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Obituaries & funerals, 1888

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The Brixton Assault Case. Death of the Victim. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The miner named Lawrence, who was brutally assaulted at Brixton. died in the hospital at Alexandra last night. Deceased was assanited by a man whose…

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Death of an Infant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 4

The circumstances attending the death of a newly-born female infant, whose body was found in the bush off Murray-street, Five D[?]ck, on Sunday, the 1st instant, were investigated by the City Coroner and a jury of 12 at the…

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The Late Mr. Robert Campbell. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 7

The late Mr. Robert Campbell, of Ruscol Park, Berks, left personalty to the value of £617,000…

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The Funeral of Baker Pasha

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 3

The funeral of Baker Pasha took place at Cairo on the 18th November. Full military honours were rendered to the deceased officer. Tho funeral cortege was…

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Sudden Death of an Infant

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 6

WALTER D. S. MACKAY, aged 15 months, died suddenly from convulsions at 6.30 o'clock yesterday evening, at No. 7, Foveaux-street. The child had been…

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Death of Captain Fitzgerald. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 7

The death is announced of Captain Charles Fitzgerald, who was Governor of Western Australia from August, 1848, to June, 1855…

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Death of an Infant

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 3

At the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of a newly-born male infant which was found buried in the bush at Five Dock on Sunday last. Dr. J. E. Jefferis deposed that…

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News by Telegraph. Death of a Bushranger

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 5

ALBURN, Wednesday.--A man named Kay, sentenced 10 years ago to 21 years' imprisonment for taking part in the celebrated Hatfield hashranging episode, has died in the Albury…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Randwick. the Death of Alice Robertson. the Inquest

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 6

THE City Coroner held an inquest in St. Vincent's Hospital to-day on the body of Alexander Robertson, who died in that institution yesterday from the effects of…

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Death of Mr. William Ross

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The death is announced of Mr. William Ross, formerly Colonial Secretary of South Australia…

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Sir W. M'arthur's Funeral Sermons

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 10

In connection with the death of Sir "William M. Arthur, the Denbigh-road, Lancastor-road, and Bassein-park Chapela, London, were all deeply draped in black cloth; and special and touching…

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Death of the Rev. Peter O'shea

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 15

With sincere sentiments of regret we record the death of Father Peter O'Shea. This gentle young priest after a long illness died a victim to consumption at St. John's College on Saturday,…

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The Smith-kilrain Prize Fight. Mysterious Death of a Journalist. Paris

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

The body of Mr. MacNeill, a journalist who attended the prize fight between Smith and Kilrain at Rouen last month, and has since been missing, has been…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 13

MR. JOHN ANDERSON— The death of Mr. John Anderson, general traffic manager of the Victorian Railways, occurred on the evening of December 28, in his residence, Carlton,…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, This Day.--Father O'Brien a well-known and popular clergyman of the [?] to be the [?] born [?] in the colony, died…

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Obituary. Professor Bonamy Price. London

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Professor Benamy Trice, M.A., the well-known political economist. Professor Price we born in 1807, and in 1830 was…

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Burnt to Death at a Chinese Funeral. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred here to-day to a woman named Mon Hoy, wife of a Chinese storekeeper, who was participating in certain rites connected with the funeral of…

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Death of a Squatter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The death is announced of Mr. George Duppa, a New Zealand squatter, who was on a visit to England…

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Death of Professor Price

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The death is announced of Professor Bonamy Price. Professor Price was born in Guernsey on May 22, 1807, and was educated under private…

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Death of Professor Bonamy Price. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 9

The death is announced of Mr. Bonamy Price, M.A., Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University…

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