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Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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The Death of Mr. Parnell. London, Oct. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 2

The funeral of Mr. Parnell has been fixed for Tuesday next. The remains of the late Irish leader will be interred in Glasnevin Cemetery, near Dublin…

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The LATE Mr. C. S. Parnell. London, Oct. 9

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 October 1891 · page 3

OWING to threats which have been made to the effect that the presence of members of that party at Mr. Parnell's funeral in Dublin would lead to outrage, the M,Carthyite…

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Shocking Tragedy at South Richmond. a Mother Poisons Herself and Children. Death of One of the Victims

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 2

A SHOCKING tragedy, which has already resulted in ono death and with every likelihood of a sccoud, occurred at South Richmond on Thursday morning, when an insane…

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Death of a Catholic Clergyman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1891 · page 2

WE regret to announce the death of the Rev. Andrew J. Walsh, a Roman Catholic Clergyman of the Goulburn diocese, which took place at the Australian Hotel at an…

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The Late Mrs. Dibbs

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 3

MRS. Sophia Elizabeth Dibbs, mother of Mr. G. R. Dibbs, M.P., died at the residence of one of her sons, Mr. T. A. Dibbs, North Shore, early on Wednesday morning. She…

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Death of a Pioneer Pastorolist. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 2

JAMES WYSE, of Wyseworth, near Howlong, died to-day at the age of 75. Deceased had been engaged in pastoral pursuits for a number of years, and was one of the oldest,…

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Death of an old Colonist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 3

ONE of the oldest pioneers of the colony (the Age says), Mr. Thomas Roadknight, died in Geelong on Wednesday at the age of 76. He was brought to Tasmania in 1820, and in…

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Death of the Rev. Dr. Kelynack

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 2

THE Rev. Dr. Kelynack, the principal of the Nowington College, and a prominent Wesleyan clergyman, died in Sydney on Sunday at the comparatively early age of…

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Death of Dean Tierney. a Venerable R.C. CHURCHMAN

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

THE death is announced of the Very Rev. Dean Tierney, a prominent figure in the Beechworth and Wangaratta districts Roman Catholic circles. Some two weeks ago the…

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Death of a Well-known Pastoralist. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 3

GENERAL regrot wns felt in town to-day when news arrived from Germanton [?] that Mr. James M'Laurin, of Yarra Yarra Station, who has been ailing for several months, had died this…

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Death of the Oldest Australian

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1891 · page 4

THE prevailing disease influenza has removed from our midst (the Daily Telegraphs says) a very old resident of the Ryde district, Mr. William Small, at the age of 96 years. At…

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The Late Mr. Parnell

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1891 · page 4

THE writer of London Social Gossip in the Argus has the following:—That Mr. Parnell could not long stand the waste and strain of his fevered and tragic life, was long apparent…

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Death of the Oldest Australian

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 4

The prevailing disease influenza has removed from our midst (says the Daily Telegraph) a very old resident of the Ryde district, Mr. William Small, at the age of 98 years. At the…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1891 · page 3

ONE more of the old inhabitants (the Gundagai Times says) has paid the debt of nature and passed away surrounded by the love of her large family, whose care and attention…

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The Late Mr. T. Garrett

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 2

THE late Mr. Thomas Garrett, a well-known politician, passed quietly away at his residence, Petersham, on Wednesday morning. He was born on July 16, 1830, in Liverpool,…

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Strange Death of a Chemist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 3

THOMAS SHAW, described as a dispensing chemist in the employ of Dr. L. L. Smith, of Colins-street, has been found dead (the Daily Telegraph says) under strange…

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Shocking Death of a Boy. Trentham

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1891 · page 2

A LAD named James Lawson, about 16 years of ago, has met with a shocking death a few miles from Trentham. He had been assisting a waggoner to load some laths in the…

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Death of Sir William Macleay

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1891 · page 2

SIR WILLIAM MACLEAY, M.L.C. died at his late residence, Elizabeth Bay House, on Tuesday. The deceased gentleman has been a sufferer for many years from Bright's disease, and during the last…

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Death of a Millionaire. Run Over by a Team. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1891 · page 2

MR. John Harris, of Shane's-park, near Parramatta, was killed this morning through being run over by a train while attempting to cross the railway line at what is known as…

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