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Obituaries & funerals, 1895

1,863 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 94

Powder Explosion. Result of an Experiment. Three Men Blown Up. Death of One of the Injured

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 6

PERTH (W.A.), February 8.-A shocking accident, resulting from an experiment happened at Fremantle on Thursday. A new explosive substance named " Tipo,"…

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The Turf. Racing Reflections. Abercorn and Carbine. The Newmarket Handicap. The Australian Cup. Seaton Delaval. Warwick Farm Races. Kensington. A Snag Team. Autonomy. Death of Nellie

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1895 · page 6

OF course we are all very sorry that Carbine it going away from Australia, but many are equally sorry that be was not kept for auction, because i am certain the great…

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Death of Professor Poole

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5
Also in Evening News

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The death is announced of Professor Reginald Stuart Poole, LL.D., Cantab, the famous antiquarian, aged 63…

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Death of Mr. J. Kendall

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

Milton, February 9.-Mr. John Kendall, J.P., one of the oldest residents of the colony, died at Kendall Vale on Friday. He arrived in Australia from New…

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The Late Mrs. Hickey. Claiming Her Clothes

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 6

TEMORA, February 12.-At the police court on Monday the case in which the husband of the late Johanna Hickey (in connection with whose death "Mrs. Dr…

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Death of Mrs. Booth

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 3

The death occurred recently of Mrs. Sarah Booth, widow of the late Mr. James Booth, Staff-surgeon in the Royal Navy. Mrs. Booth, whose demise took place at…

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Death of the Rev. N. E. Patterson. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

The Rev. N. E. Patterson, who met with an accident a fortnight ago at Maffra, succumbed to his injuries this morning…

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Death of a Clergyman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

COOMA, Wednesday.--The remains of the late Rev. N. E. Patterson, Presbyterian minister, were buried this afternoon. A fortnight, last Sunday Mr. Patterson was…

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Mysterious Death of Two Women. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 5

The inquiry concerning the death of the two women, Jane and Jessie Perkins, at South Melbourne, was continued to-day, when, as far as possible, all doubts as to the cause of death in both…

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Death of Mr. J. Frape. Millthorpe

The Australian Star · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2

Mr. John Frape, jun., a well-known and highly-respected resident of the Millishorpe district, died on Monday last, and was interred at Guyong on…

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Death of the Crown Prince of Siam. a Serious Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 6

The death of the Crown Prince of Siam (says the Times of 7th January) irflicts a terribel blow both upon his family and his country. All the best hopes of the future of Siam were centred in him. His…

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Death of an Irish Millionaire

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 6

The DAILY CHRONICLE says:— Senator Fair, of Nevada, the great "Bonanza" Mining King, died on Saturday at the City of the Golden Gate. The story of his life and the life of his three companions,…

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Death of John Fitzgerald. Ex-president of the Irish National League

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 7

The IRISH WORLD, Jan. 5, reports:— John Fitzgerald, ex-president of the Irish. National League of America, died at his suburban home, near Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30. He was nearly…

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Poverty and Despair. a Double Suicide. Death of a Mother and Daughter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 16

MELBOURNE, February 6.—This morning a shocking discovery was made in a cottage at South Melbourne. Mrs. Perkins, an aged woman, and her unmarried…

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Death of Ex-judge Trench. an Old Victorian Colonist. One of the Young Ireland Party

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 16

MR. R. Le Poer Trench, late County Court judge, died at his residence, Creswick-road, at a late hour last night (writes the Ballarat correspondent of Saturday's Molbourne AGE), after a lingering…

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Canada. the Late Sir J. Thompson. State Funeral at Halifax. Splendid Honours for a Catholic Statesman

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 7

Fully twenty thousand people visited the Parliament House at Halifax on December 2, where the remains of the late Canadian Premier where lying in state. The floral offerings, which has been sent…

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A Fireman's Funeral

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1895 · page 4
Also in Truth

The death of Fireman William M'Knight, chief engineer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, took place yesterday morning, being the result of a cold caught whilst…

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A Fireman's Funeral

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 3

The funeral of the late Fireman William M'Knight. of the M.F.B., who died on Saturday last, took place yesterday after­noon, and was one of the most imposing…

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