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Obituaries & funerals, 1884

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Death of Lady Cowper

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1884 · page 2

This morning Lady Cowper, widow of the late Sir Charles Cowper, K.C.M.G., died at bar residence, Carlsruhe, Bowral. The interment will take place to-morrow in the family vault, Cobitty. Those…

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Death of Mr. A. Drvsdale

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1884 · page 2

By a private cablegram from London, received in Sydney, information is to hand of the death of Mr. Andrew Drysdale, one of the members of the firm of Briscoe, Drysdale, and Co., iron merchants, of this…

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Cable Messages Obituary

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1884 · page 2

LONDON, January 16.—The Earl of Bantry, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Cork, is dead. He was in his 83rd year…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1884 · page 7

The Earl of Bantry, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Cork, is dead. He was in his [?]3rd year…

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Death of Bence Jones, Junior

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 January 1884 · page 7

Cork November 19.— Lisselane, the residence of Mr. Bence Jones, near Clonakilty, was the scene to-day of a distressing accident, the young owner himself being the victim…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1884 · page 3

It was this morning reported to the city coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, that between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning a male child about six weeks old, the son of John Rodgers, French-street, St. Leonards, who is at…

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To-day's Cables. Death of Earl Grosvenor

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1884 · page 4

LONDON, January 22.—The death is announced of Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminister…

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Murder at Coonamble. Death of the Murderer. Coonamble

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1884 · page 5

Further particulars have been obtained in reference to the murdered woman, whose body was found upon the Coonamble-road yesterday, She has been identified as Ann Laffey, who was…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1884 · page 11

LADY COWPER.—Lady Cowper, reli[?]t of the late Sir Charles Cowper, K.C.M.G., died at Bowral about 3 o clock a.m. on the 17th instant. The event was not unexpected, as for some time past the deceased lady had been very ill,…

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Death of Earl Grosvenor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1884 · page 5

London, January 22.--The death is announced of Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminster, aged 30 years…

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Death of Lord R. Grosvenor

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1884 · page 2

LONDON, January 23.—The death is announced of the Right Hon. Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P. for Flintshire and Secretary to the Treasury, at the comparatively early age of 47 years…

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Sudden Death of a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1884 · page 7

On Tuesday morning, between 3 and 4 o'clock, the infant child of John Rodgers, residing at French-street, St. Leonards, was taken ill. Mrs Rodgers administered a warm bath and sent for…

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The Maitland Fire. Death of Three Victims. the Fourth Sinking Fast. Maitland

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1884 · page 2

Three of the victims of the fire which occurred on Monday night (viz., Mrs. Marshall, Violet and Cecil Thomas) have succumbed to the injuries which they received, and the death of the other…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] [Reuter's Telegram.] Death of Earl Grosvenor. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1884 · page 10

The death is announced of Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminster, aged 30 years…

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Death of Lord R. Grosvenor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 5

London, January 23.--The death is announced of the Right Hon. Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P. for Flintshire and Secretary to the Treasury, at the comparatively early age of 47…

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The Maitland Tragedy. Funeral of the Victims. Maitland

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 2

The funeral of Mrs. Marshall and her two children took place at Maitland yesterday, and was largely attended. The scene at the grave was most painful and affecting. Maud, the…

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The Terrible Catastrophe at Maitland. Death of Three of the Victims. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A magisterial inquiry was held at the West Maitland Hospital yesterday, before J. J. Biley, J.P., touching the death of Violet Marshall, aged seven, one of the…

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Death of the Hon. J. G. Francis. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 12

The Hon. J. G. Francis, who has been ailing for a long time past, died at Queenscliff to-day. He was 65 years of age, and had occupied for many years a very important place in the politics of the colony. He was…

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Death of the Marquis of Hertford. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1884 · page 7

The death is announced, at the age of 72, of the Right Hon. Francis Hugh George Seymour, Marquis of Hertford…

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Death of Lady Cowper. a Page From the Early History of New South Wales

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1884 · page 6

A few incidents in the life of the late Lady Cowper, widow of Sir Charles Cowper, and of Sir Charles, as well as some information about the district in which the family lived so long may be…

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