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Obituaries & funerals, 1884

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Death of an Old Identity

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1884 · page 3

A telegram this mornings announces the death of Mr. John De Clonet, of Bathurst. The event was not unexpected, but the old gentleman's death will cast a gloom over a large circle of relatives and friends, for…

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Obituary. Sir John Bayley Darvall

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1884 · page 2

By cable we learn of the death of Sir John Bayley Darvall, formerly one of the most distinguished public men in New South Wales. We take from Mr. Heaton's "Australian Dictionary of Dates" the…

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Death of Mr. Lamb

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 2

We regret to learn that Mr. Lamb, who was one of the crew of the open beat Dreamland at the time of the collision with the Glenelg, died this morning. It will be remembered that the crew of the Dreamland…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 9

LONDON, December 29.—The death is announced of Sir John Bayley Darvall, who was Solicitor-General in the first Ministry under responsible government in New South Wales…

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Obituary. Sir John Batley Darvall

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 14

BY cable we learn of thE death of Sir John Bayley Darvall, formerly one of the most distinguished public men in New South Wales. We take from Mr. Heaton's "Australian Dictionary of Dates" the…

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Death of a French Admiral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1884 · page 4

By the arrival of the schooner Flirt, from the Friendly and Navigators' Islands, we learn that the French Admiral in charge of the squadron on the Pacific station died at Tahiti, Society Island,…

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The Death of Mr. Lamb. Coroner's Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1884 · page 5

On Saturday morning Mr Shieil, the City Coroner, commenced an inquiry at the St. Vincent's Hospital into the death of Mr Thomas Robert Lamb. Mr Fitzharding watched the case…

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The Late Mr. Lewis W. Gilles

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 6

Within the last few days news has been received from South Australia of the death of a gentleman whose name is so intimately associated with the history of Australia, in the early days of…

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Death of Heir Lasker

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 2

LONDON, January 7.—The death is announced of Herr Eduard Lasker, a prominent member of the German Parliament, at the age of 54 years…

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The Coroner's Inquire Into the Death of Mr. Lamb

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 7

Yesterday morning the City Coroner, Sir Shiell, commenced an inquiry into the death of Mr Lamb. Mr. J. Williamson watched the esse on behalf of the relatives of the deceased; Mr Want appeared…

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The Late Mr. A. K. Mackenzie

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 1

Quite a gloom was cast over the city when the news appeared in our columns of the sad death of Mr A. K, Mackenzie, of Boonara, Bondi, who was one of the victims in the coach accident near Port…

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Death of Chunder Sen

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 5

LONDON, January 9.--The death is announced of Chunder Sen, the well-known Hindoo scholar and the leader of the New Dispensation movement in India. Chunder Sen visited England a…

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Obituary Poetry

Sydney Punch · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 1

MR. PUNCH sympathises deeply with those poor souls who in their distressing bereavements can find no utterance except in song. At the same time he is thoroughly nauseated by the absurd doggerel with which the daily papers supply…

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Death of a Sister of Mercy at Singleton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 15

THE community at Singleton have just suffered a loss by the death of a gentle and amiable member of the order of Mercy. Sister Mary Veronica May died on Monday evening. Her illness was…

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Death of a Congregational Minister

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1884 · page 7

The death is announced, under melancholy circumstances of the Rev. James Hoyle, chairman of the Congregational Union of South Africa. Mr. Hoyle was formerly settled at Yeovil, in the…

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Death of a Welsh Divine

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1884 · page 7

"Hiraethog" (the Rev. Dr. Rees), a great Welsh divine, described as the most distinguished of modern-Welshmen, died on his 81st birthday on November 8. He was the great central figure…

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Inquiry Into the Death of Mr. Lamb

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1884 · page 8

On Friday the City Coroner resumed the inquiry into the cause of the death of Mr. Lamb. George Walker's evidence before the Marine Board was read and signed…

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Death of a Melbourne Journalist. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr William Jardine Smith, a well-known member of the literary staff of the Argus, died to-day after a short illness. He was operated upon a few days ago for…

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The Death of Mr. Lamb. the Verdict

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1884 · page 3

Yesterday Mr Shiell resumed the inquiry into the death of Mr R. Lamb. Mr J. Williamson represented the relatives of the deceased; Mr Rogers watched the case for Captain…

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Coroner's Inquests. Suspicious Death of a Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1884 · page 5

The City Coroner resumed the inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday morning into the circumstances attending the death of an infant named John Henry Swanbrow, who died on the 7th instant, from the effect of injuries…

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