Death of a Somnambulist
MR. W. T. PINHEY, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry in Sydney on Monday, concerning the death of an engine-driver named Thomas Shannon, aged 34 years,…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1889
20 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Chinese Funeral
A VERY curious funeral was recently seen in New York, that of Li Yu Doo, a Chinese general who led his countrymen in the rebellion of 1861. He was one of the richest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Mr. Thomas Rees
WE regret to announce the death of one of the early pioneers of the Clarence district in the person of Mr Thomas Rees, of the Royal Hotel, Pound-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Death of John Bright
JOHN BRIGHT is dead, and well may the echo reverberate throughout the world whereon the Angle-Saxon tongue is spoken, that " a Prince is fallen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disgraceful Scene at a Funeral
NEVER before in the history of this journal have we had to chronicle a more disgraceful proceeding than that which took place at the burial of a son of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of the Blood Horse Warlike
ON the 1st May the imported Wool horse Warlike met with an accident the result of which was that he had to be destroy d It appears he was running in a paddock near Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of a Popular Actress
MISS ISABELLA GLYN was born at Edinburgh on May 22, 1825. The strict Presbyterian views of her family led them to oppose her inclination for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Major-General Bagot
We regret to announce the death of Major-General Bugot, late commanding the 69th Regiment and 68th Regimental District, Galway, whose death occurred on the 30th April,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mr. D. Brown
REFERRING to the death of the late Mr. D. Brown, of Broadwater, the BallinaPilot says:—Mr. Brown, who was 69 yours of age, arrive in the colony more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Death of the Old Road Party Horse
THEY put a halter round his head And led him forth to die. Along by the edge of the gloomy serch, Where his bones were doomed to lie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mrs. Nelson
WE regret to chronicle this issue the death of the above named lady, who was in the prime of life, and surrounded with those family duties that make it so very hard to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Painful Scene at a Funeral
MUCH excitement was created at Ballarat recently, when two horses attached to a hearse fully plumed were observed bolting along Lydiard-street from the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Dr. Evans, of Balmain
DR. Evans (senr.), a well-known resident of Balmain, died through injuries received through his having been thrown out of his buggy. It seems that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of [?]eronaut
CHARLES LEROU[?] perilous ascension in a balloon and [?] with a parachute, was forbidden by [?] at St. Petersburg, obtained [?] to give a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of a Famous Highlander
THE death occurred in Inverness a few days ago of an old Highland character, John Fraser, who was at one time one of the leading smugglers in the north. In early life he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of the Champion Sculler. Sydney
The latest news with regard to Searle states that he is in a very critical condition, and there are no hopes of his recovering, peritonitis having set in. Some of his immediate friends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Wednesday, 11Th December, 1889. the Death of Searle
ALTHOUGH, as would be said by cynical people like Mr. David Buchanan, his achievements only consisted in "being able to propel a piece of wood faster through the water than any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death, of Henry E. Searle. Sydney
SEARLE died at nine o'clock this morning at the Melbourne sanatorium. WEDNESDAY.The news of Searle's death has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Champion's Funeral. Greatest Sight Witnessed in Australia. Sydney
The demonstration in connection with [?]ear[?] funeral on Saturday afternoon was witnessed by the greatest crowd that ever assembled in the colony, even surpassing the memo[?]ble Soudan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry Searle's Funeral
ON Saturday last in Sydney the funeral of Henry Searle was attended by some 170,000 persons. The procession was from Mr. Matterson's honse, Pyrmont, where it left…
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