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Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Death of an Infant

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday morning at the South Sydney Morgue, touching the death of an infant found dead in an outhouse at Newtown, on Tuesday night. Some…

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Strange Death of a Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 3

The inquiry commenced on Saturday relative to the death of Agnes Crane, a widow, aged thirty-nine years, who died under peculiar circumstances on Thursday night, 31st ult., in the…

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Death of Colonel Sir Owen Lanyon. London, April 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Colonel Sir Owen Lanyon…

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Our Illustrations. The Late Mr. David Jones

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 751

The late Mr. David Jones, the founder of the business firm of David Jones and Company, whose new and elegant buildings at the corner of George and Barrack streets are commanding considerable attention at the present time, was…

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Death of Lord Hindlip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 752

A cablegram which, we publish this week announces the death of Lord Hindlip, who is better known as Mr. Henry Allsopp, the famous brewer. Lord Hindlip was in the 77th year of his…

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Death of Mr. Carroll, Tee City Auditor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 16

IN his large circle of personal friends, and among citizens generally, the death of Mr. Joseph Carrol, City Auditor, caused a feeling of sincere regret. The esteemed and venerable gentleman…

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Death of Mrs. Agrati

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1887 · page 3

The inquiry touching the death of Mrs. Harriette Agrati was resumed by the City Coroner on Saturday morning at the South Sydney Morgue. The deceased, it will be remembered,…

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Death of a Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1887 · page 3

On Saturday morning Mr. J. E. Bowden, coroner for the district of Parramatta, held an inquest at the General Bourke Hotel, Church-street, touching the death of a child named Alice Maude Kennedy, aged 3 years and 9 months,…

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Death of Mr. Newdegate. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1887 · page 9

The death is announced of Mr. C. N. Newdegate, late Conservative member of the House of Commons for North Warwickshire…

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 April 1887 · page 5

London. Wednesday.--Mr. Patrick O'Brien, of Victoria, at one time a member of Parliament…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Obituary. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 April 1887 · page 7

The death is announced of the Rev. Thomas Powell, who laboured as a missionary in Samoa and the South Seas for upwards of 40 years…

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The Death of an Infant at Julietstreet, Newtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 4

The City Coroner. Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., attended at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday morning, for the purpose of resuming the taking of evidence in the Inquest commenced on the 7th instant touching the death of a…

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Death of Mr. Newdegate

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 9

London, April 11.—The death, is announced of Mr. C. N. Newdegate, late Conservative member of the House of Commons for North Warwickshire…

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Death of an Old Resident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 19

Mrs. Robards, very old resident of Clarencetown and widow of the late John Robards, died this week at the advanced age of 71 years. Mr. and Mrs. Robards…

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Death of Mr. C. N. Newdegate

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 9

The death is announced of Mr. C. N. Newdegate, late Conservative member of the House of Commons, for North Warwickshire. Mr. Newdegate was widely respected as a man…

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The Late Mr. E. M. Bagot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--THE business friends of the late Mr. Edward Meade Bagot, who met with a tragic death by fairing over the Dry Creek prison quarries in July last year, have…

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Death of a Jockey

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--During the Steepie-chase in the Trotting Club's Races on the old course on Saturday Highland Mary fell, pitching her jockey, named Johnson on to his head…

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Death of the Deputy Postmaster-general of Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. S. W. M'Cowan, Deputy Postmaster-General died to-night from congestion of the liver and affection of the kidneys. Deceased was born in Canada in…

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The death is announced of Sir Thomas Gore Browne, the predecessor of Sir George Grey in the Governorship of New Zealand and…

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Death of Sir T. G. Browne. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 9

The death is announced of Sir Thomas Gore Browne, K.C.M.G., formerly Governor of New Zealand, and also of Tasmania…

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