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Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Death of a Cricketer. London, January 5

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. David Hunter, the well-known Yorkshire cricketer…

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Masonic Funeral

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 5

The funeral of Mr. Win. Mathews, of Auburn, took place on Tuesday afternoon at the cemetery, Rookwood. The deceased gentleman retired from the service of the Department of Public…

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Death of Mrs. Lutwyche

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Mrs. Lutwyche, wife of the late Justice Lutwyche, died yesternight. Earl of Jersey to be banqueted in…

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The Leeds Disaster. Death of Nine of the Girls

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Fatal results are following the injuries received by the young girls who were severely burned at Leeds last Friday through their clothes catching fire…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 5

Mr. Maurice, Harnett, of Rosebrook, died after a brief illness last Saturday night, aged 58 years. He was interred in a private [?] at Rosebrook yesterday. The Very Rev. Doan Slattery [?]. There…

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The Remains of the Late Mr. Kinglake. the Historian's Body Cremated. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 5

The remains of the late Alexander William Kinglake, the historian, have been cremated…

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The Late Mr. Folingsby

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 5

Referring to Mr. G. Folingsby, director of the Victorian Art Gallery, who died in Melbourne on Monday, the Daily Telegraph soys he was an enthusiast in art, and prior to settling…

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Death of Captain Drysdale

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Captain Adam Drysdale, commodore of the T.S.N. Co.'s fleet died to-day, aged 60. He was widely known and respected throughout…

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Shocking Death of a Child

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 6

MILTON, Thursday.—A serious accident occurred here on Wednesday, resulting in the death of a fine child, named Jessie Garrad, aged about 6 years. Her clothes caught in the connecting…

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Death of Captain Le Blancq. The Sydney Vessel Buster. Put into Gibraltar

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 5

MR. J. J. WILLIAMS, shipowner, received a cable from Mr. Shaw, chief officer of the three-masted schooner Buster this morning, stating that the vessel had…

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The Irish Chimney Corner, True Tales and Sketches of Life and Character. [Copyright.] No.xviii. Death of Thomas Davis, and Commencement of Destructive Famine in Ireland

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 3

Thomas Davis died in September, 1845, full of sad foreboding despondency, as he witnessed the gradual disintegration and discomfiture of that repeal movement…

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The Late Mrs. Marsden

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

NOWRA, Friday.--The funeral of Mrs. Marsden (nee Miss Rose Mary Patterson) who died in Sydney last Saturday, took place in Nowra yesterday, and was very…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

YOUNG, Friday.--Mr. B. J. Bennett, editor of the Burrangong ARGUS and a very old resident, died here to-day. Much regret is expressed, as he was widely known in the…

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Death of a Shipmaster

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 4

Mr. John Williams, the well-known shipowner of this city, yesterday received a cable announcing the arrival of the barqaentine Buster at Gibraltar in charge of the chief…

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Death of a Comedian

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.--John Musgrave, comedian, well-known throughout Australia and New Zealand, died yesternight in the Melbourne Hospital, at the age of 59. An…

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Death of a Well-known Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Captain Adams Drysdale, who for 15 years has been in the service of the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company, and was one of its most talented officers,…

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Death of Mr. Clifford Lloyd. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Clifford Lloyd, Acting-Governor of Mauritius…

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Death of Captain Drysdale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

Captain Adam Drysdale, who had been about 17 years in the T. S. N. Company's service, died this morning, at his residence at South Melbourne. His last command was the Flinders. His age was about…

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The Oldest Commander. In the Cunard Service. Death of Captain Murphy

The Australian Star · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 3

THE New York HERALD of October 28 contains the following account in connection with the death of Captain Murphy, of the the Cunard steamer Gallia, and father of…

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The Late Mrs. Marsden

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

NOWRA, Friday.--The funeral of Mrs. Marsdeu (nee Miss Rose Mary Patterson) who died in Sydney last Saturday, took place, in Nowra yesterday, and was very…

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