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Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of the Old Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

It has always been a time honoured custom to see the old year "out" and the now one "in," and last night it was observed as religiously as ever. The great masses of people who had paraded…

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Death of Mrs. Stirling. a Famous Actress

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, December 31.—The death is announced of Mrs. Stirling1, the accomplished actress, at the age of 79. [The deceased lady, who had been an…

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Death of an Actress. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

The death is announced of Mrs. Sterling, the actress. The late Mrs. Sterling was famous in the old Haymarket days under Buckstone. She was also…

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Death of Mrs. Stirling a Famous Actress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday,--The death is announced of Mrs. Stirling, the accomplished actress at the age of 79. Mrs. Stirling was the daughter of…

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Death of an Old Policeman. Hero of Bushranging Days

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

ADELONG, Wednesday.—Senior-sergeant Casein, of the police, died last night from congestion of the lungs. Deceased was 62 years of age, and had been in the police force for many years, and…

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Death of a Woman in the City Night Refuge. a Verdict of Manslaughter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 7

An inquest was held in the South Sydney Morgue yesterday upon the body of Annie Howard, who was found dead in a bed in the City Night Refuge at 6 o'clock on Monday morning…

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The Suspicious Death of a Woman. Inquest at the South Sydney Morgue. the Husband Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 3

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest to determine the cause of the death of the woman Annie Howard, who was found dead in bed at the Female Refuge, in Sussex-street,…

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General Cables. The Transvaal Trouble. The Sculling Championship. The Turkish Crisis-- The Ashantee Difficulty-- France and Brazil-- Death of an Actress-- Mining

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

The following cables arrived after yesterday's last edition had gone to press:-- London, December 31…

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The Death of Daniel Neal. Inquest at Ourimbah

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 2

GOSFORD, Thursday.—An inquest touching the death of the man Daniel Neal, who died on Sunday last, after a fight with a man named James Moran, was held at Ourimbah on…

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A Policeman's Funeral

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

ADELONG, Friday.—Senior-sergeant Cassin's funeral yesterday was largely attended. The pall bearers were four troopers…

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Death of Forbes Residents

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 6

FORBES, Friday.—Mrs. Hibberson and Mr. Arthur Low, two well-known residents, died here last night…

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Strange Death of a Widow

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—At her residence in Powlett-street, East Melbourne, on Wednesday, a widow name Catherine Carry, 50 years of age, died under circumstances which have led…

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Strange Death of a Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The death of a Mrs. Catherine Currie, of Powlett-street, East Melbourne, who had been under treatment for an internal complaint, by a…

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Death of a Sham Pauper. £600 in Legacies

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 3

Denis Hallane, one of the two men admitted for treatment to Sydney Hospital a few days ago in the last stages of destitution, but who upon being searched was found to have a considerable…

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Shocking Death of a Doctor. Burned in a Bush Fire

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

Dr. Heale, who has been in practice in Gisborne since 1891, has met his death in a shocking manner, (reports the "New Zealand Herald" of December 21). He left town on Tuesday afternoon…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Death of a Woman Under Suspicious Circumstances. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

Catherine Curry, a widow, 50 years of age, who resided at Murchison, died yesterday at Powlett-street, Last Melbourne, under circumstances which have led to an investigation by the…

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The Late Mrs. John Meagher, of Bathurst

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 18

THE Month's Mind for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. John Meagher was celebrated in SS Michael and John's Cathedral. The Solemn Office and Pontifical Requiem High Mass was assisted at…

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Obituary

The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 22
Also in Freeman's Journal

IT is our painful duty to announce the death of Mrs. Arthur Storrier, late of Crookwell. The sad event took place at Goulburn, where she recently underwent a critical operation…

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A Touching Funeral

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 3

Much sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Clark,of Park-street, has been expressed in Rookwood, on the occasion of the loss of their fifteen-months'-old daughter,…

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