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Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Death of a Minister of the Grown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The news of the death of Mr, David Bows, M.F., Minister for Education in this colony, which took place in Melbourne, was received here with universal…

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DEATH of the Minister for Education of 80 South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 7

Mr. David Bowes, Minister for Education. South Australia, aged 40, died shortly after midnight last night; from rupture of the bowels. He was staying with his father-in-law at Port Melbourne. He…

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Rowing Notes. The Victorian Association Regatta. Couche and Dutch. Death of an Ex-Champion. New Zealand and Tasmanian Items. Dutch Beats Bubear—Club Fixtures—The Association—Gosford Regatta—And Other Fixtures

Referee · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 8

The annual regatta under the rules of the Tamar Regatta Association is to be held at Stephenson's Bond, Tasmania, to-morrow, for which an interesting programme is set down…

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Rowing Notes. The Victorian Association Regatta. Couche and Dutch. Death of an Ex-Champion. New Zealand and Tasmanian Items. Dutch Beats Bubcar—Club Fixtures—The Association-Gosford Regatta— And Other Fixtures

Referee · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 8

The annual regatta under the rules of the Tamar Regatta Association is to be hold at Stephenson's Bend, Tasmania, to-morrow, for which an interesting programme is got down…

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Death of William Hickey. Ex-champion Sculler of Australia. a Glance Backward. First Champion Sculler of Australia and the World. Review of the old Scullers. Punch and M' Crath-- Green Brothers --Mulhall-- Deward-- Candl[?]sh-- Hickey-- Kelly -- Heeley-- White-- Rush -- Tri[?]kett-- Laycock

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 7

BY the death of Mr. William Hickey at his residence, Balmain, on Monday, New South Wales has lost another of the old school of oarsmen who formed such important links…

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The Late Mr. Bews

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The remains of the late Hr. David Bows, Minister for Education in South Australia, were removed from the residence of Mr. John Taylor, his…

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Death of Dr.Keatinge. Was It Suicide?

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 4

Oswald Keatinge, better known as "the Rev. Dr." Keatinge, died suddenly during last night in Darlinghurst Gaol. It will be remembered that the unfortunate man was on Tuesday…

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Sentence of Death. Murder of a Sweetheart. The Clifton Hill Tragedy. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 6

John Wilson, tram c[?]ductor, charged with the murder of his sweetheart in Darling Gardens, Clifton Hill, was found guilty this afternoon. Prisoner was to have been…

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South Australia. Funeral of Mr. Bews

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A great crowd gathered at the railway station this morning to witness tho arrival of the body of the late Minister for Education, Mr. D. Bews. A guard…

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Death of Dr. Keatinge. Coroner's Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

The inquest on the remains of Dr. Keatinge was begun at the gaol at about noon. John Canerly, first-class warder, identified the body as that of a man named Oswald Keatinge, who was…

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Funeral of Mr. Bewes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

The body of the late Mr. Bowes, Minister for Education, arrived by express train, and was conveyed to Wallaroo by special train. He was buried in the afternoon. There was a very…

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The Death of Dr. Keatinge. Inquest at the Gaol. A Letter from the Deceased

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

THE inquest on the body of Theodore Oswald Keatinge, whose death, as reported in our first edition, occurred so suddenly in Darlinghurst Gaol this morning, was held…

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Death of Dr. Keatinge. the Inquest. He Leaves a Document and Dies of Apoplexy

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Gaol yesterday before the City Coroner and a jury consisting of six free men and six prisoners, an inquiry was held relative to the death of a prisoner named Oswald…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 12

LONDON, February 20.—The death is announced of Admiral Pallu de la Barriere, formerly Governor of New Caledonia. LONDON, February 20.—The death is…

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Death of Lady Murray

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 20

A CABLEGRAM has been received notifying the death of Lady Murray, the widow of the late Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, who was a prominent promiment in Now South Wales, from 1843 to 1869,…

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Death of Colonel Lewis

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 5

Old Auckland residents will remember Colonel Lewis, the gallant officer who served in that colony with the 65th Regiment. He died in Canada on December 21…

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Death of a Military Chaplain

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 3

A CATHOLIC priest who accompanied the troops sent to enforce the surrender of a hostile band of Indians, near Pine Ridge, on Sunday, was killed in the skirmish which…

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Death of "Bill" Hickey. the Old Champion Sculler Passed Away

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 8

MR. William Hickey, the ex-champion sculler, died at his residence at Balmain on Monday morning. He was still, comparatively speaking, a young man, his age being only 47 years. Hickey…

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A Remarkable Life. Death of "Dr. Keatinge." the Story of His Extraordinary Career

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 3

The man who under the name of "Theodore Oswald Keatinge" was on Tuesday last sentenced to five years' penal servitude, for assaulting a little girl, died in Darlinghurst…

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Death of an Old-time Tasmanian Catholic. a Man Who Knew Father Connolly, the First Pioneer Priest

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 17

THE other day there died at Hobart one of its most respected citizens, and one of the oldest Catholics in Tasmania. We allude to the late Mr. William Burgoyne, formerly largely…

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