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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1891

25 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2

Death of Mr. P. Marcolino

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1891 · page 8

ON Sunday morning Mr. Paulo Marcolino succumbed to the injured sustained in the accident that befell him on Tuesday last. Although all available medical…

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The Late Mr. Bradlaugh

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1891 · page 6

THE following particulars relating to the life of the late Mr. Bradlaugh will doubtless be interesting to our readers :—The late Mr. Bradlaugh was one of the most…

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Death of William Hickey

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 6

BY the death of Mr. William Hickey, New South Wales has lost another of the old school of oarsmen who formed such important links in the course of events…

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Death of Dean O'Driscoll

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 6

IT will be learned with deep regret, especially by the Roman Catholic section of the community, that the Very Rev. Dean O'Driscoll died at Melbourne last…

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The Late Mr. Fletcher, M.P.

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 3

THE funeral of the late James Fletcher was the biggest of the kind that has occurred in New South Wales since Mr. Wentworth was carried to his grave. Hundreds of people accompanied…

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Death of Barnum

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 4

PHINEAS T. BARNUM, the famous American showman, who died last week, was in his 81st year. He realised a considerable fortune by his purchase of the American Museum at New…

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Death of Sir John Robertson

Northern Star · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 2

OUR telegrams yesterday announced the death of Sir John Robertson, and a biographical sketch will no doubt, have some interest at this time to our readers…

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The Northern Star. Saturday, 9Th May, 1891. Death of a Veteran Politician

Northern Star · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 2

THE death, yesterday, of SIR JOHN ROBERTSON removes one who could lay just claim to have been one of the foremost men of the colony during the last 40 years, the period which…

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A Brave Heart. Being Lines on the Death of a Married Man by a Fellow-sufferer

Northern Star · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 2

Out were the blue waves come and go. Out where the zephers kies the strand, Down where the damp tides ebb and flow, Down where the ocean monkeys with the…

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Death of a Townsman

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 July 1891 · page 2

ON Sunday last, Mr. James S. Draw, who for many months has been an invalid from a stroke of paralysis, with which be was afflicted about two years ago, at length succumbed, his ailment…

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Death of Mr. J. S. Drew

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 8

On Sunday last, Mr. James S. Drew, who for many months bus been an invalid from a stroke of paralysis, with which he was afflicted about two years…

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Death of Dr. J. Govett Smith

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

TELEGRAMS. from Grafton announce the death of Dr. John Govett Smith, a gentleman who some years ago practised in Lismore, and was widely known throughout both districts. He has been…

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Death of a well-known Cattle Breeder

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 5

THERE died last week at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, after three days' illness, caused by pleurisy and congrestion of the lungs, Edmand Bingham Woodhouse, aged only 36…

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Death of Mr. W. Leonard

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

GENERAL regret was expressed throughout town when the death of Mr. W. Lenoard, an old and respected resident in in the district, was announced. The…

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The Late Mr. Peter Sinclair

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 4

IN the Murwillumbah cemetery there has been erected a [?] which denotes more forcibly than words could tell the high esteem in which the late…

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Death of the Aboriginal Cricketer Mullagh

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 August 1891 · page 4

THE Victorian aboriginal cricketer, Johnny Mullagh, was found dead last Friday at Harrow, in the Western district. Mullagh was the principal bat in the famouse aboriginal team…

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Death of an Old Clarence Resident

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 3

MR. RICHARD PAYNE, who died at Palmer's Island on the 25th altime, at the advanced age of 91, was a very old resident. He came to the colony 64 years ago, and arrived at Grafton…

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The Northern Star. Saturday, 10Th October 1891. the Death of Mr. Parnell

Northern Star · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

THE death of Mr. PARNELL, the leader of the modern Irish Home Rule movement, and head of the parliamentary party, is an event of deep interest to every part of the British dominions,…

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The Late Mr. C. S. Parnell

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1891 · page 8

MR. CHARLES STEWART PARNELL, M.P. for Cork, died at Brighton on October 7th, aged 45. Mr. Parnell's last public appearance was at Creggs, in Ireland,…

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Death, of Mr. W. H. Alderson. of Grafton

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 October 1891 · page 3

FOR several days prior to Saturday it was known in town that Mr. W. H. Alderton was suffering from a severe attack of cold, and that it had culminated with inflammation of the lungs, but…

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