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Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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Death of a Resident of Parkes

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 5

PARKES, Monday.-Mr. William Root, an old and respected resident, died suddenly at his residence this morning…

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Death of a Life Sentence Prisoner. the Aboriginal Drewitt

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 6

An aboriginal prisoner in Darlinghurst Gaol, named James Drewitt, died in the gaol hospital on Saturday afternoon. He had been undergoing medical treatment. The deceased, who was 25…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Baillie. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 7

Mr. Thomas Baillie, of Toorak, died to-day at Queenscliff from the effects of an apoplectic attack. He arrived in Tasmania in 1840, with his brother, Sir James Baillie. He soon after came to Victoria,…

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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 XIII--Continued

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 3

The deck was dark as with age. At the after end there were two state cabins bulkheaded off from the living room, each with a door. The several colors of the lamp caused it to cast a…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- The death is announced of Mr. Thomas Baillie of Toorak, in his 63sh year. The deceased gentleman was well-known in squatting…

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Death of a Centenarian

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 6

COWRA, This Day.-- The death is reported of Mrs. Donald Kennedy, the oldest resident ill the district, She was 101 years of age…

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Death of Mr. Simon Fraser, ex-M.L.A

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day. -- Mr. Simon Fraser, ex-Chairman of Committees in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, died yesterday of peritonitis…

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Death of Mr. Simon Fraser. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 7

Mr. Simon Fraser, a very old and highly-respccted citizen of Brisbane, died this morning, after a short illness. The late Mr. Fraser had been a member of the Assembly from 1868 until the last general…

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Obituary

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 9.-The death is announced of Colonel Sillery, who served in the New Zealand war…

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Death of Major Falconer. a Governor's Uncle. London, January 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of Major the Hon Charles James Keith-Falconer, uncle of Lord Kiutore, the recently-appointed Governor of South Australia…

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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 XIII--Continued

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 3

"Will you go to rest?" said he. "I am willing to do whatever you desire," said I. "Your kindness is great and I thank you for it."…

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The Fehon Inquiry. Leads to a Political Crisis. Defeat of the Government. Death Knell of the Parkes Ministry. Excitement in Town. Latest Developments. the Minister of Justice Interviewed. He Declares the Premier to Be Tired of Public Life. Preparing for His Successor. the Governor Wired For. the Ministry Will Resign

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

THERE were very few persons present in the Assembly when it met at half-past 4 yesterday afternoon who, if they had been asked to hazard a prediction, would have…

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Death of Major Falconer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The death is announced of Major the Hon. Charles James Keith-Falconer, uncle of the Earl of Kintore, the recently-appointed Governor of South…

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Death of a Prisoner

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 6

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at the Darlinghurst Gaol by Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., to-day, touching the death of a prisoner named Thos, Smith, alias Murray,…

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Death of a Prisoner

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 6

A PRISONER named Thomas Smith, alias Murray, died in the hospital of the Darlinghurst Gaol last evening. The acting coroner has been apprised of the fact, and…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of Colonel Sillery, who served in the New Zealand war…

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Death of Mr. A. J. Solomon. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. A. J. Solomon died this afternoon, at the age of 63. He was a colonist of 40 years' standing. He came to South Australia in 1849, and thence went to the Victorian gold-fields. He…

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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 XV.--Continued

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 3

But it was the sight of the ancient ship that rendered the warring ocean so strange a scene that had I never before witnessed a storm at sea I could not have wondered more at what I saw…

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The Late Mr. Charles Coutts

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- The late Charles Coutts, of the Customs' Department, who died on Thursday, suddenly, from an abscess on the brain, was buried…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 13

THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND.—The recent sudden death of the Duchess of Sutherland removes from the philanthropic section of society one of its leaders. Although a, woman of great…

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