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Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of the Government Entomologist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 2

MR. Arthur Sidney Olliff, whose death on Sunday was announced, came out to this colony in 1885, having been specially engaged in England by the trustees of the…

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Adelong Day by Day. Death of Senior-sergeant Cassin

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 2

QUITE a gloom was cast over the town on New Year's Eve, when the sad news of Senior-sergeant Cassin's death was reported, which event took place at 9 p.m., just at the hour when the…

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An Eminent Actress. Death of Mrs. Stirling. London, Dec. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 4

THE death is announced of Mrs. Stirling, an eminent English actress, who retired from the stage in 1886. [Mrs. Stirling was the daughter of Capt…

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Death of Mr. Frederick Chisholm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 2

IT is with sincere regret we announce the death of Mr. Frederick Chisholm, which took place at 3.40 o'clock this morning at the Criterion Hotel, where the deceased…

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Death of Captain Coventry. London, Jan. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

Latest news from the Transvaal states that 35 unwounded officers who accompanied Dr. Jameson's expedition are held prisoners at Pretoria…

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Death of Mr. Frederick Chisholm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 2

Early on Thursday morning there passed Away in Wagga one, many of whose years were spent in the district during its most prosperous times. Sincere regret will mark…

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Death of Mr. Martin Treacey

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 2

Many were the regrets expressed in Wagga on Thursday evening, when it became known that Mr. Martin Treacey, the senior member of the brewing firm, whose works are situate…

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Death of Sir. Martin Traacey, Sen

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 2

IT is with sincere regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. Martin Treaeey, sen., the well—known brewer of Wagga, which took place at his late residence,…

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The Black Flat Tragedy. Death of One Victim. Attempted Suicide of the Mother

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 2

The murderous attack made by the woman Catherine Moylan at Black Flat, Victoria, on two of her children assumed a more serious phase on Friday morning, when the little boy…

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Death of Mr. John Gordon. Another Victim to the Heat Demon. Lone, But Peaceful Death

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 4

ON Saturday evening news reached town by messenger from Combaning that the buggy and horse belonging to Mr. John Gordon, local roads engineer, had been found near…

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Death of Mr. Argus Cameron.. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1896 · page 2

Mr. Angus Cameron, the representative of the Waverley eleotorate in the Legislative Assembly, died this afternoon at his residence, Waverley, from exhaustion, following…

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'Twas in Trafalgar Square. Air—"Death of Nelson."

The Worker · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 3

'Twas in Trafalgar Square, A dreadful sight was there That filled my heart with pain. Crouched on the seats all round…

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Latest Telegrams. London, Thursday. A Royal Funeral

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 3

Prince Battenburg was buried yesterday at Whippingham, Isle of Wight. The Queen and Princess Beatrice joined the procession to the…

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Death of English Notables

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 4

THE winter has been so mild (says the writer of "Vanity Fair" in the Argus) that few people of note have died. Lady Gregory, hotter known as Mrs. Stirling, the actress, is…

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Death of Mrs. Walter Curry

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 6

THE good, kindly, affectionate wife of Mr. Walter Curry, of Temora road, passed away on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock to her long resting place. Being 63 years of age…

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The death of Mr. Edwin Last

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 2

THE news of the death of Mr. Edwin Last, son of Mr. Geogre Last, of Fern Hall, cast a gloom over Gandagai and Tumat and the surrounding district's on Tuesday. It gave a shook to the…

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The Late Mr. Martin Treacey. a Month's Memory

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

On Thursday the Requiem mass for the dead was celebrated at St. Michael's Church, Wagga, for the late Mr. Martin Treacey, resident of this town of many years. Those…

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Death of Mr. W. C. Hunter

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 2

THE public have been painfully aware for some time past that Mr. W. C. Hunter was overtaken by an illness which, though not regarded as very serious at first, gradually…

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Death of Mr. William Cowan Hunter. an Old Wagga Resident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 2

We regret to record the death of Mr. William Cowan Hunter, of Wagga, which occurred on Tuesday last just before noon. Mr. Hunter has been ill for three or four…

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Sudden Death of a Child at Ganmain

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 2

A telegram received by the Wagga police, from Junee, reports that a child named Frank Lowry, 14 months old, died suddenly at one o'clock yesterday morning. The cause…

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