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Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, This Day.--Mr. William Kelly, of Gunneracha, an old colonist, died yesterday, 84 years of age…

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The Death Ship. a Strange Story; an Account of a Cruise in the Flying Dutchman, Collected From the Papers of the Late Mr. Geoffrey Fenton, [?]Poplar, Master Mariner. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Iv.--we Are Chased and Nearly Captured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 3

We talked occasionally of the Phantom Ship after this for a few days, the captain on one occasion, to my surprise, producing an old volume on magic and sorcery which it seems he…

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Death of the Acting Coroner

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

IT was reported in town last night that Mr. Henry T. Wilkinson, J.P., who was acting as coroner in the absence of Mr. Henry Shiell, J.P., had…

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Suspicious Death of a Hotel Employe

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE; Tuesday.--A man named Edward Williams was discovered this morning with his neck broken in the Yarra Royal Standard Hotel where he was employed. It is…

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The Death Ship. a Strange Story; an Account of a Cruise in the Flying Dutchman, Collected From the Papers of the Late Mr. Groffrey Fenton, of Poplar, Master Mariner. [All Rights Reserved.] CHAPTER V.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 3

Here happened an extraordinary thing. As we passed Green Point, where the weather was placid and the strife waged in the way no longer to be seen, a large ship of six hundred tons, that we…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 4

The obituary of the fortnight includes the decease of Mr. John Richardson, for many years a member of the Legislative Council, and Mr. Arthur Francis Curnow, a rising solicitor. Mr. John Richardson…

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Death of an Old Cricketer

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 8

A large section of the cricketing public will learn with surprise and regret that Mr. William Webster, of the Oxford Hotel, Newtown, died suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday morning…

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Death of a Maitland Resident

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.-Mr. W. M. Christian, a well known and esteemed resident of Hinton, died on Wednesday from apoplexy in Sydney, where deceased was on a visit. Mr…

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Death of the Acting-coroner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

Yesterday morning the City Coroner, Mr. Sheill, J.P., was notified of the death of Mr. H. T. Wilkinson, J.P., the Acting City Coronor, which took place at his residence, the Railway Parade, Burwood, shortly after…

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The City Coronership. Death of the Acting Coroner-his Successor

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 6

Quite a gloom was cast over the Mines Department and Coroner's Court on Wednesday, when it became known that Mr. H. T. Wilkinson, J.P., the Acting-Coroner, was dead…

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The Death Ship. a Strang Story an Account of a Cruise in the Flying Dutchman, Collected From the Papers of the Late Mr. Geoffrey Fenton, of Poplar, Master Mariner. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Viii.--a Tragical Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 3

The gravity with which he related this, and his evident keen belief in these and the like superstitions, now rendered the conversation somewhat diverting; for, as I have elsewhere…

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Obituary

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 3

VISCOUNT EVERSLEY.-The Right Hon. Charles Shaw Everaley, whose death was reported from London on December 29, was the eldest son of the late Charles Shaw Lefevre, who assumed the…

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Death of a Maitland Resident

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.-Mr. W. M. Christian, a well known and esteemed resident of Hinton, died on Wednesday from apoplexy in Sydney, where deceased was on a visit. Mr…

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Death of Miss Fanny Macaulay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 7

There died at Brighton, on November 10, after a few days' illness, Miss Fanny Macaulay, the only surviving sister of the eminent statesman and historian, Lord Macanlay. Lord…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of General Bligh, who was engaged in the New Zealand Maori war…

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The Death Ship. a Strange Story; an Account of A. Cruise in the Flying Dutchman Collected From the Papers of the Late Mr. Geoffrey Fenton, of Poplar, Master Mariner. [All Rights Reserved.] CHAPTER X.--Continued

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 3

So we tumbled about quickly and wildly enough, got our little batteries clear, put on the hatch-gratings and tarpaulins, opened the magazine, lighted the matches, provided the…

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The Late Mrs. Clouston

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 4

In our last issue we mentioned that Mrs. Clouston had died suddenly at Manly, on Friday. The information in question only reached us at 6 o'clock on Friday evening, and, as we we just going to…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 8

VISCOUNT EVERSLEY.—The Right Hon. Charles Shaw Eversley, whose death was reported from London on December 29, was the eldest son of the late Charles Shaw Lefevre, who assumed the…

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Death of a Councillor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—The death is announced of Mr. T. M'Pherson, who was one of the oldest of Melbourne Councillors, and who had occupied the position of Mayor…

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Death of an Old Resident

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, This Day.-- Mr. J. F. Lindsay, an old resident of Unanderra, a leading dairyman, an alderman of Central Illawarra Municipality, and director of the…

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