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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Henry Morley, Parramatta

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 9

One of the largest funerals on record in Parramatta took place on Sunday, when the remains of Mr. Henry Morley (son of one of the oldest Orangemen in N.S.W.) were…

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The Funeral of Mr. H. Hankin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 8

The funeral of this unfortunate young man, who also fell a victim in the Jubilee day c[?]strophe, likewise took place yesterday. Deceased was a member of the Railway Ambulance Corps, and about 40 members belonging to that body…

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Death of the Hon, W. Busby

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 5

The death took place on Thursday night, at his residence. Re[?]at Double Bay, of the Hon. William Bushy. M.L.C. The hon, gentleman, who died at the ripe age of 75, has for some…

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Obituary. " All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom." —BRYANT

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 15

MR. W. R. STEWART, J.P.—Those who have had occasion to do business in the Central Police Court, Sydney, will miss an old familiar face. On the 17th instant Mr. William…

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Latest Telegrams. Death of an M.L.C. Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. the Bermagui Mystery. Action Against Mr. Copeland, M.P. Sydney, Friday 3.20

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 4

The Honorable William Busby died yesternight, aged 75. The coroner's jury carefully inspected the scone of the Peat's Perry railway accident…

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Death of Admiral Erskine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

London, Sunday.--The death is announced of Admiral Erskine. Admiral Erskine was formerly Commodore on the Australian Station, preceding Admiral Tryon…

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Death of Miss Eliza Hunter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

A little before a o'clock on Saturday morning, Miss Eliza Hunter experience the Scenery Hospital. From the mars and her case has considered to be critics as the miners the sustain of were…

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Death of Mr. W. M. Jackson

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 4

The public will regret to learn of the death of Mr. William Marshall Jackson, well known in commercial circles as the managing director of the extensive business of Messrs. F. Lassetter…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. Death of Miss Hunter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 8

Miss Eliza Hunter has succumbed to her injuries. She flied in the Sydney Hospital, shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. The event was not unexpected—indeed, after the report as to her condition on Friday night,…

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Death of the Bathurst Clerk of Petty Sessions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

BATHURST Saturday. -- Mr. Henry Henry Hutchinson, clerk of petty session, died at the hospital to day. He had been stationed at Bathurst for five years, and his death at the…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Chirnslade Suicide by Shooting (By Telegraph)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- Mr. Thomas Chirnside, brother of Mr. Andre Chirnside, has committed suicide by shooting himself Deceased was 72 years of age, was unmarried, and…

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The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. Death of Another Victim Criticism by Mr. Schey, M.p the Condition of the Sufferers Sermons on the Disaster

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5

The department inquiry into the cause of the Hawkesbury railway accident was continued on Saturday women some important evidence was given by a number of wittiness,…

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 5

London, Tuesday.--The death is announced of Mr. Lionel Louis Cohen, M.P. for North Paddington…

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A Military Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 5

PlCTON, Tuesday.--The ceremony of interring the remains of Mr. W. B. Campbell in St. Mark's burial-ground, Picton, look place to-day. The procession, which was a quarter of a mile…

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Death of Mr. L. L. Cohen, M.p. London, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 9

The death is announced of Mr. Lionel Louis Cohen, M.P. for North Paddington…

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Death of an Old Resident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--Mrs. O'Donneil, a widow lady, resident in the district for between 40 and 50 years, died at her residence Five Islands' Estate, somewhat suddenly last…

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Notes from Manly. Death of Mr. J. DAVIS

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 5

Mr. J. Davis, of the Commercial Bank, Sydney, who fell into a fire at his residence, Manly, on Sunday morning, and who was most' severely burned—one of his ears, one side of his face, and…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 9
Also in Freeman's Journal

MR. W. BUSBY, M.L.C.—The death of this gentleman removes from our midst another of the early residents of the colony, whose names have become historical. Mr. Busby, who was…

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Sad Death of a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 6

Mr. Pinkey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry yesterday at the Prince Alfred Hospital into the death of a boy named [?] aged 2 years, who died at the institution from [?]…

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