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Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Death of Sir Jr. W. Bazalgette. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 7

Sir Joseph William Bazalgatte, Knt., C.B., has died after a prolonged illness. [Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, C. B., who held the office of chief engineer to the Metropolitan Board of…

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The Death of Mr. Marsh. Late S.M. Tributes to his Memory

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

IN the charge division of the Water Police Court yesterday Mr. Vardy, solicitor, very feelingly referred to the death of Mr. J. M. Marsh, late stipendiary magistrate, which…

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Death of Prince Napoleon

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 18.—The death is announced of Prince Napoleon, cousin to the late Emperor of the French. [Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Prince…

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General Cable News. Death of Prince Napoleon

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The death is announced at Rome of Prince Napoleon, cousin to the Emperor Napoleon III. and head of the house of Bonaparte, in his 69th year…

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Death of Mr. James Fletcher, M.l.a

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Melbourne was received in town this morning by Mr. J. M. Sweet, stating that Mr. James Fletcher, M.L.A. for Newcastle, died in Melbourne this…

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Death of Mr J. Fletcher, M.L.A. an Ex-minister

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. James Fletcher, M.L.A. for Newcastle, who had been staying at Tasmania for some time past for the good of his health, returned to Melbourne on his way to Sydney, and died there this…

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The Late Mr. James Fletcher, M.L.A. His Last Illness. Sketch of His Career. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 6

Mr. James Fletcher, member for Newcastle, New South Wales, died suddenly and unexpectedly early this morning. He had been in Melbourne a few weeks, and…

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Death of Prince Napoleon. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 7

Prince Napoleon, cousin of the late Emperor Napoleon the Third, died last night in Rome. The late Prince Napoleon was burn at Trieste in…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 7

James Basson Humffray, who arrived in Collingwood in 1853, has died, aged 61. His public career began at Ballarat during the troublous times which culminated in the Eureka stockade in 1854, he…

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Death of a Clerk

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 4

Shortly before 10 o'ciock yesterday morning a clerk in the employ of the Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Company, named James Molloy, was found dead in the company's office in…

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Death of Mr. Proudfoot

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 6

FURTHER particulars concerning the sad and sudden death of Mr. David Proudfoot show that the great railway contractor, who was a man of colossal energy, had…

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Death of Mr. David Proudfoot

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

Mr. David Proudfoot, the railway contractor, died suddenly shortly before 9 o'clock this morning: at St. Hilda private hospital, Woollownooloo. The deceased was…

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The Late Mr. Fletcher. M.L.A. Newcastle Mourns his Death. Removal of Remains. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 6

Mrs. Ninian Melville, in opening a bazaar in aid of the Burwood Primitive Methodist Pasonage Fund at Merewether Mechanics' Institute, referred in most sympathetic…

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Death of Mr. James Fletcher, M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 4

Mr. James Fletcher, one of the representatives for Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly, died yesterday morning at Parer's Cafe, Bourke-street, Melbourne. His death was…

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Death of MrJ. Fletcher, M.L.A. an Ex-minister

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

Mr.James Fletcher, M.L.A. for Newcastle, who had been Staying at Tasmania for some time past for the good of his health, returned to Melbourne on his way to Sydney, and died there…

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Death of Mr. James Fletcher, M.l.a. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. James Fletcher, M.L.A, of Sydney, died suddenly in Melbourne early this morning. He had been travelling in Tasmania for the benefit of his health, and recently returned to…

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The Late Mr. Fletcher

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 4

According to the arrangements which have been made for the interment of the remains of the late Mr. James Fletcher, M.P., the body was to leave Melbourne by last evening's…

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The Late Mr. David Proudfoot

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. David Proudfoot leave his late residence, 109, Phillip-street, city, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, for the Waverley Cemetery…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 12

LONDON, Marah 14.—The death ia announced of Dr. Ludwig Windthorst, the Ultramontane leader in Germany, who was one of Prince Bismarck's most powerful…

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