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Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of Prince Henry of Battenburg

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5
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LONDON, Wednesday.--The "Standard" announces the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg, the husband of Princess Beatrice, who contracted…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Death of an Infant

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 6

The City Coroner yesterday concluded the inquest on the body of the child who on the 14th instant was found dead in bed' with its mother, a girl of 14 years, at the Home of…

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A Mother at Fourteen. Death of a Child

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 6

An inquest was continued at the Home of Hope this afternoon on the body of a child named Harry Clifford, who died in the institution on January 14…

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Personal. Death of the Rev. J. C. Pepper, B.a

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5

The Rev. J. C. Pepper, B.A., died at Mil- dura on Tuesday from an attack of typhoid. Mr. Pepper was best known in this colony, as it was in Camden College, under the…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Death of Prince Henry of Battenberg. London, Jan. 22, 12.50 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5

The Standard has just received a telegraphic despatch announcing that Prince Henry of Battenberg, who contracted fever while accompanying the British expedition…

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Latest Cables. General Cables. The Transvaal Trouble. Release of Prisoners. Patriotic Displays in Canada-- The Ashantee Expedition -- England's Foreign Relations-- Speech by Mr. Chamberlain-- The Venezuela Dispute-- Nicaragua Ship Canal -- Death of Prince Henry of Battenberg

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5

The following cables arrived after yesterday's last edition had gone to press:-- London, January 21. THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE…

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Death of Bishop Luck. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

Dr. Luck, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, died to-day from a long-standing affection of the heart. AUCKLAND, Thursday…

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Death of Prince Henry of Battenberg. January 22

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

Farther particulars concerning the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg on board ship off Sierra Leone on January 20 show that he was proceeding to Madeira; when…

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Latest Cables. General Cables. The Transvaal Trouble. The Alleged Plot. Death of Prince Henry of Battenberg -- The Queen Prostrated -- The Ger[?] [?]man Navy -- The Venezuela Frontier -- The British Army -- Extension of the Russian Navy -- The Ashantee Expedition

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

The following cables arrived after yesterday's last edition had gone to press: -- London, January 22. THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE…

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The Late Mrs. Carruthers

The Methodist · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

We have to chronicle the very sad fact of the decease of the estimable wife of our President, the Rev. J. E. Carruthers. The lady had gone for a holiday to Narellan,…

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The Late Mr. George Loughnan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 16

MR. G. C. Loughnan, ex-M.P., who died from the effects or the hot weather at Warraweena, near Bourke, on Saturday, was born in 1842, and was educated at Stonyhurst. In the prime of robust…

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The Late Mr. W. Inglis

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 181

As we announced in our last issue, Mr. William Inglis, J.P., the well-known auctioneer, died on Sunday evening, the 12th, at his residence, Leichhardt. Mr. Inghs was regarded as an old identity,…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

The sudden death of Miss L. Flood, third daughter of Mr. P. Flood, of Church and Campbell street, Parramatta South, occasioned a profound sensation among the young lady's…

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Death of Prince Henry

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

The body of Prince Henry of Battenberg, who died on January 20 at Sierra Leone, is expected to arrive in England on February 7. The remains will be accorded a military…

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Death of Father Davoren

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 15

THE Diocese of Wilcannia has lost one of its most devoted and most cultured priests in the death of Father P. R. Davoren. The deceased priest was in charge of St. John's, Wilcannia, and had also four…

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Death of Task Mahomet

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 16

PERTH (W.A.), Jan. 16— News reached the police yesterday from Coolgardie that an Afghan merchant and camel owner named Tagh Mahomet had been shot dead in a small mosque on Friday…

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Scotland. a Picturesque Catholic Funeral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

The death is announced of Mr. Colin Chisholm, which took place on Friday, December 6, at Namur Cottage, Inverness. Having been born in the Spring of 1806, he had well entered into his 90th…

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Death of a Bank Manager

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. John Young, general manager of the London Bank of Australia, died to-day at Ills residence, Dunlace, Balaclava. He had a paralytic…

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Death of Mr. John Conley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 16

THE extreme heat and severity of the season has been responsible for many deaths, including that of Mr. John Conley, of the Yanda Creek Hotel. The Gobar HERALD states that on Tuesday of last week…

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