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Obituaries & funerals, 1884

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Death of Mr. E. Raper

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1884 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

As announced in our columns of Saturday Mr. E. Raper, B.A., died at his residence, "Windsor, of typhoid fever of a very malignant type, after an illness of 12 days. Mr. Raper was captain of the…

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Death of Vice-Admiral Glyn

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1884 · page 2

LONDON, February 18.—The death is announced of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn,C.B…

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Death of Vice-admiral Glyn. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1884 · page 7

The death is announced of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, C.B…

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The Late Mr. S. M. Swift

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1884 · page 1

The death of Mr Samuel Moffitt Swift, which took place suddenly on Monday, has removed from among us one of the best known and most extensive dealers in fat cattle and sheep in New South Wales, if not in…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1884 · page 11

MONSIGNOR LYNCH.—After lingering through a painful illness, the Right Rev. Monsignor Lynch, one of the oldest and best-known Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in the colony, died on February 17, at his residence in Campbelltown. The…

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Death of Herr Lasker

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 1

Dr. Edward Lasker, the distinguished member of the German Reichstag, died suddenly in New York on January 5. He had been dining with Mr Jesse [?]man, the banker, the previous evening, and was…

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Death of Sir Charles Sladen MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 2

Sir Charles Sladen died this morning after an illness of some weeks. The following account of his career is taken from Heaton's "Australian Dictionary of Dates":—…

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The Late Mr. E. J. Raper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 13

A meeting of the University Football Club was held a the Oxford Hotel on Thursday night to consider what steps should be taken towards raising a memorial to the late captain of the club. On account of the short notice…

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Death of Mr. E. J. Raper

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 7

Mr. E. J. Raper, B.A., well-known and popular, in the athletic world more especially as a great football player, died at 1 o'clock on Saturday moraine, at his father's house…

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Obituary. MR. E. RAPER

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 15

MR. E. Raper, B. A., died on Saturday at Windsor of typhoid fever of a very malignant type, after an illness of 12 days. Mr. Raper was captain of the University Football Club, which, under his…

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Death of the Eight Rev. Monsignor Lynch

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 14

So many of our priests and dignitaries have been snatched a way from us to "the world of white souls" within a comparatively recent period, and so often we have been compelled in our distressing…

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Death of Mr. Bolam. Startling Rumours Afloat. Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 6

The news of Mr. Thomas Bolam's sadden death is causing a great sensation here. Mr. Bolam was for many years Inspector-General of State schools in Victoria. About six months ago…

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Obituary. the Late Edward Raper, B.a

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 9

Few deaths of late years have caused a wider or more generously sympathetic fooling of regret, and oven outside the large circle of friends and acquaintances the sad and sudden closing of the…

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Death of the Sister of Balfe, the Great Irish Composer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 6

The youngest and favourite sister of our distinguished native composer has passed away, and was interred in Glasnevin Cemetary on December 5. With the exception of…

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Burning of a Convent and Death of Sisters and Pupils

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 7

A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., brings the sad news of the entire destruction by fire on the 4th January of the Institute of the maculate Conception of the Sisters of Notre…

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Death of Sir Charles Sladen, K.c.m.c. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 12

Sir Charles Sladen, ex-M.L.C, K.C.M.G., died early this morning. The deceased gentleman had been Evidently sinking for some time past, and this morning he passed away quietly at 4.30. The news of his death…

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Death of a Musician

Evening News · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 4

LONDON, February 23.—Mr. John Hullah, LL.D., the distinguished musician, and teacher of singing, is dead. He was in his 72nd year…

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Death of Mr. T. Bolam. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Thos. Bolam, late Inspector-General of schools, petitioner in the recent celebrated divorce case, Bolam v. Bolam and Barrett, died suddenly on Friday evening. The…

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Death of Mr. Bolam. Startling Rumours Afloat. a Terrible Mystery. Further Particulars. Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 3

The news of Mr. Thomas Bolam's sudden death is causing a great sensation here. Mr. Bolam was for many years Inspector-General of State schools in Victoria. About six months [?]…

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