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Obituaries & funerals, 1886

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The Death of Vanderbilt. (From the San Francisco Chronicle.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 10

New York, December 8.—William H. Vanderbilt is dead. Without a moment's warning, the message came for him and he was no more. The gilt iron cross over the gate that leads to the grounds of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum…

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Death of Mr. S. H. Pearce

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Yesterday morning Mr. Simeon Henry Pearce, of Randwick, passed away. The deceased gentleman was born in Randwick, Gloucester-shire, England, in the year 1821, and he arrived…

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Peculiar Death of a Young Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 6

An inquiry was held by the City Coroner at the Assembly Hotel, Hunter-street, yesterday afternoon, into the circumstances attending the death of a young man named Patrick M'Innerney, who was picked up in an…

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Suspicious Death of a Young Man. the Coroner's Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 3

The City Coroner began an inquest yesterday afternoon at the Assembly Hotel, relative to the death of a man named Patrick M'Inerney which took place at the Sydney Hospital at an…

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The Late Mr. S. H. Pearce

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 5

Few names in connection with Randwick are better known, than that of Mr. Simon Henry Pearce, whose death occurred on the morning of the 18th instant. Mr. Pearce was identified with the…

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The Late Mr. S. H. Pearce

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 6

The remains of the late Mr. Pearce, of Rand- wick, were conveyed to their last resting place on Tuesday afternoon. The procession moved from his late residence, Blenheim House,…

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Peculiar Death of a Young Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 5

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the young man Patrick M'Inerney, who was found on Saturday night in George-street South in an unconscious state, and who died at the Sydney Hospital on the…

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The Suspicious Death of a Young Man. an Open Verdict

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 3

The inquest, adjourned from Monday, relative to the death of a young man named Patrick M'Inerney, was resumed by the City Coroner yesterday afternoon at the Assembly…

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The Late Mr. G. H. Rogers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1886 · page 4

Sir,—In the article in Saturday's Herald, signed "R. R.," on Pantomime, the writer speaks of the late Mr. G. H. Rogers as being "still remembered in the Strand Theatre, where old London theatre-goers will tell you," &c. Will…

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Funeral of a Catholic King

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 18

THE late King Alfonso of Spain was buried on Sunday, November 29, with great pomp and ceremony amid the unaffected grief of his people. The body having been embalmed, and conveyed…

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Death of a Celebrated Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 6

On Saturday, 21st November, Cardinal Antonio Meria, Panebiance, furnished with the consolations of religion, died at Rome. In him in ended one of those lives around which a great…

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Death of Rev. W. H. Ullman

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 23

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 ll o'clock on Sunday morning. The rev. gentleman is…

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The Death of Vanderblit, the Millionaire

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 7

New York, December 8—William H. Vanderbilt is dead. Without a moment's yarning, the message came for him and he was no more. The gilt iron cross over the gate that leads to…

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The Death of Primate Beresford. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 17

SIR,—Some short time ago a telegram appeared in the Morning Herald, announcing the death, of the Primate of Armagh. The last of the Beresfords' reign. A long-suffering people has…

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The Late Mr. John Struth

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 6

Yesterday evening the funeral sermon of the late Mr. John Struth was preached in the Redfern Presbyterian Church by the Rev. J. Curtis. The service throughout was appropriate to the…

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Tee Late Mr Vanderbilt. (From the london Standard.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 4

From the way in which America seems disposed to great the news of the death of Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt, it might be imagined some great potentate had left us. And in his own line, he was among earth's mighty ones. To possess…

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 5

COOKTOWN, Saturday. -- Mr. Alpin G. Cameron, inspector of brands and a very old colonist, died suddenly at 7 o'clock this morning of heart disease. He was attending…

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Death of Mr. J. Campbell, M.L.C.

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 6

We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. John Campbell, M.L.C., which took place in his residence, Clunes, Newtown, on Friday evening. The deceased gentleman, who was highly respected…

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Pall Mall Gazette" Case. Death of Madame Mourez

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 6

LONDON, January 21.—The death is announced of Madame Mourez, who was concerned with Mr.Stead, of the PALL MALL GAZETTE, in the Lily Armstrong case…

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