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Obituaries & funerals, 1884

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America. Death of Rey. Lawrence Walsh

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 7

The sudden death of Rev. Lawrence Walsh, the esteemed treasurer of the Irish National League of America, which sad event occurred at the Commonwealth Hotel,…

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Obituary. Rev. Thomas Gainford

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 17

ON the morning of March, 5, at his residence, Bethel House, the Rev. Thomas Gainford died, after a long and painful illness. He was the youngest son of William Gainford, of Wythmore Head estate…

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Funeral of the Late Rev. Charles Badham, D.d., Principal University

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 12

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Death of a Poet

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1884 · page 4

LONDON, March 15.—Richard H. Horne, the well-known poet, essayist, and critic, is dead…

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Death of R. H. Home

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1884 · page 5

London, March 16. -- The death is announced of Richard Hengist Home, poet, essayist, and critic, at an advanced age…

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Sudden Death of Mr. S. Packham

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1884 · page 6

An awfully sudden death happened at Cripp's Coffee Palace Hotel, Lower Pitt-street, on Saturday afternoon. At about five o'clock Mr. Samuel Packham, the manager, who up to that time had…

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Obituary. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1884 · page 7

The death is announced of R. H. Horne, post…

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The Late Mr. M. P. Fitzgerald

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1884 · page 1

On the 10th instant (says a Bourke paper) the towns people of Bourke were terribly shocked by a intelligence that Mr m. P. Fitzgerald, of Fort Bouke station, who had only half an hour before been can…

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Reuter's Messages. Death of General Cunningham

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1884 · page 5

London; March 16.--The death is announced of General Sir A. A. T. Cunningham, G.C.B…

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Death of General Cunyngham. London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1884 · page 7

The death is announced of General Sir A. A. T. Cunyngham, G.C.B…

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Discontent in Spain. Death of General Cunyngham

Evening News · Tuesday 18 March 1884 · page 2

MADRID, March 16.—Another widespread revolutionary conspiracy, extending throughout the whole country, has been discovered. No efforts are being spared by the authorities to LONDON, March 17.—The death is announced of General Sir A. A. T. Cunyngham, G.C.B…

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The Death of Dr Riley

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1884 · page 8

The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances of Dr Riley's death was resumed yesterday morning by Mr Shiell, the city coroner, at his court. Dr Rennie, to whom had been given the contents…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1884 · page 9

LONDON, March 15.—Richard H. Horne, the well-known poet, essayist, and critic, is dead. LONDON, March 17.—The death is announced of General Sir A. A. T. Cunyngham, G.C.B…

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The Death of Cetewayo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1884 · page 4

The Durban co?respondent of the Times gives the following particulars of the death of Cetewayo:—"On Friday forenoon, February 8, Cetewayo complained of cold, and took some of the native doctor's medicine. At noon he was…

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Death of Wm. Fraser, C.P.S.

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1884 · page 2

Many members of the legal profession, who have practised for some years past at the Central police court, will learn with regret of the decease, last Saturday of William Fraser clerk of petty sessions…

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News by Telegraph. Death of the Hon. John M'Gregor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday, -- The Hon. John M'Gregor, member of the well-known firm of solicitors, Messrs M'Gregor, Ramsay, and Co., and at one time Minister for Mines, died this…

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Death of the Duke of Albany

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1884 · page 4

LONDON, March 28.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Albany has died suddenly at Cannes, in France, where he was staying. We take the following from "Men of the Times:"—…

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To Be Hanged, Drawn and Quartered." Death of a Man Who Received This Sentence From England

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 March 1884 · page 7

There died on January 18 (says the Boston Pilot) in the City Hospital, Boston, a man still in the prime of his years, who less than twenty years ago received this sentence,…

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Death of the Duke of Albany. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1884 · page 5

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, died suddenly at Cannes to-day, aged 30. His health, although never robust, had not been by any means sufficiently impaired…

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Death of the Duke of Albany. Further Particulars. Apoplexy the Cause. Condolence with the Queen. Her Majesty Prostrated

Evening News · Monday 31 March 1884 · page 4

LONDON, March 29.—The latest news in reference to the death of H.R.H the Duke of Albany (Prince Leopold) says that he slipped upon the stairs of the Nautical Club at Cannes, and…

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