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Obituaries & funerals, 1888

1,197 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 60

Death of the German Emperor. (The " Australian Star" is the only daily newspaper in Sydney which receives Reuter's Cables.) Health of the Emperor Frederick. Berlin, Monday Evening

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 4

A bulletin issued to-day gives a favourable account of the health of the Emperor Frederick. It is announced that the issue of regular…

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The Late Emperor of Germany. Removal of the Body to the Cathedral. a Weird Spectacle. the Funeral Obsequies on Friday. Address by the Emperor Frederick. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 9

The coffin containing the body of the late Emperor of Germany was borne by the Prussian Guards at midnight in a snowstorm from the Castle Chapel to the Cathedral in…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 6

It is with regret that we have to announce to-day the death of Mr. Francis Giles, of the firm of Messrs. Thompson and Giles, drapers, of George-street. The deceased…

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The Funeral of the Late Emperor. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 5

H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, and the Duke of Cambridge have started for Berlin, to be present at the funeral of the late Emperor William of…

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The City and Suburbs. the Vital Statistics for 1887. Report by the Government Statistician. Tee High Death-rate of the Suburbs. Statistics of Births, Deaths and Marriages

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 5

Mr. T. A. Cogblan, the Government Statistician, has just issued his report on the " Vital Statistics for the City and Suburbs for 1887." Mr. Cogblan says :--…

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The Late Emperor's Funeral. Berlin

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 5

The programme of the arrangements for the funeral of the late Emperor at Charlottenburg provides that the Emperor Frederick should follow the coffin,…

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Death of Pinsuti, the Composer. London

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 5

Pinsuti, the eminent musician and popular composer, died suddenly at Florence yesterday, whilst playing on the piano. His death is attributed to heart…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Germans, to express their feelings for the late Emperor, will commemorate the death by the establishment of a fund called the "Kaisor-Wilhelm…

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Death Steps In. Sudden Death of a Vagrant

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 4

A WOMAN named Helena Anderson, 25, was arrested late last night in Wexford-street, by Sergeant Lewis, on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person, behaving in…

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Quarantine Items. a Virulent Case of Small-pox. Death of the Patient. Further Cases Anticipated

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 4

THE Moyune, which arrived from Shanghai yesterday, was at once place in quarantine and the medical inspection disclosed that there was on board a Chinese passenger…

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Latest Cables. the Emperor William's Funeral. the Lying in State. Crush in the Cathedral. London

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 5

The great sorrow felt by the people of Germany at the death of the Emperor William is very marked. The Cathedral in which the body is lying has been the…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 13

"All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes…

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The Funeral. the Preparations. [?]

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5

The preparations for the funeral ceremony of the late Emperor William are now complete. All the houses and lampo along the line of route have been draped in…

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Death of Sir Robert Wisdom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Australian Star

We regret to announce the death of Sir Robert Wisdom, K.C.M.G., which took place at his residence, No. 7, Domain-terrace, about 6 o'clock yesterday evening. Sir Robert Wisdom has…

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Death of a Sporting Identity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 16

DURING nearly a score of years, commencing about 1854, there was no better known figure on the race-courses of Victoria than that of Mr.P. J. Keigh-ran, then a fine stalwart specimen of Australian…

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Death of the Emperor of Germany

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 8

All Germany has been thrown into mourning by the death of the aged Emperor, who would have completed his ninety-first year on the 22nd. inst. The love of the Germans for…

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The Death of the Emperor William

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5

Ninety-one minute guns were fired by H.M.S Myrmidon yesterday, out of respect to the memory of the late Emperor of Germany. The flags of the shipping in port and on the public…

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Latest Cable Intelligence. Death of the Emperor William

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 16

LONDON, March 9.-Particulars have been received from Berlin in regard to the death of the Emperor William. His Imperial Majesty died in a half-sitting posture on a camp bed-stead, and…

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