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Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 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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A Military Funeral

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

Members of the Permanent and Volunteer Military Forces, who have business with the clerical staff at Dawes Point, will learn with regret that Mr. J. W. Kavanagh, late staff clerk, died at…

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A Masonic Funeral

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 2

A WELL-known figure in this district, Mr. William Mathews, passed to his long rest on Sunday last, after a lingering illness of about twelve months' duration. For some years Mr…

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Death of a Journalist

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

YOUNG, Friday. -- Mr. Benjamin John Bennett, proprietor and editor of the Burrangong Argus, died at 1 o'clock this morning of consumption. He was just 60 years of age and…

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Death of a Comedian

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 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 Old Catholic Colonists

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 15

MR. Maurice Harnett, of Rosebrook, in the Cooma district, died after a brief illness last Saturday night, aged 58 years. He was interred in a private cemetery at Rosebrook on Monday. The Very…

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Death of Mr. B. J. Bennett

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 6

Young, Friday. Quite a gloom was cast over the town this morning when it was announced that Mr. B. J. Bennett, proprietor of the BURRANGONG ARGUS, died about half past 12 p'clock…

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Death of the Goulburn Cathedral Organist

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 17

MANY of our readers will, we are sure, receive with great regret the news of the death of Mr. J. M. Glynn, organist of Sts. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, Goulburn. Mr. Glynn had been organist at…

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Death of an Irish Artist in Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

MR. George Frederick Folingsby, director of the Victorian National Gallery, died on Sunday in Dr. Fitzgerald's hospital, Melbourne, whither he had been removed to undergo on operation for…

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Death of the Rev. Brother John Patrick Corbett

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 17

THIS week (says the Melbourne ADVOCATE) we regret to have to record the death of an esteemed and venerated Christian Brother, the Rev. Brother John Patrick Corbett, who, fortified by…

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Death of Mr. William Kinglake. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 72

The death is announced of Mr. Alexander William Kinglake, author of the "Invasion of the Crimea." JAN. 5…

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Death of a French Naval Chaplain at Hobart

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 15

THE death of L'Abbe Marie Louis Cullieret, in Hobart, on Christmas Day (says the CATHOLIC STANDARD), cast a gloom over the city and neighbourhood. As chaplain on board the French…

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Death of the Chaplain of the Dubordieu. Priest and Scientist

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 7

The death of L'Abbe Marie Louie Cullietet, in Bobart, on Christmas Day (says a Hobart paper) cast a gloom over the city and neighborhood. As chaplain on board the French…

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Death of a Doctor in Goulburn. the Effects of Christmas Cake

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 17

A gloom has been cast over Goulburn by the death of Dr. Gentle. He complained of feeling unwell on Monday week, attributing it to his having eaten some Christmas cake, but not until…

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Death of a Journalist. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 9

Mr. B. J. Bennett, proprietor of the Burrangong Argus, a resident here for 30 years, died last night. [It appears that Mr. Bennett came to Sydney recently for medical advice, and, at the suggestion of his…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 6

CANONWINDRA, Monday.--The wife of Mr. Robert Rice, of Glastonbury, an old resident of Carcoar, died on Friday, after some weeks' illness…

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Inquests. Death of an Ex-bank Manager From Poison

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

Yesterday morning an inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue relative to the death of George Mackinson M'Dougall, who was found dead in his bed at the Colonade Hotel,…

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Death of the Hon. William Bates. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

The Hon. William Bates died suddenly this morning at his residence, Uxbridge House, Nicholson-street, of heart disease. His age was 63, He arrived in Viotoria about 1852, and entered upon…

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Obituary

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Wednesday.-- Mrs. Patter, son, the wife of a miner at Bear Hill, died yesterday in the hospital from typhoid fever…

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Death of Baron Haussmann

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON Monday Night.--The death is announced of Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann, the French administrator and senator, whose name is so intimately identified with…

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