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Obituaries & funerals, 1894

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 93

The Kiama Boating Fatality. Inquest and Funeral. (See illustration on page 21.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 13

KIAMA, December 28— A diligent search was maintained during the whole of Tuesday night between Point Bass and Gerringong for the bodies of Captain Honey, Mrs. Honey, and Henry…

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Death of Mr G.B. Rowley. Killed by an Accident. A Sad Event

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

To say that the news of the death of Mr. G. B. Rowley, Secretary of the Rosehill Racecourse Company, which occurred on Monday morning caused the deepest, regret and…

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Death of a Duchess. LONDON

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1894 · page 5

The death of the Duchess of Argyle, aged 51, is announced. The lata Duchess Was the Duke's second wife. She was the eldest daughter of the late Bishop of St…

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Sudden Death of a Married Woman

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1894 · page 5

ON Friday a married woman named Elizabeth Annie Neville, the wife of Thomas Neville., dentist, of S6, Darlinghurst-road, died under somewhat peculiar circumstances,…

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Sporting News. (Conducted by "Quiz.") the Turf. Death of G. B. ROWLEY. Tattersall's Cup

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1894 · page 6

Why not Abolish Selling Races?—Answers to Correspondents—Sporting Gossip—And Other Items…

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Shocking Accident at Rockdale. a Father causes the death of his child. Accidentally cutsits head nearly off with an aze

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1894 · page 5

A SHOCKING accident which resulted in the death of a little girl named Margaret Johanna Walz occurred at Rockdale yesterday at about noon. From what we can…

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Mangled by a Train. Shocking Death of a Woman

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.— An old woman named Mary Ryan met with a shocking death at Sandringham on Saturday evening. She had been gathering periwinkles, and was returning home,…

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Death of an Ex- Detective

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 6

To-morrow afternoon in the cemetery at Rookwood will be laid under the ground the mortal remains of ex- Detective Richard Elliott, who has passed away after 66 years…

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Shocking Death of a Child. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 5

A little child, the daughter of the Rev. R. Noake, the incumbent, was so dreadfully injured through her clothos catching fire yesterday morning that she expired in a few hours. The accident is supposed to…

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Death of a Maori Chieftainess. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 5

The famous Maori Chieftainess, Huriata Hongi, wife of Hone Heke, who urged the first Maori war against the Europeans, is dead AUCKLAND, MONDAY…

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Franco- English Fight. The French at Fault. France to Make Reparation. Death of the French. Commander. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 5

A later report of the mistaken engagement between French and British troops at Sierra Leone show that the attack was made by the French…

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Death of a Missionary Bishop

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 9.— The death is announced of the Right Rev. Joseph Sidney Hill, missionary Bishop of the Niger region, Central Africa. Mrs. Hill, his wife, is also…

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General Cable News. Death of a Bishop

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--News has been received of the death of the Right Rev. Joseph Sidney Hill, Bishop of the Niger Region, West Africa. The deceased…

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Death of a Missionary Bishop. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 7

The death is announced of the Right Rev. Joseph Sidney Hill, Missionary Bishop of the Niger region, in Central Africa. Mrs. Hill, his wife, is also dead…

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Cycling Notes. the Late H. H. LAMBTON. The Funeral Arrangements. the New Zealand Cyclists and the Customs Fine. Victorian Notes. the Cyclists' Union

Referee · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 3

SYDNEY BICYCLE CLUB.—The Sydney Club have two fixtures coming on now, the first a concert to be held at their rooms on Friday, January 19, and the other the annual pic[?]…

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Death of a Veteran Gaoler

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

BATHURST, Wednesday.--Mr. Alexander Forbes died suddenly yesterday at the age of 67, after an illness of a few hours. Mr. Forbes was formerly governor of the old…

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Sensational Occurrence in Court. Death of a Prisoner--suspected Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

NYNGAN, Wednesday.--A sensational termination was given to a case at the Nymagee Police Court to-day. A man named Halliday was charged with wounding…

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A Collapse in Court Peculiar Death of a Prisoner. NYNGAN

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

Some excitement was occasioned hero yesterday at the Nymagee Police Court when a man named Halliday, who was charged with wounding Reuben Randolph with…

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A Police Court Sensation. Sudden Death of a Prisoner. Suicide Supposed

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

NYMAGEE, Thursday.— Robert Halliday, a leading storekeeper of this town, was brought up yesterday morning before the bench of local magistrates charged with shooting at one Reuben R…

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Death of Mrs. Thackeray

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 11.— The death is announced at a very advanced age of Mrs. Thackeray, the widow of William Make-peace Thackeray, the novelist…

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