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Obituaries & funerals, 1888

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[?] Death of the Emperor William. London. March 9, 5.20 A.M.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 566

Later intelligence received from Berlin announces that at 5 o'clock yesterday the Emptror "William fell backward in a swoon. It was thought he was dead, as he remeined…

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Latest Cables. the Death of the German Emperor. a Touching Scene. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5

In accordance with the desire expressed the Emperor Frederick III., the Royal crauages present in Berlin at the obsequies of the late Emperor, visited his…

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Obituary

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The death is announced of M. Carnot, the father of the President of the French Republic…

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Funeral of Sir Robert Wisdom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 3

The remains of the late Sir Robert Wisdom, K.C.M.G., were interred yesterday in the Waverley [?] the funeral boing attended by nearly all who were his political associates in Parliament, and by about 100 citizens. Lady…

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Death of Ex-alderman Parker

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 8

The Inquest—Extraordinary Scene. Mr. SHIELL city coroner, held an inquest to-day, at the Glenmore Hotel, Paddington, on the body of Edmund Reuben Parker,…

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Obituary. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 7

The death is announced of M. Lazara Hippolyte Carnot, politician and author, and the father of M. Sadi-Carnot, President of the French Republic…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] the Funeral of the Emperor William. Berlin

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

The funeral services which took place at the cathedral was simple but touching, The Emperor Frederick was absent, and his son prince Wilhelm was the chief…

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The Funeral of the Emperor William. a Melancholy Spectator. London

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

The Emperor Frederick III., who through indisposition and the earnest entreaties of his medical advisers, was prevented from taking put in the funeral…

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Funeral of the Late Emperor William. an Imposing Ceremonial. Special Religious Services

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The funeral of the late Emperor of Germany took place to-day with great military pomp, the line of route from the Cathedral to the…

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The Late Emperor of Germany. the Funeral Obsequies. an Impressive Scene. the Streets Draped in Black. Route Lined by the Prussian Guards. the Road Strewn with Leaves and Branches. Memorial Services in the European Capitals. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 7

The funeral of the late Emperor of Germany took place to-day. ThE weather was bleak and cheerless. The route from the Cathedral to the Royal…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 6

COONAMULE, This Day.--Thomas Augustus Jones, an ex-Mayor of Cooamble, and formerly editor of the Coonamble INDEPENDENT, died suddenly this morning…

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The Death of the Emperor William. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 5

Grafton, Monday.--A commemoration service, as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Emperor William, was held in the Grafton German Evangelical Church at 10 a.m…

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The Accident on the Townsville Course. Death of the Jockey

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, This Day.--The jockey Moris, injured at Townsville Races, died in the hospital to-day. He only the other day insured his life for £1000…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 March 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Mrs. Hugh Gibson, whose attention to Mrs. Carmich[?]the hereine of the L[?] Ard disaster, was the primary cause of her…

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Death of a Barrister

The Australian Star · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 4

A CABLEGRAM was received in Sydney yesterday announcing the death of Mr. George Knox, at Cairo, Egypt, on March 9. Mr. Knox was a well-known Equity…

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Death of Mr. George Knox

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 8

News was received yesterday morning of the death at Cairo, Egypt, on the 9th instant, of Mr. George Knox. Mr. Knox was 43 years old, and his death at this comparatively early age must be regarded as a…

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VICTORIA. Death of Mr. Lachlan Mackinnon

The Australian Star · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- A. cablegram was yesterday received from England, stating that Mr. Lachlan Mackinnon, one of the proprietors of the AROUS and…

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Death of a New Zealand Legislator

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The Hon. Jas. Williamson, president of the Bank of New Zealand, who has been a member of the Legislative Council for the past JO years, died at his…

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Death of Mr. Lachlan Mackinnon. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 8

A private cablegram announces the death at Torquay, England, on Wednesday of Mr. Lachlan Mackinnon, one of the proprietors of the Argus and Australasian. He died of paralysis, and was in his 71st year…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 13

" All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom." PINSUTI, THE COMPOSER.—Our London correspondent telegraphed that Ciro E. Pinsuti, the…

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