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Obituaries & funerals, 1896

2,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 112

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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Death of an Old Pymble Resident

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

THE death is announced of Mr. Michael Connelly, a much-respected resident of Pymble, after a comparatively short illness. Though ailing for a few days, no one thought the end was so near. He got…

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Death of Mr. J. J. Hinchy

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 168

Throughout the Civil Service, and in musical circles, the news of the death of Mr. J. J. Hinchy will be received with regret. The sad event took place on Tuesday afternoon at his…

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Death of a Sister of Mercy

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

AT the Convent of Mercy, Bathurst, last week, there passed away Sister Mary Augustine, a daughter of Lieutenant Small, who is well known, in New South Wales and Tasmania. The deceased…

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Death of the Bishop of Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday.--Dr. Luck, Roman Catholic Bishop ot Auckland, died of heart disease to-day. He will be hurled to-morrow. Bishop Grimes, of Christchurch, is…

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Death of Mr. James Lanfranche, Bathurst

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

MR. James Lanfranche, of Bathurst, met his death under distressing circumstances. Early in the afternoon of Wednesday last week, Mr. Lanfranche, who was then in the best of health and strength,…

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Death of the Protestant Primate of Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 20

THE death is announced, under date Jan. 13, of the Most Rev. Robert Samuel Gregg, D.D., Protestant Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland Dr. Gregg was a younger son of the Right Rev. Dr…

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Pennant Hills. Death of Mr. Henry Thompson

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 8

On Tuesday no little sen[?]ation was caused in our midst by the arrival of the news of the death, at Berowra, of Mr. Henry Thompson, a very old resident of this district, and brother…

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Obituary a Victim to Typhoid

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 8

Miss Laura Jersie Flood, aged 20, a daughter of Mr. Peter Flood, contractor, died from typhoid at her parents…

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The Late Prince Henry of Battenberg. [?]Military Funeral

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 24.—The body of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg will arrive in England on February 7, and will be accorded a military funeral…

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General Cables. The Wool Sales. Death of Prince Henry. Carnage and Trenton -- Commercial News

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

The following cables came to hand last night after our last edition had gone to press: -- London, January 23…

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The Late Prince Henry of Battenberg. to Be Accorded a Military Funeral. Condolence From Canada

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The body of Prince Henry of Battenberg will arrive in England on February 7, and will be accorded a military funeral…

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Heat in the Country. Further Deaths. Death of Mr. G. C. Tomson. Exodus of Residents by Trains. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 174

The last two days have been terribly hot and oppressive, and in some instances the surface labourers on the mines had to cease work. Yesterday beat the record, with 113½. The…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Late Prince Henry of Battenberg. the Body En Route to England. a Military Funeral Arranged. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 9

The body of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg, who died off the coast of Sierra Leone from the effects of fever, will arrive in England on the 7th…

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The Late Mr. G. C. Tompson

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 3

Among the victims to the heat-wave that has proved to disastrously fatal to many residents in the interior, we regret to find the name of Mr G. C. Tompson. Chairman…

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The Death of Mrs. Hassall

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 5

AMONG the victims of the heat plague is Mrs. Margaret Hassall, of Ashley Hotel Moree district wife of Mr. T. H. Hasail member for the Gwyder, and once whip of…

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Would Like to White His Obituary

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. W. S. Gilbert, the dramatic another was the defendant in a recent action for libel. The plaintiff was Anna, Comtesse de Bremont, widow of a New York physician, and now…

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Death of Mr. J. J. Hinchy. a Noted Tenor of Sydney

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 5

SYDNEY loses one of its sweetest tenor singers in the regretable death of Mr James Joseph Hinchy, accountant at the Treasury. Mr Hichy's voice has been appreciated for…

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Death of Lord Leighton

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 26.—The death is announced of Lord Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, in his 66th year. Lord Leighton, Who had been in failing…

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Death of a Child

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 5

A male child named Wilde, 3 months old, registered under the Children's Protection Act, and which had been in charge of a Mrs. Knight at Galston, near Hornsby, died there on Saturday…

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