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Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Death of Cardinal Jacobini

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 18

ROME, Feb. 27.—Cardinal Jacobini, late Secretary of State to his Holiness the Pope, is extremely ill. His physicians have declared his condition to be almost hopeless…

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Death of Father Beckx. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 7

The death is announced of Father Peter John Beckx, General of the Jesuits, at the advanced age of 92…

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Sudden Death of a Doctor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Dr. Brady, of Sydney, was found dead in the street at Onehunga today…

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Death of Sorgo

Referee · Thursday 10 March 1887 · page 8

Dargo got cast in hiB box at Caulfield on Sunday night, and raptured himself and died…

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Death of Rey. Henry Ward Beecher

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1887 · page 5

New York, Tuesday. --The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who had been in an unconscious state since Saturday last, owing to an apoplectic fit, died…

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Death of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. [Reuter's Telegram.] New York, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1887 · page 9

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who had been in an unconscious state since Saturday last, owing to an apoplectic fit, died to-day, aged 73 years…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. Daniel Regan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 15

A TELEGRAM from Tamworth, just received, brings the Melancholy intelligence of the death of Mr. Daniel Regan, who was by common consent regarded as the leading Catholic townsman. Mr…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 11

LONDON, March 7.—The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the celebrated American preacher, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn, New York, has been seized with an…

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Death of Henry Ward Beecher

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 16

London, March 6.—The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the well-known preacher, of Brooklyn, New York, has been seized with an attack of apoplexy. He is in a critical condition. Mr…

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Death of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. New York, March 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 534

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who had been in an unconscious state since Saturday last, owing to an apoplectic fit, died to-day, aged 73 years…

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Sudden Death of an Italian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1887 · page 4

An inquest was also held on Saturday by the City Coroner, at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, concerning the sudden death of an Italian named Juan Alberti, which happened at about 11.30 a.m. on the preceding day…

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Inquests. Sudden Death of a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 6

The City Coroner commenced an inquest yesterday morning at the South Sydney Morgue touching the death of a child named Ernest Jarvis, who died somewhat suddenly on…

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Funeral of Archbishop Vacghan. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Tablet of February 12 had the following account of Archbishop Vanghan's funeral:--The remains of the late Archbishop Vaughan have at…

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Extraordinary Death of a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A man named Stephen Tanner, a resident of Lara, to-day killed his child, aged six years, by mistake. He throw a brick at a cat, and the prick in…

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Sudden Death of an Infant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 4

At the South Sydney Morgue, yesterday, the City Coronor resumed the inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of an infant named Sidney Ernest Jarvis, one year and nine months old, who diod suddenly at…

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Funeral of the Late Archbishop Vaughan. (From a Correspondent.) London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 10

Seldom has any member of the ancient Catholic family of Vaughan been laid to rest with less of "pomp and circumstance" than was the case with the remains of the late Archbishop of Sydney on the 8th of February, and yet…

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Strange Death of a Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 6

The City Coroner commenced an inquest yesterday morning at the South Sydney Morgue relative to the death of a woman named Caroline Yates, who died under very strange…

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Coroner's Inquests. the Strange Death of a Woman at Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 10

At the South Sydney Morgue, yesterday, the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., commenced an inquest touching the death of a woman named Caroline Yates, 25 years of age, who died under peculiar circumstances on…

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 5

London, Monday. -- Mr. Denny, the well-known shipbuilder, is dead…

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Inquests. the Death of Br. Sabatowski

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 3

An inquest was commenced by the City Coroner at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday relative to the death of Dr. Sabatowski, who was found dead on the previous day in the bush…

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