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Obituaries & funerals, 1885

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The Case of the late Mr. J. B. Slack

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The late Mr J. B. Slack's body was exhumed from the Melbourne cemetery this morning, for the purpose of ascertaining if the injuries done to the throat were…

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Death of the Bishop of Bathurst

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 16

As we go to press this morning (Friday) the following telegram bearing the sad intelligence of the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Quinn has been received:—…

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France. Death of a Historic Veteran

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 7

The death of the last survivor of the expedition to Bantry Bay in 1796 is announced afc Colombes. The venerable veteran was born near the Pantheon on the 3rd September, 1779…

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Death. of Mr. Robert A. A. Morehead

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 109

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Robert Archibald Alison Morehead, who expired on Friday, the 9th instant, at his residence in Phillip-street…

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Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 9

Roman Catholics throughout the colony will be pained to hear of the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Matthew Quinn, Bishop of Bathurst, who died yesterday morning. The Roman Catholic clergy of the…

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Death of Brother May of Mount McDONALD

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 6

Death has again visited our small community, claiming for its victim, a true and worthy brother of 143 Undaunted L.O.L., Bro. Joseph May, and all the brethren rejoice…

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Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday. -- The Bight Rev. Dr. Quinn, the Roman Catholic Bishop, died at a quarter past 5 o'clock this morning, at St. Stanislaus College. He had been there in…

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Death of Edmond About

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1885 · page 4

PARIS, January 18.—The death is announced of M. Edmond About, the eminent French author, aged 56 years…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1885 · page 6

The acting coroner (Mr. Pinhey) held an inquest on Saturday morning in the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany, or the body of the infant daughter of Mr. Richard Cheese. On Thursday morning the child…

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Reuters Messages. Death of Edmond About

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1885 · page 5

Paris, January 18.-- The death is announced of Edmond About, the eminent French author, at the age of 56…

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Death of Edmond About. Paris, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1885 · page 7

The death is announced of M. Edmond About, the eminent French author, aged 56…

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TELEGRAMS. Death of an Old Colonist. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 6

Mr. Dugald M'Dongall, senior partner in the firm of Sands and M'Dongall, died in his residence in Hawthorne to-day, aged 51. He had lived 33 years in the colony…

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The Mysterious Death of a Woman. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 5

RYDE, Monday.--The inquest on the body of the woman, name unknown, which was found in a partly decomposed state on the Field of Mars Common, near Hunter's Hill, on January 9, was…

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Death of Col. Fred Burnaby

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 5

A notable man has gone over to the majority in the person of Colonel Burnaby, who has fallen in the Soudan, slain by an Arab spear. Of colossal stature, Colonel Burnaby was looked upon as the beau, sabreur…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Soudan Crisis. Brilliant British Victory. Desperate Engagement. Death of Colonel Burnaby. 800 Rebels Rilled and Wounded. Later Particulars

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 4

LONDON, January 22.—The force under Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart while on the march to Metemneh encountered a strong body of the enemy. The Arabs charged the British in…

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The late Mr. Fawcett, M.P.

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 3

Mr. Henry Fawcett, M.P., the Postmaster General in England is dead. You may know that fact already, perhaps ; and you may know, also; that he was blind. But you may…

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Death, of Mr. George King. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 187

Doubts are entertained by the police whether Mr. George King, late on the post-office staff at Tennant's Creek, really committed suicide from thirst. A. telegram has been received from Port Auguste stating that…

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The Death of the Right Rev. Dr. Quinn

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 12

THE melancholy news of the sudden death of the Bishop of Bathurst was an unexpected shock to the community. The feebleness of his health had, it was universally hoped and…

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Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 162

Roman Catholics throughout the colony will be pained to hear of the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Matthew Quinn, Bishop of Bathurst, who died on the 16th instant. The Roman Catholic clergy of the…

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Death of Brother James Gallway, D.m., Cobar

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 7

The first Orangeman made in Cobar has been the first called to leave our ranks to join the great brotherhood in heaven; his removal casts a gloom over the…

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