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Obituaries & funerals, 1883

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Death of M. Gambetta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 318

From our American files we have telegraphic European intelligence to January 15. Paris, January 2.—The body of Gambetta will be taken to-morrow to the Palais Bourbon, and will remain there…

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Death of Sir Salar Jung

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 10

LONDON, February 9.—The death is announced of Sir Salar Jung, Prime Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad…

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Obituary. Richard Wagner

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 6

Our telegraphic intelligence announces the death of the most celebrated composer of modern times, namely, Richard Wagner. This distinguished man was born at Leipsic in 1813, and received his earlier…

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Death of Bishop O'Connor. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 321

Dr. O'Connor, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat, died this morning from hemorrhage of the lungs, at the age of 55. His death was not unexpected, as since his return from Europe a few months ago he was…

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Death of Cakobau, Ex-King of Fiji

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 318

The ex-King Cakobau died at Viti on the 1st February. He had been ailing of late from a large abscess in the back, and this having broken death quickly ensued, and now the greatest warrior and statesman that the Fijian race has had…

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Death of Thakambau. Last Hours of the Old Chief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 13

BY the arrival on Thursday from Fiji of the A.S.N. Co's steamship Rockton, Captain Saunders, we have intelligence of the death of Cakobau (or, as he was best known, Thakambau), formerly King of the…

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Catholic Death of the Right Rev. Dr. O'connor, Bishop of Ballarat, Victoria

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 15

THE Church in Australia has suffered a loss in the death of the Bishop of Ballarat that cannot be overestimated or too deeply deplored. The gifted prelate who finished his apostolic career on…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 11

The oldest Australian native passed away on January 30, in the 95th year of her age—Mrs. Oakes, of Parramatta. For some years Mrs. Oakes has been more or less an invalid, but her last illness was very brief, and to the end of her…

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Death of Cakobau, Ex-king of Fiji

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1883 · page 12

The ex-King Cakobau died at Bau[?] the 1st February. He had been ailing of late from a large [?]bscess in the back, and this having broken death quickly e[?]ed, and now the greatest warrior and statesman that the F[?]ian race has had…

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Death of Lord Egerton

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1883 · page 2

LONDON, February 22.—The death is announced of Baron Egerton, of Tatton Park, Cheshire, at the age of 77…

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The Late Mr. Robert Stuart

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 6

A SPECIAL servixe was held in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening last, when the Rev. W. Hill preached a very powerful sermon from the text, "In my father's house…

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Death of a Priest

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 9

The following appeared some time ago in the Herald:-- The Macleay Herald reports the sudden death of the Rev. Father Bissett on the 20th August. He was subject to a…

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Death of an Irish Centenarian

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 7

Mrs. Sullivan, who was run over and killed at Winchester, Mass., last week, was (says the Boston Pilot of January 6) a resident of Woburn. She took the 110 train from…

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India. Death of a Brave Irishman

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 7

It is one of the misfortunes of Ireland (says the Irish-American of January 6) that her connection with England enables the dominant country to appropriate to herself,…

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Death of Lord Egerton. London, February 22

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 5

The death is announced of Baron Egerton of Talton Park, Cheshire, at the age of 77…

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Sad Death of a Bishop in Peru

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 7

A tragic occurrence took place at the city of Ayacho in December, Bishop Polo of that diocese, one of the most distinguished prelates of Perr, had been called upon by the…

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Death of Lord Egerton. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 12

The death is announced of Baron Egerton, of Tatton Pack, Cheshire, at the age of 77…

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Death of Mr. W. S. Crawfurd. London, Feb. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1883 · page 7

The death is announced of Mr. W. S. Crawfurd, the well-known sportsman…

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The Death of M. Gambetta. (From Our Paris Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1883 · page 4

Not many hours after I despatched my last letter, in which I said if M. Gambetta did not rally quickly his death was to be expected, the great statesman whose personality since 1871 has scarcely excited less interest…

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Mysterious Death of Two Girls

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1883 · page 6

The following particulars of the mysterious death of two young women at Glossop on Saturday night, January 6, are given in the "Sheffield Independent":—The Littlemoor Independent…

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