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Obituaries & funerals, 1886

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Death of a Blackall Resident. BALCKALL

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Wyatt Shephard, an old and respectable resident of Blackall, died on Sunday afternoon, at the age of 43 years. He was a native of Parramatta. He had formerly engaged in pastoral…

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Funeral of the Late Hon. John Campbell, M.l.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1886 · page 10

The remains of the late Hon. John Campbell, M.L.C., were interested in St. John's Church cemetery, Parramatta, yesterday, in the presence of the deceased gentleman's relatives and a large number of his intimate friends,…

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The Late Mr. Vanderbilt

Globe · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 6

Some additional details have been recieved from New York with regard to the sudden death of Mr. Venderbilt. It seems that he died in his study, while conversing…

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Sad Death of a Child

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 6

The City Coroner, Mr. Shiell, had reported to him this afternoon the death of a child named Charles Tubby, 18 months old, who died in his parents' residence. Wilson-street. Newtown, on Tuesday evening…

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Death of the Rev. James Mirams. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 5

The Rev. James Mirams, one of the oldest ministers connected with the Congregational body, and father of Mr. James Mirams, M.L.A., died at Albert Park on Wednesday. Before coming to Victoria in…

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Death of a Letter-carrier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 7

The City Coroner, later in the day, held an inquest at Cook's River upon the body oi a young man named Charles Garrod, who died on Tuesday evening at his residence, St. Peters…

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The Late Mr. Vanderbilt

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 226

From the way in which America seems disposed to greet 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 a Miser

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 227

The Western Advocate states that an old identity named Moses Dodd was brought into the hospital suffering from a paralytic stroke, and despite the doctor's efforts expired in a few days. The deceased was a shepherd on the Rosedale…

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Death of Mr. W. D. Gray

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 10

ON Monday morning the remains of Mr. William Dargan Gray, brother of Edmund Dwyer Gray, M.P., proprietor of the Dublin FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, were interred in the cemetery at…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 18

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, 22nd. The deceased gentleman, who was highly respected,…

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Death of the Hon. John Campbell M.l.c

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

The whole colony was stricken with sorrow last Saturday morning, by the announcement in the morning's papers that one of the oldest and most honoured colonists had quietly…

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Peculiar Death of a Child. the Father Arrested for Wilful Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 5

The death of a female child, one month old, the daughter of one Jeremiah O'Sullivan, was reported to the City Coroner yesterday. From the particulars supplied by the police, it seems…

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Suspicious Death of a Child. Coroner's Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 7

The City Coroner initiated an inquest on Saturday morning, at the South Sydney Morgue, upon the body of a child named Ursula Margaret O'Sullivan, who died on Thursday night…

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Suspicious Death of an Infant at Petersham. Coroner's Inquest.—extraordinary Revelations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 5

On Saturday morning the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) commenced an inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue, Belmore-road, touching the death of Ursula Margaret O'sullivan, infant daughter of Jeremiah and Mary…

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Death of a Prisoner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 7

Ah inquiry was commenced at H.M. Gaol, Darlinghurst, yesterday, before the City Coroner, into the circumstances attending the death of George Coleman, 22 years of age, who expired in the gaol hospital on the 2nd instant…

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Obituary

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 4

LONDON, February 4.—Mr. Shakespear Woods, for many years the Rome correspondent of the London TIMES, and a well-known archaeologist, is dead. He was at one period of his life a…

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Death of Mr. Shakespear Wood. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 14

The death is announced of Mr. Shakespear Wood, for many years the Rome correspondent of the Times…

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Squire Tripp's Old Armchair. Chapter Iii. the Funeral and the Will

Globe · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 2

In the three months that has passed John had married and old Squire Tripp had died, and now the day of the funeral had come. A long line of…

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Sad Death of a Child

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1886 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon a child 1 year and 10 months old, named Samuel Joseph Jones met with a sad end. The child resided with its parents in 325, Elizabeth-street. On Sunday afternoon it…

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The Late Mr. John Struth

Illustrated Sydney News · Monday 15 February 1886 · page 10

MR. JOHN STRUTH died at his residence, 95 Phillip Street, on Tuesday, 12th January. He had reached the advanced age of 82 years. Mr. Struth, who was a highly-respected colonist, came to Sydney from Scotland…

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