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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

7 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Death of General Gordon

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 2

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Valetta, which arrived at [?] on Sunday morning brings the following intelligence of the death of General Gordon, as described by an eye witness:-…

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The Death of John Bright

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 2

In its obituary notice of this great statesman, the S. M. Herald says:-Our cablegrams this morning announce the death of Mr. John Blight On the 23rd of April, 1866, when Earl Russell's…

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Death of Irving Bishop

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 June 1889 · page 4

Irving Bishop, the well-known American thought-reader, died suddenly on the 13th, at Lamb's Club New York. Bishop attended an entertainment at the Club on Sunday…

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A Miser's Funeral

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 4

The funeral of Thomas Murphy, a miser who was found dead near his residence off the Glenmore road, near Braidwood, took place on…

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Conviction for Murder and Death of the Defending Counsel

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 4

The trial of Louis Chemis for the murder of Thomas Hawkins, near Wellington (N.Z.), was concluded on the 15th instant, and contrary to general expectations resulted in…

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Sudden Death of the Coroner

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 December 1889 · page 2

LAST Saturday afternoon on awful event occurred which plenged the town into sudden and sincerest sorrow. Without a moment's warning, one of our most…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Wednesday, December, 11, 1889 Telegrams. the Death of Searle. Sydney, Tuesday, 10.46 a.m

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 December 1889 · page 2

Henry Ernest Searle, champion oarsman of the world died at the Williamstown Sanatori- um at 9 a.m. this morning…

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