Death of a Murderer
On Thursday last a prisoner named Joseph Poulson died very suddenly at the Parramatta gaol. He was admitted into the hospital ward about 8 o'clock in the morning and put to bed,…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1887
650 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 33
Death of a Centenarian
GUNDAGAL, Monday. -- Mrs. Honorah Costello, of Wagra, near Gundagai, who has been a resident of the district for upwards of half a century, died on Saturday at the age of 103…
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ALBURY, Wednesday.--Mr. William Waite, one of the oldest setters in the Albury district, was found dead in the bush near the village of Bowna. The facts elicited at the inquest…
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William Campbell Sleigh, serjeant-at-law and Queen's counsel, will be remembered from his brief sojourn in the colonies some ten years ago, when he was in active practice in New South Walos, Victoria,…
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London, Saturday.--The remains of the late Archbishop Vaughan, of Sydney, were privately buried at Hereford on Tuesday. Great indignation is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Telegraph. Death of a Crimean Veteran
WALGETT, Saturday.--Mr. John Maguire, a local innkeeper and an old resident of this district, died suddenly last night. He leaves a wife and large family. Maguire fought with…
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London, Tuesday.--The death is announced of Mr. Peter Ryland, M.P., for Burnley, and many years a member of the House of Commons…
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The hurdle-racer Joey, who hurt himself at Ararat, has since died from tho injuries she received…
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The injuries which Benson, who met with an accident when riding William Tell, died from, were laceration of brain and fracture of the left arm and thigh…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of Mr. Peter Rylands, M.p. London, Feb. 8
The death is announced of Mr. Peter Rylands, M.P. for Burnley, and for many years a member of the House of Commons…
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The Rev. Richard William Young, vicar of St. Paul's Church, Burwood, Sydney, died on board the steamship Australasian during her passage from London to Melbourne. Mr. Young expired on December 31,…
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WE learn by telegram from Gundagai that Mrs. Honorah Costello, of Wagra, near Gundagai, a resident of the district for upwards of half a century, died on Saturday at the age of 105 years…
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London, Feb. 8.—The death is announced of Mr. Peter Rylands, M.P. for Burnley, and for many years a member of the House of Commons. He was an anti-Home Ruler…
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THE New York WORLD, January 8, publishes a cable from Ireland announcing the sudden death, while addressing his constituents, of Mr. Bernard Kelly, Nationalist Member of Parliament for the…
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The death is announced of Mrs. Henry Wood, the well-known authoress, at the age of 65…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Death of the Duke of Leinster. London, Feb. 11
The death is announced of the Duke of Leinster, in the 68th year of his age…
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POOR Sister Piere is dead. She was one of the six Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, who came to Sydney with the Cardinal-Archbishop sixteen months ago. Being the hardest and most…
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WAGGA, Sunday.--The funeral of Mr. C. J. Hutton, the clerk in charge of the land board office, took place to-day at Wagga cemetery. The service was read by Archdeacon Pownall…
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The City Coroner commenced an inquest on Saturday morning, at the South Sydney Morgue relative to the death of a male infant, named Robert Riley, who was found dead in bed on…
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