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Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

LONDON. Thursday.--The death is announced of Mr. Stephen Walcott…

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Death of the Mormon Chief

Evening News · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

NEW YORK, July 27.—The death is announced of John Taylor, who was appointed head of the Mormon Church in succession to Brigham Young. Taylor was in hiding at the time of his death,…

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Death of Sir Stephen Walcott. London, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Sir Stephen Walcott, K.C.M.G., who for many years past had been identified with colonial land and emigration commissions, especially in…

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The Death of Mr. Charles Rome. London, July 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

It is now stated that Mr. Charles Rome, a well-known squatter on the Barcoo, Queensland, who was reported to have died suddenly, committed suicide…

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Death of the Head of the Mormon Church. New York, July 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of John Taylor, who was appointed to the head of the Mormon Church in succession to Brigham, Young. Taylor was in hiding at the time of his death,…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 41

MR. J. W. Ross.—The English papers record the death of Mr. John Wilson Ross, son of the late Mr. J. P. Ross, Speaker of the House of Assembly of St. Vincent, brother of Sir…

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Death of Father Kelly, Tenterfield

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 16

TENTERFIELD, Thursday.—The Rev. P. J. Kelly died this morning from liver complaint, aggravated by a severe cold. He had been unwell since Saturday last. Bishop Torreggiani and Dean…

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The Suspicious Death of Cissy Bradshaw. Verdict of Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 3

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Cissy Bradshaw, who died suddenly on the 20th ins. at the house of a Mrs. Brown, Barker-lane, off Bathurst-street, was…

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Death of an Australian Aboriginal King. the Last of the Mohigans

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 20

The mortality among the blacks in this district (says the Singleton Argus) has been especially marked during the present abnormally wet sea­son, and now it falls to our lot to report the ex­tinction of the Patrick's Plains tribe, by the death of King (or rather the pseudo-King)…

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Reported Death of Stanley. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 8

DEAR SIR.--I am filled with sorrow relative to the telegram that Mr. H. M. Stanley has been shot dead in Africa by the son of Mtesa, who has been led by those two Jesuits who went to his…

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Coroner's Inquest. the Suspicious Death of Cissy Bradshaw. Verdict of Murder Against John Willis Smith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 8

At the South Sydney morgue yesterday, the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., resumed the inquest commenced on Friday, the 22nd instant, concerning the death of a woman named Cissy Bradshaw, 25 years of age, which occurred…

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Death of a Chinaman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest at the Assembly Hotel on Saturday into the circumstances attending the death of Sun Yeen, who died at the Sydney Hospital on the previous…

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Sad Death of a Child

Evening News · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 6

About half-past 5 on Friday, a little girl named Agnes Jones, residing with her parents at No. 12, Carson's-buildings, Franklyn-street, Glebe, was missed by her mother. The latter searched for…

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Death of the Italian Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 5
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ROME, Saturday. -- The death is announced fit the age of 76, of Agostino Depretis, the Italian Premier…

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Death of Signor Depretis. (Reuter's Telegram.) Rome, July 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 7

The death is announced, at the age of 76, of Agostino Depretis, the Italian Premier…

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Death of M. katkoff

Evening News · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 4

MOSCOW, August 1.—M. Katkoff, editor ef the Moscow GAZETTE, who has teen ill for some time, died to-day…

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The death is announced of Colonel Frederick Smith, an old New Zealand warrior…

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The Late Mr. E. S. Parkes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The executors under the will of the late Mr. E. S. Parkes, one of the victims of the recent Windsor railway accident, have issued a writ against the Railway…

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Death of M. Katkoff

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 5

MOSCOW, Monday.--M. Katkoff, editor of the Moscow Gazette, who has been ill for some time, died to-day. T.M. Katkoff has for a long time exercised…

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