Death of a Stowaway
DURING the passage of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's steamer, Peveril from Liverpool to Douglas, some seamen, while looking for some gear in the space…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1888
14 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Death of Mr. Robert Muirhead
WE have to record the death of Mr. Robert Muirhead, of the Ocean View hotel, Yamba, which event took place at 2 p.m. on Sunday last. The body was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Lady Parkes
WE regret to have to announce the death of Lady Parkes, wife of Sir Henry Parkes, when took place at their residence Hampden Villa, Balmain, early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disturbance at a Funeral
A TELEGRAM from Kiama in the S. M. Herald of 29th February states:—Cornelias, James, and David O'Keefe, father and two sons, residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Emperor William
LONDON, Friday.—At 5 o'clock yesterday evening the Emperor William fell backwards in a deep and apparently lifeless swoon. For a long time he was quite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Sir Robert Wisdom
SIR ROBERT WISDOM died at his lodgings in the Domain-terrace at half-past 6 last night. His end was unexpected. Two days ago we intimated that he was lying in a very precarious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preaching His Own Funeral
MR. PRIDGINS, an old and respectable preacher at Athens, has suddenly decided to preach his own funeral sermon. He has ordered his son to make him a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boycotting a Funeral
A CURIOUS incident occurred recently, which has caused considerable comment throughout the village of Shotts. The man named John M'Gourk, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Funeral of Mr. J. S. Farnell
THE funeral of Mr. J. S. Farnell in Sydney last Thursday was a most imposing sight, and one of the largest ever witnessed in Australia. The streets around the Masonic Hall was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of the Reverend Mother, Convent of Mercy
IT is our melancholy duty to have to recover the death of this lady, which took place at the Convent, Villiers-street, on Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. Regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of the Governor of Queensland
SIR ANTHONY MUSGRAVE, Governor of Queensland, died about midnight on the 8th instant. Out Brisbane correspondent telegraphed as follows:—His death came as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Mr. Dalley
A BRIGHT, active, and withal gentle spirit has gone out with the death of the Right Hon. W. B. Dalley. Several causes combined to give the late Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Captain L. M'Kinno
IT is our sad duty to record the death the above gentleman, which took place Sydney on Tuesday last, 27th November. About a fortnight ago we referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mr. Walter T. Mobbs
IT is our sad duty this week to record the death of one of our esteemed townsmen, Mr. W. T. Mobbs, for nearly five years proprietor of the Commercial Hotel. Last week we…
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