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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 16
AMONGST the deaths recorded in our obituary colum[?] will be found that of Mr. W. D. Stewart. This gentlem[?] was an old colonial, held a high position in the mercantil[?] community, and was greatly esteemed for his honourabl[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE LATE REV. GEORGE HOLMES.—Many of oar readers will learn with deep regret of the death of the Rev. George Holmes, one of the wesleyan ministers of this city, who for the last fifteen months has been labouring…
Continued on Trove, page 183 →The Homo News of June 2nd gives the following particulars of the death of Sir Roger Therry:—"He had been ' out of harness 'for some time past, ill-health had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THOMAS MAHER, the claimant of the Buckley estates, died in the Melbourne gaol on Monday night. It will be remembered that Mr. P. C. Buckley died two years ago, leaving property to…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →ON Sunday afternoon, at about half-past 2 (reports the Western Independent) a great crowd assembled at the late residence of Lee Hung Tang Pun, better known as Kong Loong, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The swarthy followers stood aloof, Unled—unfatbered: He lay benesth that grassy roof, Fresh-gathered…
Continued on Trove, page 181 →THE C[?] de[?] Morts is an especially French institution. People in London, I fancy, can have no idea of the number of times in a year that French public men, and indeed all Frenchmen with a large circle of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE City Coroner initiated an inquest at the Old Forest Lodge Hotel, Lodge-street, Glebe, at 12 o'clock noon, to-day, touching the cause of death of William Joseph Alcock, a teacher in the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir Stephen Glynne died suddenly at Shorebrick Railway Station—he was Mrs. Gladstone's brother; Sir J. R. Wolseley, cousin of Sir Garnet, suddenly; M. Morin, Judge of the Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The cortege left the residence of the Hon. F. Lord, "Marcailhow," in Millers-street, St. Leonards, at 3 p.m. in the following order: Men of H.M.S. Pearl, numbering about one hundred, including a firing party and marines;…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL HEWLETT.—The Geelong Advertiser reports the death, on Tuesday, 11th instant, of the Rev. Samuel Hewlett, at the age of 78 years. Mr. Hewlett was an old colonist, and one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 239 →Within the week there died at Lahanagh, near the far-famed Doona Rock, Lacky Gilgan, at the advanced age of 106 years. Up to the last. fortnight he was in the habit of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Cumberland Times reports that John Dunne, the celebrated jockey, well known in sporting circles, has run hie last race, and time with him ia now no more. He died at his residence, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WILLIAM ALCOCK, an assistant teacher in the Public School, Glebe, residing in Lodge-street, Glebe, was found by his wife in a dying state in bed about half-past ten o'clock last Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There has just passed away, at an advanced age a religious lady, whose name it may, perhaps, be worth while to record here as having been the first nun "professed" in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir William Fairbairn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was announced yesterday that at 7.30 p.m., M. de Groof, the "Flying Man," would repeat at the Cremorne Gardens "his astounding performance of flying through the sir a distance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE regret to announce the somewhat sudden decease of Mr. Robert Hall Owen, solicitor and Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, at his residence, No. 247, Macquorie-street, opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Plymouth correspondent telgraphs: Dr. John Wilson, of Devonport, has just died in consequence of a lamentable accident. While engaged at the Royal Albert Hospital in performing a…
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