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Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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Death of Lieut-Colonel Anderson

Evening News · Monday 23 July 1877 · page 2

We regret to announce the death of Lieut.-Colonel Joseph Anderson, C.B., K.H., which took place at his residence, Fairlie House, South Yarra, yesterday morning, at the age of 88. He had been…

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Extracts from Papers by the Mail Death of a Wealthy Prisoner

Evening News · Monday 23 July 1877 · page 3

Joseph Greenough, of St. Helem's Lancashire, who has been undergoing a sentence of twelve months imprisonment passed upon him at the last [?] in Liverpool by Baron Huddleston for…

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Death of Lieutenant-colonel J. ANDERSON, C.B., K.H. (From the Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1877 · page 3

WE regret to announce the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Anderson, C.B., K.H., which took place at his residence, Farrlio-house, South Yarra, on Wednesday morning, at the age of 88. He had been for some time past in…

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Extracts from the English Mail. the Mysterious Death of a Lady at Penge

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1877 · page 3

The inquiry as to the death of Mrs. Harriet Staunton, at penge, resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against her husband, Louis Adolphus Edward Staunton, Patrick Llewellyn Staunton…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 July 1877 · page 7

SUDDEN DEATH OF Mrs. DUNSMURE.—On the 5th instant, at about a quaker past 6 o'clock, as Mrs. J. M. Dunsmure was returning to her residence at North Shore, and was about midway between the ferry and her…

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Death of Lieut-Colonel Anderson

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 July 1877 · page 22

WE regret to announce the death of LieutenantColonel Joseph Anderson, C.B., K.H., which took place at his residence, Fairlie House, South Yarra, Wednesday morning, at the age of 88. He had been…

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Accidental Death of a Clergyman

Evening News · Tuesday 31 July 1877 · page 2

The Rey. William Thom, Presbyterian Minister' formerly stationed at Pambula and other districts in this colony, and for the last five or six. years resident at Ballan, in Victoria, was thrown from bis buggy a…

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Obituary. London, July 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 August 1877 · page 5

The Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty, and one of the members representing Northampton in the House of Commons, is dead…

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Death of the First Lord of the Admiralty

Evening News · Wednesday 1 August 1877 · page 2

Our London Cable message of this morning announces the death of the Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty, and one of the representatives of Northampton in the House of…

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Death of the First Lord of the Admiralty. London, Tuesday, July 31

Evening News · Wednesday 1 August 1877 · page 2

The Right Hon. George Ward Huns, First Lord of the Admiralty, is dead…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. Probable Mussulman Outbreak in the Levant. Austria Deliberates on the Mobilization on the Army. Roumanian Troops in Occupation of Nikopolis. Death of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Expected Mussulman Outbreak. London, Tuesday, July 31

Evening News · Wednesday 1 August 1877 · page 2

Owing to the position of affairs in Turkey, an outbreak of Mahometan fanaticism is feared in the Levant. The situation is very critical, and the foreign consuls have demanded the war vessels to be ready to…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 137

MR. ALEXANDER LEARMONTH.—It is with feelings of great regret that we have to announce the sudden death, of Mr. Alexander Learmonth, o Yasmar, Ashfield, senior partner of the well-known…

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Death of a Wealthy Prisoner

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 27

Joseph Greenough, of St. Helen's, Lancashire, who has been undergoing a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment passed upon him at the last assizes in Liverpool by Baron Huddleston for…

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Sad Death of an Aboriginal Woman

Evening News · Tuesday 7 August 1877 · page 2

A frightful accident occurred at the Adelaide Railway Station, (says the S. A. ADVERTISER) on Saturday, July 28 to an aboriginal native woman. About half-past 8 o'clock a fireman named Roach was…

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Death of an Old Lady

Evening News · Wednesday 8 August 1877 · page 2

About 10 o'clock on Monday morning an old lady named Anne Pluukett, a widow, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. M'Dermott, No. 1. Richmond terrace in the Domain. It appears that…

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The Court of Inquiry Respecting the Death of Midshipman Wingfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1877 · page 3

THE London correspondent of the Times of India, writes:— Some time ago my readers will remember that I called attention, to the melancholy…

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Death of Old Residents

Evening News · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 5

It is remarkable how many persons of great age have died within the last six months in and near Maitland (says the MERCURY). Mr. Stark was, we think, 73 years old, Mr. Henry Adams, 70; Mrs…

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Death of Major Scanlan, Boston

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 8

In sad succession the thinned ranks of those who connected the name of the Massachusetts Ninth with the heroism of the war have been mourning their bent members…

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[?] Death of a Lad.—Killed by a Goat

Evening News · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 4

AN inquest was held at the Royal Hotel, Newtown, near Wagga Wagga, on Saturday last, on the body of [?] named John Larkins. The following evidence was taken:—…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 August 1877 · page 3

Major-General Robert Newport Tinley, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy…

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