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Obituaries & funerals, 1897

1,828 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 92

Terrible Tragedy in Victoria. an Old Man's Death. Arrest of His Wife

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A terrible tragedy occurred at Kilmore on Saturday. An old man named Joseph Hurst, 60 years of ago, was found dead in his house with wounds and bruises on his…

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Death of Sir T. S. Wells

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, February 2.—The death is announced of Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, Bart, the eminent surgeon, in his 79th year. (The late Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, Bart, M.D…

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Obituary. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 7

The death is announced of Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, Bart. Sir Thomas Spencer Wells was born in 1818. He studied medicine at Dublin and at St. Thomas's…

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Death of an Eminent Surgeon. Sir Thomas Spencer Wells

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The death is announced of Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, the eminent, surgeon, In his 79th year. The late Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, Bart., M.D.,…

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Death of a Sailmaker

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 5

PORT DOUGLAS, Wednesday.--James Richards, or Collins, a sailmaker was drowned last night. Since coming out of the hospital a month ago he has been drinking heavily, and on the…

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Death of a French Woolbuyer

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 5

The death occurred somewhat suddenly yesterday of M. Paul Couvreur, a well-known French woolbuyer, at the residence of Madam Boivin, at Chambly, Ferry-road,…

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Obituary. Yass

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 7

Miss Mary English, for 40 years a resident of Yass, died last night, aged 91. A man named Dresser has been discovered in West Australia. He is…

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Liverpool Items. Death of Mrs. Donnan

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 5

LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—Mrs. Donnan, a very old and highly respected resident, died at her residence last night, at the age of 62, during a fit of vomiting, her death evidently being accelerated by…

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Death of the Duchess De Montpensier

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 6

LONDON, February 4,—The death is announced of the Duchess de Montpensier, widow of the Due de Montpensier, fifth son of King Louis Phillippe…

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General Cable News. Death of the Duchess Montpensier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The death is announced of the Duchess Montpensler, of the Royal House of France…

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Obituary. the Duchess De Montpensier. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 5

The death is announced of the Duchess do Montpensier, widow of the Due de Montpensier, fifth son of King Louis Philippe…

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The Late Mr. Tarleton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Tarleton, of Killeigh Abbey, Tulelamore, a prominent member of the Ormonde and King's Country Hunt Club, died on December 18, at the age of 63 years. The deceased was…

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Death of a Great Redemptorist

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 7

Rev. George Beranek, one of the oldest priests of the Redemptorist Congregation in the United States, died at Baltimore on the 1st of December. He was born in Austria on April 23rd, 1806, and…

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Death of the Bishop of Kildare

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 2

The patriarch of the Irish Hierarchy, the Most Rev. Dr. James Lynch, the venerable Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, died at his episcopal residence…

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Ermington. Death of Mrs. W. Atkins

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 2

After some eleven years of suffering, Mrs. Emma Atkins, the wife of Mr. William Atkins—a much respected Ermington resident—passed peacefully away on Saturday last. Mrs…

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Death of Miss Martin. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 6

Miss Martin, sister of Mr. Geo. Martin, P.M., of Wagga Wagga, and the late Sir Jas. Martin, died at her residence last evening…

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Death of Mrs. Andrew Tierney, of Morpeth

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 16

IT is with feelings of extreme regret (writes our Morpeth correspondent) that I have to record the death of Mrs. Andrew Tierney, which sad event took place early on Sunday morning, 24th January…

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OBITUARY Mr. Edward Frederick Drlnkwater

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 3

The death ojjf this gentleman, at the age of 76, removes another okd Parramatta identity from our midst. Up till…

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Scalded to Death Peculiar Death of a Child

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. A. Maling, of Sorrell street, Parramatta, lost their only child, Edward, aged 14 months, on Sunday morning last, under very and and peculiar circumstances…

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Obituary. the Late Sir Patrick Maxwell

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 10

We quote the following from the W.A. "Record" of January 23:—"We regret to have to record in our present issue the death of Sir Patrick Maxwell, 'the father…

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