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Obituaries & funerals, 1892

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Death of Mrs. G. W. Commins

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

IT is with sincere regret—a regret shared by the whole community—that we have to chronicle the death of Mrs. G. W. Commins, of Springfield, North Wagga, The sad and…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Dennis Delaney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 2

AN inquest touching the death of Mr. Dennis Delaney, which occurred suddenly at his residence, Gumly, on Friday night last, was held at Gumly on Saturday morning…

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Death of a Centenarian. Maclean

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 4

Mrs. John Gillies who is stated to have leached the aye of 104 years, died yesterday at Lawrence. She was a native of Scotland, and bad resided for long periods on the…

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Funeral of the late Mrs. G. W. Commins

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1892 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mrs. G. W. Commins, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, testified in a striking manner the esteem in which the deceased lady was held by the…

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The Late Mrs. G. Commins

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 September 1892 · page 4

On Sunday evening the Rev. M. Maddern preached from Acts 9, v. 36. "Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called…

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Death of Lord Tennyson. London, 5Th October

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 4

At 5 o'clock this evening a telegraphic bulletin from Haslemere, in Surrey, where, the Laureate, Lord Tennyson, lies hopelessly ill with gout and influenza, announced that…

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Singular Funeral Scene. Quarrel Over a Corpse. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 5

A PECULIAR burial dispute took place yesterday at the Mount Gambier Cemetery, at the fuueral of Mr. George Harper, a well known Eastern identity. The deceased, who…

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Death of Lord Tennyson. a Beautiful Death-bed Scene. London, Oct. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 2

Lord Tennyson died early this morning. Sir Andrew Clark, who was in attendance on Lord Tennyson during his last illness, describes his death as the most beautiful he…

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Death of Sister De Sales at the Convent

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

At an early hour yesterday morning Sister Mary de Sales Walsh calmly passed away at the Presentation Convent, Mount Erin. Her death was not unexpected, as for several…

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Funeral of Lord Tennyson. Westminster Abbey Crowded. an Impressive Ceremony. London, Oct. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 2

THE remains of Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, were iuterred in Westminster Abbey to-day, the spot chosen being in Poet's Corner, and near to where Robert…

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Sudden death of a Ballarat Contractor. Dropped Dead in Flindersstreet

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 2

A GENTLEMAN who was walking along Flinders-street, near Yeneken's-buildings, on Friday, shortly before one o'clock, was observed suddenly to stagger and fall on the…

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Lingering Death of a Suicide. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 4

Hyman Woolf, bootmaker, Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy, who attempted suicide five or six weeks ago, by cutting his throat with a knife, died in the Melbourne gaol yesterday…

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Death of a Nun

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1892 · page 2

MOTHER M. Clare one of the sisters of the Yass convent died in the convent on Monday night (the Tribune says) after a lingering illness of nearly twelve months. On the…

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Death of Sir James M'Bain

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1892 · page 2

THE death of Sir James M'Bain (says the Melbourne correspondent of the Telegraph), which took place at his residence, Toorak, at a quarter to 7 o'clock on Friday morning,…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 November 1892 · page 2

MR. James Cowl[?] died in Melbourne on Monday, aged 84. He was the sol[?] survivor of the 30 members who constituted the first Legislative Council of Victoria…

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Sad Death of a Young Woman. Wandering Demented From Her Home

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1892 · page 3

SOME time during Sunday night, the 13th inst., a young woman mimed, Margaret Cameron, aged 23, disappeared from her father's house at Connongorach, about 18…

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Death of Mr. Oliver Cox

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

The news of the death of Mr. Oliver Cox, grazier, of Grubben, will come as a surprise to many friends in the Murrumbidgee district. This sudden and sad event occurred shortly…

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The Late Mr. Oliver Cox

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1892 · page 2

THE death of Mr. Oliver Cox, of Grubben (Yerong), which we briefly announced in our last issue, caused a feeling of very general regret throughout the whole of the…

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