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Obituaries & funerals, 1892

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DEATH of Mrs. HOBBS

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 7

WE have to report the death, on Wednesday morning at 6.30 o'clock, at her residence, the well known Jindalee farm, of Mrs. Mary Hobbs, one of the early settlers in this…

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A Sad Death of a Mother

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

The Lachlan correspondnet of the Narandera Argus waites:—"An awfully sudden death took place at Gunbar township on Saturday morning last. A man named Hodge, who is…

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Death of a Pioneer Settler

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 3

The death was announced last week of Mr. J. G. Manning, at the age of 73 years. The deceased gentleman formerly was well-known in the Germanton and Albury districts as…

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Suspicious Death of an Infant

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 5

The death of a child has taken place under somewhat suspicious circumstances at North Brunswick, Victoria. On Wednesday evening a young woman named Davis, who resides in…

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Sad Death of Mr. JasMeale

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 2

Tidings reached town early on Wednesday that Mr Jas. Meale had been found dead on the Gundagai Road, suffocated by a cart, a portion of wich--the front…

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Sad Death of a Doctor

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 4

At Lyons during lastmonth there died Dr. Porteret. Though comparatively young, the deceased had achieved the position of Professor of Medicine and…

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Death of a Major-General

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 4

THE death is announced to-day of Major[?]neral Milford, cldest son of the late Mr. Justice Milford. Ho was born in London in 1826, educated at Bristol College, Clifton,…

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Death of an Oid Colonist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 3

CONSIDERABLEREGRET was expressed throughout the Frankston district (the Argus says), when it became known that Captain Baxter, who was the first white man to settle in this…

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Death of a Notorious Bushranger. Bendigo

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 4

A notorious criminal, whose name was in the early "fifties" a terror to colonists generally, and especially to diggers going to Melbourne, died in…

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Suspicious Death of a Woman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 2

AN inquest was held on Monday at Franklin Landing (Vic) on the body of the wife of a carrier named M'Carty. She was a young woman, only 22 years of age, and was found…

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Sudden Death of a Football Player

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 2

A young man named Edward Lee, while playing football at Dangenong, with a picnic party from Praham, was suddenly taken ill. [?] lay down for a time, and was given…

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A Funeral Grievance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 5

A PROTEST against the custom of uncovering the head at funerals has reached the Board of Public Health from America. A Mr. G. A. Raape, of San Francisco, has apparently…

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A Funeral Grievance

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 4

A PROTEST against the custom of uncovering the head at funerals has reached the Board of Public Health from America. A Mr. G. A. Raspe, of San Francisco, has apparently…

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Extraordinary Death of a Young Man. Alleged Quackery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 2

A YOUNG man named James Hollingworth on Wednesday (the Echo says) died in his father's residence, Henry-street, Leichdardt. The cause of death was hemorrhage, the…

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Death of Mr. E. S. Chapman

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 3

Mr. E. S. Chapman, widely known as "Augur" of the "Australasian," died at his residence, East Melbourne, on Thursday morning. We are sure all the sporting men…

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Tragic Death of Lord Ancrum. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 4

A tragic shooting accident, of which the Earl of Anc[?], one of the Governor's ai[?] camp was the victim, occurred to-day at Bibbenluke station, near Bombala, in the…

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Death of Mr. Charles Archer. Inquest on the Body

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 2

AN inquest was held at the local courthouse on Thursday morning, touching the death of Charles Archer, who died at the Wagga hospital on Wednesday morning last from…

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The Death of Lord Anoram. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1892 · page 2

The remains of Lord Ancram arrived in Sydney this morning, having left Cooma yesterday afternoon. A largo number attended at the railway station to pay their…

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The Death of the Earl of Ancrum

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1892 · page 4

A London cablegram, dated Friday, states that the news of the untimely death of the Earl of Ancrum caused a sensation in London, and general…

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Death of Miss Hurley

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 2

It becomes our painful duty to have to record the lamented death of Miss Hurley, of Alpha House, Campbeltown, who calmly expired, after a comparatively short illness,…

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