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Obituaries & funerals, 1893

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A Remarkable Will Case. the Late Mr. Henry Morley. Alleged Undue Influence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A remarkable will case has been brought before the courts by Mr. Arnold Morley, M.P., Postmaster-General, and his brother,…

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The S.s. Titus—death of the Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 7

The steamer Titus, at one time a frequent visitor to Sydney, has just arrived at Melbourne from Mauritius. During her voyage, on January 8, when the ship was in lat. 35deg. 29min. south, and long…

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Death of General Butler. the Celebrated American Soldier. the Origin of "Contrabands."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 29

A cablegram dated London, January 12, announced the death of Benjamin Franklin Butler, the celebrated Union Army officer in the American Civil War. Butler was in his 74th year…

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Death of Colonel Cracknell, SUPERINTENDENT N.S.W. TELEGRAPHS. (See portrait on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 20

Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Cracknell, Superintendent of N.S.W. Telegraphs and Officer commanding the partially-paid Submarine Mining Corps, died at his residence, Edgecliffe-road, early…

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Fatal Occurrence at Gladesville In a Hotel Bar. Two Men Charged with Causing the Death of the Victim. the Inquest

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 2

On Monday last the District Coroner, Mr. J. E Bowden, held an inquiry at the Gladesville Hotel, concerning the death of a man named James Reynolds, supposed to have been killed…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 7

An old resident of the colony, Mrs. Allen, whose loss will be severely felt by many friends and relations, died last week. The deceased lady, who had reached the mature age of 85…

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Mrs. Allen's Funeral

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 7

THE funeral of the late Mrs. Allen, widow of the Hon. George Allen, M.L.C., and mother of Sir George Wigram Allen, took place on Saturday morning. Prior to the…

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Death of Lord Oswald

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 20.-The death, is announced of Lord Oswald. The deceased peer, formerly well known as Mr. Rowland Winn, was the eldest son of the late…

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Death of Mr. Tom Price

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 3

Mr. Thomas E. Price, who, until a few year ago, was well known on the Sydney press, died in Sydney Hospital on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Price, a fortnight ago, returned from Brisbane…

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Death of Mr. T. E. Price

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 3

THE announcement that "Tom" Price has gone the way of all flesh will be received by all who knew him with mingled feelings of regret and surprise. Only a fortnight ago…

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Death of an Old Resident. Yass

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 5

William Myles, the oldest resident of Yass, died last night, aged 96…

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Death of a Peer. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 5

The death is announced of the Right Hon. Rowland Winn, first Baron St. Oswald, aged 72. The late peer sat for North Lincolnshire in the…

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Death of Dr. James Robertson. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 5

Dr. James Robertson died at his residence at Toorak last evening, from bronchitis and exhaustion, following upon a long illness, at the age of 71. He arrived in Victoria in 1854,…

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The Late Mrs. Allen

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 6

Mrs. Allen, of Toxteth, Glebe, Sydney, who died at her residence on Thursday afternoon, January 19, was the widow of the late Hon. Geo. Allen, M.L.C., and the mother of the late Sir Wigram…

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Death of a Centenarian. Paramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 6

Mary Roberts, who has been long an inmate of the Newihgton Asylum, died in the institution on Friday, her age being given as 105 years. The old woman had been…

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Death of Mr. Henry Driver. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Henry Driver, formerly member for Roslyn, and recently starter for the Dunedin Jockey Club…

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Death of a Snake Charmer From Snakebite

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 5

GRENFELL, Monday.--A man named West, who was training as a suakecharmer, has died from the bite of a tiger snake, which he was carrying in his shirt. At the inquest on…

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Death of a Mine Deputy. The Inquest

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 6

THE City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) conducted an inquiry at the Prince Alfred Hospital to-day into the circumstances connected with the death of Mr. G. Patterson,…

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Death of an American Minister. London, January 23

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 5

The death is announced of the Rev. Phillips Brooks, the noted American preacher, in his 58th year. The Rev. Phillips Brooks was born at…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Death of a Snake-charmer. Bitten by a Tiger Snake. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 5

An inquest was held before the coroner, Mr. Boland, at the hospital to-day, touching the death of a man named Wist, who followed the occupation of a snake-charmer. He had been to Lake Cowal,…

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