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Obituaries & funerals, 1888

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Obituary. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 7

The death is announced of Colonel Robert Sutherland, C.B…

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Death of a Jockey

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

WILLIAM DAVIS, the unfortunate jockey who sustained such severe injuries through having been trampled upon by a horse, which be had been riding at the…

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Death of a Victorian M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

Melbourne, Thursday.--Mr. J. J. Madden, member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast, died to-day of consumption, after a long illness…

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Tragedy in Queensland. Death of Two Youths. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A shocking tragedy is reported from the North Toolburra station, near Warwick. On Tuesday evening two boys named Coutts Ross and Louis Ruitz were…

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The Accident at the Glebe. Death of the Victim

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

MART FITZPATRICK, an elderly woman, met met with a severe accident recently at the corner of Mitchell and Campbell-streets at the Glebe, died in the Prince Alfred…

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Death of Mr. J. J. Madden, M.l.a. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 7

Mr. John Joseph Madden, M.L.A. for Belfast, died at his residence, Fitzroy, this afternoon, of rapid consumption, following upon congestion of the lungs, the result of a severe cold caught…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 14

All that bread the glode are but a [?] to the tribes thai slumber in its [?]…

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Death of a Journalist

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 40

The following cablegrams have been published: London, January 6— Mr. M'Neill, a well-known British journalist, who was sent to Rouen to report the Smith and Kilrain prize light, has been missing until to-day, when his body…

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Death of Professor Bonamy Price

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 97

Old Oxonians will regret to hear of the d[?] appearance of a well-known figure from the colle[?] and gardens of Oxford. By cablegram we [?] of the death of Professor Bonamy Price. We extr[?]…

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Death of a Bank Manager

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 5

WILCANNIA, This Day.--Mr. W. B. Inglis, the manager of the local branch of the A.J.C. Bank, had an apoplectic fit late on Thursday eight and died shortly…

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Death of the Rev. J. Horan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 15

THE Rev. Father Joseph Horan died at the Presbytery, Carcoar, on Friday evening, after a long and painful illness. The rev. gentleman was a nephew of the late Bishop Quinn of Bathurst,…

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Sad Death of a Jockey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 4

An inquest was held by the City Coroner on Saturday, at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, touching the death of a man named William Davis, a jockey, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Wednesday. The deceased was 36…

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South Australia. Death of a Cricketer

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, This Day.--Samuel Morcoin, the cricketer who was run over in Randle-street on Saturday week, died in the hospital yesterday afternoon…

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Death of a Jockey. the Inquest

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 8

AN inquest was held to-day by the City Coroner on the body of Wm. Davis, the jockey, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Wednesday last from injuries received…

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Death of a Police Officer

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Sub-inspector Sullivan, who had been thirty years in the police force, died yesterday at St. Kilda, of consumption…

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Death of Sir John Staples. London

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Alderman Sir John Staples, who was Lord Mayor of London, in 1885…

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Serious Bush Fires in the Country. Supposed Death of a Woman. Great Loss of Sheep and Damage to Property. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA, Monday.--Bush fires are raging through the district, and the town is full of smoke. It is feared that groat damage will be done to crops, grass and fencing…

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Death of Sir John Staples

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The death is announced of Sir John Staples, F.S.A., who was Lord Mayor of London in 1885…

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Death of Mr. Gibbes, M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 4

Early yesterday morning Mr. Frederick Jamieson Gibbes, one of the members of Parliament for Newtown, died at the residence of his [?]-law, Mr. John Gill, of Moonbi…

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The Death of a Railway Patrolman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

MUDGEE, Tuesday.--Instructions have been given to the Rylstone police to prosecute Hayes and Harwin, two railway officials, for manslaughter in causing the death of…

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