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Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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The Death of Loris Melikoff

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 8

THE following are further particulars of the career of the recently deceased General Count Loris Melikoff, one of the most prominent statesmen and soldiers of Russia,…

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The Death Roll of Niagara

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1889 · page 2

RECENTLY a stranger arrived at a railway station near Niagara Falls, and, after seeing to his baggage, put the barrel of a revolver well into his mouth, and shot…

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Reported Death of Stanley

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 18.—It is rumored on the Congo that Stanley has been killed in an engagement with the Mangamba natives. [On December 7 last, the steamer Cameroon arrived…

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Sudden Death of a Chinaman

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

At about 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon a Chinaman, whose name is unknown, was found lying in a dying condition at the corner of Henson-street and old Canterbury-road, Summer…

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To-day's Cablegrams. Death of Lady Duffy

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 20.—A telegram from Nice announces the death there of Lady Gavan Duffy, wife of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, of puerperal fever. She had given birth to a son on December…

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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 Xlv.--(continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 3

"Dearest, I am ready," she repeated, "But, Geoffrey, risk nothing on the more chance that the weather will change. You might peril your life by baste and to-morrow night may be as…

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Death of Mr. G. H. Purves

The Australian Star · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day. -- Mr. Geo. H. Purves, chairman of the Ballarat Stock Exchange, and brother of the well-known Q.C., died this morning…

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Inquests Sudden Death of a Chinaman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 5

An inquest was held before the acting coroner at the South Sydney morgue yesterday concerning the death of[?] Chinaman named Ah Quie, aged 50, who died suddenly at Summer-hill on…

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Death of Lady Duffy. London, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of Lady Duffy, wife of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy…

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Death of Lady Duffy. London, February 21

The Australian Star · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of Lady Duffy, wife of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy. The cause of death was puerperal fever…

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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 Xlvi.--(continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1889 · page 3

He answered: "I do not intend to careen; the weather bath every promise of continued fairness; the men shall have their night's rest; they will work the more briskly for it…

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Our Illustrations. The Late Mr. A. Munro

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 388

The publication of the portrait of the late Mr. Alexander Munro will he pleasing to our Singleton friends, and to our readers generally, for Mr. Munro was known far and wide for his unostentatious…

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Death of Lady Duffy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 9
Also in The Daily Telegraph

London, February 20.-A telegram from Nice announces the death there of Lady Gavan Duffy, wife of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, of puerperal fever. She had given birth to a, son on December…

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The Death of Gordon

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 5

The Suakim correspondent of the Daily Telegraph has telegraphed to that journal: Demetrio Georgio, a Greek, has arrived from Khartoum. He witnessed the death of…

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Funeral of Bro. John Johnson

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 7

The Orange Institution has to mourn the loss of a most noble member, by the death of Mr. John Johnson. We have known him for years and loved him, as an Orangeman of…

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Death of a Patrician Brother

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 15

IT is with feelings of regret (says the Armidale CHRONICLE or Wednesday) that we have to an-nounce the death of Brother Ambrose, one of the Brothers of St. Patrick, who came to Armidale to…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Death of General Gordon

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 382

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Valetta, which arrived at Albany on Sunday, beings the following intelligence of the death of General Gordon, as described by an eye-witness—…

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Death of the Rev. James Fleming

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 15

IN the death of the Rev. James Fleming the diocese of Sydney has lost a faithful priest of most active life and most blameless character, and the Catholics of Bombala a devoted and beloved pastor…

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