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Obituaries & funerals, 1890

1,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 64

The Death of Mr. Allison

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 5

By the death of Mr. James Allison a well-known figure has been removed from the circle of theatrical life in Australia. The deceased was chiefly associated in the public mind in…

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Death of Mr. Phil Beck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 4

The sad and unexpected news of the death of Mr. Phil Beck, the well-known actor, has come to hand by the last mail from Colombo. The actor had embarked at Brisbane for England by…

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 6

WOGGA WOGGA, Wednesday.-- Mr. F. M'Glede, of Wantabadgery, has died from the effects of cancer. He was a native of Belfast, Ireland, and went to Gundagai 27…

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The Penrith Tragedy. the Death of Sergeant Beatty. Magisterial Inquiry

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 5

PENRITH, Wednesday.—A magisterial inquiry touching the death of Sergeant Beatty, who died at Penrith on Saturday last, was held on Tuesday before Mr. Lethbridge, district corner…

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Death of Lord Cairns. a Victim of Influenza. LONDON, January 14, 6.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 6

The death is announced of the Earl of Cairns in his 71st year. Death was due to an attack of the influenza now so common throughout England and the continent…

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Death of Lord Napier of Magdala. Another Victim of Influenza. LONDON, January 14, 8.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 6

The death is announced of Lord Napier of Magdala, in his 80th year. Death was due to an attack of influenza now prevalent in England and on the Continent…

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Shocking Tragedy at Penrith. Two Men Stabbed by a Cingalese. Death of Sergeant Beatty and His Assailant

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 3

A FEARFUL tragedy was enacted in Penrith at about half-past I on Friday afternoon. A Cingalese had been prowling about the district for the last seven days, and the sergeant…

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Death of Lord Napier of Magdala

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5
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LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Among tho deaths announced to-day from tho epidemic of Influenzd is that of Lord Napier of Magdala…

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Death of Earl Cairns. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 7

Earl Cairns died to-day of pneumonia, induced by an attack of influenzu. Arthur William, second Earl Cairns, was born in 1861, and succeeded his father, the first Earl, in 1885…

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Death of Lord Napier of Magdala. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 7

The death is announced of Lord Napier of Magdala. The late Lord Napier of Magdala, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Cornelius Napier, G.C.B.G.C.S.I.,…

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Death of Lord Cairns. Victim of Influenza. LONDON, January 14, 6.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5

The death is announced of the Earl of Cairns. Death' was due to an attack of the influenza now so common throughout England and the continent…

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Death of Lord Napier of Magdala. Another Victim of Influenza. LONDON, January 14, 8.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5

The death is announced of Lord Napier of Magdala, in his 80th year. Death was due to an attack of influenza now prevalent in England and on the Continent…

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Arrival of the S.s. Lubeck. the British Consul at Samoa. a Native Disturbance--death of a Deported Chief

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 4

The North German Lloyd mail steamer Lubeck arrived in Port Jackson yesterday morning from Samoa bringing advices to the 7th inst. Matters from a political point of…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 10

THE DOWAGER EMPRESS AUGUSTA.—There were until recently two German Empress Dowagers. The first was the widow of William I, and the second the Princess Royal of England…

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A Soldier's Funeral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 125

Out of the barrack-gate Slowly they come. Marching in mournful state— Rolleth the drum,…

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Death of Dr. Dollinger

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 16

London, Jan. 11.—The death is announced of Dr. Dollinger, theologian and historian, in his 91st year…

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Death of Dr. Doellinger

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 6

The death is announced of Dr. John Joseph Ignatius Doellinger, the eminent theologian and historian, in his 91st year. "The Modern Portrait Gallery" (Cassell, Petter,…

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Portugal. Singular Portuguese Funeral Custom

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 7

A singular traditional usage was carried out in Lisbon some days after the funeral of the late King. At three principal places in the city platforms were erected covered with black cloth. A…

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A Funeral Oration at Yass

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5

On Sunday, January 5th, at the Roman Catholic cemetry in Yass, at the burial of a young man named Dailhoux, at the close of the prayers for the dead, before a mixed…

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