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Obituaries & funerals, 1881

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Death of Pierre Napoleon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 9

LONDON, April 11.— The death is announced of Pierre Napoleon…

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Death of Mr. Morlev Panshon

Evening News · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 4

LONDON, April 15.-The Rev. W. Morley Punshon, LL.D., Wesleyan minister, is dead. He was 58 years of age, and was president of the Wesleyan Conference…

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Death of the Rev. Morley Punshon

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 5

Our cable message this morning brings intelligence of the death of the Rev. Morley Punshon, the celebrated Wesleyan preacher. From "Men of the Time" we learn that he was born in 182[?], at…

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Funeral of the Murdered (Liverpool) Orangeman. Extraording Scene

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 10

The body of Matthew Robert Foulkes, the young man who was stabbed in Beresford-street on Monday night last after his return from the Orange demonstration at Hale, by Ezra Melia,…

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Death of Rev. Morley Punshon. London, April 14

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 5

The Rev. Morley Punshon, Wesleyan preacher, died to-day, ago 56…

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The Laingsneck Disaster. Death of Sir George Colley

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 23

THE barque Da Capo has arrived from the Cape, bringing detailed accounts of the disastrous defeat of the British by the Boers at Spitzk off, on February 28. The following account of the battle…

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Death of Tile Rev. M. Punshon. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 5

The Rev. Morley Punshon, Wesleyan minister, died to-day, aged 56…

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English and foreign Extracts. Death of a Distinguished Sportsman

Evening News · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 3

By the death of the Hon. Grantley Berkley (says the London DAILY NEWS), the world and the nineteenth century have lost a gentleman and sportsman of the old school. There were of…

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Cable Messages. Death of Lord Beaconsfield. Proposed Public FuneraL

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 2

LONDON, April 18.—6.25 p.m.—A bulletin issued to-day by the physicians in attendance upon the Earl of Beaconsfield, states that his Lordship suffered a relapse…

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Funeral of Rev. Morley Punshon

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 2

LONDON, April 19.—The remains of the late Rev. W. Morley Punshon, LL.D,, the eminent Wesleyan minister, were interred yesterday in the cemetery at…

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The Death of Earl Beaconsfield

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 2

WHATEVER be the events which "the dark hand of destiny weaves" for the portion of the year 1881 that is yet to come to Englishmen, it is already rendered for…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 2

Information has been gives to the City Coroner, to-day, that a child seven weeks old, the son of Andrew Burns, a drayman, living at 90, Albion street, Surry Hills, had died very suddenly this…

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Death of the Earl of Beaconsfield

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 3

At 3 o'clock this morning intelligence reached us of the death of Earl Beaconsfield. The marked improvement which had been reported in his lordship's health for some days past led to the…

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Death of the Earl of Beaconsfield. London, April 18

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 3

A bulletin, issued by the physicians in attendance on the Earl of Beaconsfield to-night, reports that a very serious relapse has taken place in his Lordship's condition, which is…

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Death of the Earl of Beaconsfield. (Reuter's Telegram.) London, April 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1881 · page 5

A bulletin issued by the physicians in attendance on the Earl of Beaconsfield tonight reports that a very serious relapse has taken place in his Lordship's condition, which…

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Cable Messages. The Late Lord His Funeral

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1881 · page 2

LONDON, April' 20. No decision has yet been arrived at as to where the remains of the late Earl of Beaconsfield are to be interred. A general wish is expressed that…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (Reuter's Telegrams.) Death of Lord Beaconsfield. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1881 · page 5

Accounts have now been made public of the last hours of the late Lord Beaconfield. The serious relapse to which his Lordship finally succumbed set in dining yesterday…

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Lord Beaconsfield's Funeral. London, April 21

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1881 · page 3

Mr Gladstone has written a letter to the executors of the late Earl Beaconsfield, proposing that the remains of that nobleman should be publicly interred. The executors declined the…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1881 · page 11

Our West Maitland correspondent informs us by telegraph of the death of Mrs. Gorrick, the wife of Mr. Jacob Gorrick, of the well-known firm of Wolfe and Gorrick. Mrs. Gorrick died last week, and her…

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The Death of Lord Beacons Field

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 April 1881 · page 4

A week's telegrams had prepared us for that one which announced his death. For some time he had been gradually withdrawing from public life, and it is probable…

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