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Obituaries & funerals, 1886

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Death of Mrs. G. A. Sala. Melbourne, Dec. 31

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 91

Mrs. G. A. Sala died this morning at Menzies Hotel, after an illness extending over 36 hours. Mr. and Mrs. Sala were booked to leave for London, to-day by the R.M.S. Carthage…

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The Death of Mr. Senior. Exhuming the Body. the Official Inquiry Reopened

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 10

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Arthur Hastings William Senior, which occurred on New Year's Day, owing to the capsize of a sailing-boat in the…

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The Death of Mr. Senior. the Resumed Inquiry

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1886 · page 5

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Arthur Hastings William Senior, who was drowned off Double Bay on the evening of New Year's Day, was resumed in the St.Leonards courthouse,…

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The Death of Mr. Senior. the Official Inquiry

Globe · Monday 11 January 1886 · page 5

The inquest on the body of the late Mr. Arthur Hastings William Senior, who was drowned ,in the harbour on New Year's Day, owing to a boat in which he was in…

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The Late Mr. R. Lessells

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 5

We have already recorded the death of Mr. Robert Lessells, which occurred in Orange on Wednesday last, at the good age of 64. Mr. Lessells was a native of Kirkcaldy, Fife, and was the senior partner…

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The Death of Mr. Senior. the Adjourned Inquiry. Contradictory Evidence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 3

The adjourned inquiry before the Acting Coroner (Mr. Pinhey) into the death by drowning of Mr. Arthur Hastings William Senior, which occurred in Sydney Harbor on the…

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The following appeared last night in our Third Edition. the Death of Mr. Senior. the Official Iquiry

Globe · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 8

The following, which was published in our third edition yesterday, is the conclusion of the evidence at the inquiry into the death of the late Mr. Senior, at…

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The following appeared last night in our Third Edition. the Death of Mr. Senior. the Official Iquiry

Globe · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 8

The following, which was published in our third edition yesterday, is the conclusion of the evidence at the inquiry into the death of the late Mr. Senior, at…

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The Death of Mr. Senior

Globe · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 8

The following is the continuation of the examination of Constable Matheson, the first portion of whose evidence was published in our earlier editions:—…

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The Death of Mr. Squire Farnell. Tamworth, This Day

Globe · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a coroner's inquest was held at Coolahan's Hotel on the body of squire James Farnell, con of the late Minister for Lands. The medical and…

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The Death of Mr. Senior. Conclusion of Tue Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 7

The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances associated with the death of Arthur William Hastings Senior was resumed yesterday morning before the Acting-Coroner (Mr. P[?]bey), in the…

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The Late Mr. John Struth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

The late Mr. John[?]uth, whose obituary notice appeared in the Herald yesterday, died at his residence, 95, Phillip-street, on Tuesday night last, at the advanced age of 82 years. Mr. Struth, who was a highly-respected colonist,…

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Death of Mr. John Struth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 4

Another well-known and highly-respected early colonist has passed over to the great majority in the person of Mr. John Struth, owner of Struth's Wharf, and much other…

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The Late Mr. Bernard Luby

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 16

OUR St. Leonards correspondent writes:—I am sorry to have to announce the death of Mr. W. B. Luby who was for upwards of a quarter of a century a Catholic teacher under the late…

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Violent Death of a Capitalist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 8

Mr. J. M. Todd, a well-known capitalist of Oakland, was killed by a train near the corner of Adeline and Seventh streets, Oakland. The stories of the fatal disaster differ, but several facts indicate that Mr. Tood purposely threw…

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Death of Five Men From Thirst

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 9

FROM Diamantina, the police report with reference to the Gilding of the bodies of three men about 30 miles south-east of Clifton Eilis, in the far north of Australia, on December 11, that two…

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The Late Mr. Vanderbilt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 3

The death of William H. Vanderbilt will not (says the San Francisco Chronicle) create a fatal vacuum either in the financial or in the railway world. He was a man who became prominent…

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The Late Mr. Squire J. Farnell

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 4

The remains of Mr. Squire J. Farnell, who the other day committed suicide at Tamworth, were interred at Ryde at 8 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Amongst the mourners, besides the…

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Death of a Clergyman. BOWRAL

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 5

The Rev. John Evans, M. A., Presbyterian minister, died at Moss Vale on Sunday night. He had been ill for a long time from an affection of the lungs. He was greatly esteemed. Much sympathy is felt with…

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Death of the Her. W. H. Uilman

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 5

We regret having to announce the death of the Rev. W. H. Ullman, B.A., which occurred in his residence, Marion-street, Enmore. at about a quarter to 11 o'clock on Sunday morning. The rev. gentleman is…

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