of Winchester is announced…

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Obituary

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 4

The death is announced of Admiral Erskine, formerly commodore of the Australian station…

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Death of Miss Hunter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 4

The news of the death of Miss Eliza Hunter, one of the passengers on the ill-fated train which met with the accident at Peat's Ferry…

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Death of a C.P.S.

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 4

Mr. EL H. Hutchinson, C.P.S. at Bathuret, is dead…

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Death of a Sculler

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 4

The death of Boyd, the well-known English sculler, is announced. At this season of the year when so many people become subject to attacks of…

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The Rev. R. K. Ewing on the Late Mr. Knapton

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 8

ON Sunday night week the Rev. R. K. Ewinn preached an eloquent sermon in which he spoke in the following terms of the late Mr. Knapton. The text of…

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Rumoured Death of Lady Stewart

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 4

With reference to the reported death of Lady Stuart, wife of the late Sir Alexander Stewart, Mr. Cracknell, in order to set the public mind at rest, sent a special…

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Death of Herr Krupp

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 3

FREDERICK KRUPP, whose death is announced by cable, and whose cast steel guns have made so much noise in the world, was the proprietor of the enormous metal manufactory at Essen, in…

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Death of the Rev. P. J. Kelly

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 4

IF a prince and a great man bad fallen this day in Israel, the news of his demise could not have created a profounder feeling of regret than that which pervaded…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Sunday. Obituary

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 4

The death of Signor Depretis, Italian Premier is announced at the age of 76, and the Ministry have resigned. Signor Crispi, one of the members of the late…

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M. Katkoff's Funeral

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 4

Forty French journalists attended the funeral of M. Katkoff, which took place at Moscow yesterday. The Alsatians sent wreaths to be placed on the coffin…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Death of a Jockey

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 4

DURING the running of the Grand National Steeplechase, J. Williams, the rider of Ruby, received injuries which caused his death…

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Death of the Hon. William Miles

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 6

It is with very sincere regret that we (Tuesday's Toowoomba CHRONICLE) record the death of the Hon William Miles, the Minister for Works and Mines, which…

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Death of the Child Norman Wyndham. His Dying Depositions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 4

It being evident to the authorities that Norman Wyndham, a fine boy of 10, was dying from the injuries inflicted by his father with a butcher's knife, the poor…

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The Late Mr. William Miles

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1887 · page 2

LIKE most of the pioneer squatters of Queensland, Mr. Miles began on very little. The first situation he got on his arrival in Sydney from Scotland in 1838 was only worth £28 a year ; but…

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