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Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 10

ILMA DE MURSKA.—Most Australians will recolleot the visit of this accomplished vocalist to their shores some fourteen years years ago. She married two husbands successively from this…

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Death of a Polish Leader

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 7

There has just died at the Adriatic watering-place Abbazia, at the ago of seventy-three, Ritter von Grocholski, formerly Minister, without port-folio, in the Hohchwart Cabinet, and a politician…

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Coroner's Inquest. Sudden Death of a Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 14

At the South Sydney Morgue yesterday morning the acting Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest relative to the death of a married woman, named Emma Jane Shepherd, aged 32 years, who died suddenly on…

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Terrible Death of a Boy. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A terrible accident occurred at the Palace Hotel, Bourke-street, today. Frederick New, a boy employed working the lift, while on one landing stepped outside…

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Latest Cables. Madame Di Murska. the Funeral. London, January 24

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 4

The remains of Madame Ilma di Murska and of her daughter have been cremated at Munich. At the funeral, the husband of of Madame di Murska was the only…

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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 XXVIII.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 14

"I am very dull and weary-hearted," said I, "Thanks be to God that you are in this ship to give me hope and warmth." "And I thank Him, too, for sending you to…

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Obituary

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 27.-The death is announced of Mr. Howard, of Howard and Sons, the well-known firm of implement makers…

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Obituary. London, January 27

The Australian Star · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of James Howard, of Messrs. Howard and Sons, the well-known agricultural implement manufacturers…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 7

The death is announced of Mr. Howard, of Howard and Sons, the well-known firm of implement makers…

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Death of an M.P. LONDON, January 25

The Australian Star · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. R. S. Menzies, Liberal M.P. for East Perthshire, at the age of 33. [Mr. Robert Stuart Menzies was an…

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A Terrible Catastrophe. a Brother Accidentally Shoots His Sister. Death of the Victim

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last Pearson-street, Summerhill, was the scene of a sad accident, by which a little girl was fatally shot by her brother. The occurrence, which is surrounded by peculiar…

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Tragic Death of a Lecturer. He Drops Dead on the Platform. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. J. J. Peppercorn, artist and drawing-master at Caulfield, while lecturing to-night in the Victoria-hall on "The Progress of Christianity," suddenly dropped…

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Death of an Old Victorian Colonist. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 7

Yesterday evening Mr. David M'Murtrie, J.P., died at Carlton, aged 80. He arrived from Scotland in Sydney in 1837, in the second vessel of immigrants brought out by Dr. Lang. He arrived…

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Death of the Rev. Dr. M'donald. [By Telegraph.] From Our Correspondent. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 7

The Rev. Dr. M'Donald, died this afternoon. He was born in 1820, and arrived in Melbourne at Christmas, 1852. He became a prominent minister of the Presbyterian Church, and took…

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Death of Lady Gordon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The death is announced of Lady Gordon, wife of Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the first Governor of the colony of Fiji…

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Death of Lady Gordon. London, January 28

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 4

The death is announced, at Malta, of Lady Gordon, wife of Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, first Governor of the colony of Fiji…

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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. Chapter XXIX.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 10

In fact, she was not three times as long as she was broad, and she had the sawn-off look of a waggon down there. After every swimming lift of her head by the swell, the…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 6

Mrs. Ramsay, widow of the late Dr. Ramsay, of Dobroyde, Ashfield, died on Monday last at her residence, at the ripe age of 85. Mrs. Ramsay was born in the colony, and was well known for…

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The Death Ship. a Strange Story; Jut 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 XXXI.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 10

I watched this business with a sailors interest, wondering that so great as ship as this--great, that is, for the age to which she belonged-- should carry no more than two…

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Death of the City Coroner

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 5

IT will be heard with general regret that Mr. Henry Shiell, the City Coroner, expired shortly before 8 o'clock last evening at his residence, Upper Fort-street. Mr…

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