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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

2,144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 108

Country News. Death of a Popular Townsman. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 5

Dr. Charles Hedley, resident Government medical officer and senior medical officer for the Gra[?]ton Hospital, died on Saturday, aged 41, after a long illness. Deceased was an excellent citizen. He took…

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A Cyclist's Funeral

Evening News · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 4

GOULBURN, Wednesday.—The funeral of the cyclist James Somerville, of Yarra, who fell on Thursday evening last in the bicycle races on the Sydney, Cricket Ground, while racing under the…

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Death of a M.p

Evening News · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 4

LONDON, January: 24, 3.30 p.m—The death is announced of Mr. John Goundry Holburn, M.P. for the North-West Division of Lanarkshire…

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Death of Mr. W. Fowles

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 5

The funeral took place yesterday at Rookwood Cemetery of Mr. W. Fowles, one of the masters of the Ashfield Public School, at the early age of 34 years. Deceased had been…

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Death of a Cyclist. the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 8

The inquest was yesterday resumed on the hotly, of James Somerville, the Goulburn cyclist, who was fatally injured whilst riding in a race at the electric light cycling carnival at the Sydney…

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The Death of Mr. John Hunns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

Mr. John Hunns, aged 40, a well-known and much respected resident of Prospect, as reported in last Saturday's ARGUS, died on Friday from pneumonia, with which he…

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A Military Funeral Suspended. a Peculiar Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 7

An ex-warrant officer of the Permanent Artillery, named George Lc Beau, who retired some three years ago on pension owing to ill-health, died in the Sydney Hospital on Sunday. Deceased, who had suffered for…

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Military Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 6

The funeral of the late Master-gunner and ex-Warrant Officer George Le Beau took place yesterday afternoon. The brigade division of Field Artillery ("A" battery) furnished the gun carriage…

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Death of the Rev. Warren Henry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 4

The Rev. E. J. Rodd, Wesleyan pastor at Burwood, has just received a letter from Fenter, Jefferson county, Colorado, announcing the death in that town on December 4 last of the Rev…

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The House of Commons. Death of Mr. Holburn

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The dentil is announced of Mr. John Coundry Holburn, Radical member for the North-west Division of Lanarkshire…

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Obituary. Earl Poulett. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 5

The death is announced of Earl Poulett, at the age of 72 years. Viscount Hinton, a London organgrinder, claims the title,…

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Military Funeral

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 3

The remains of Mr. George Le Beau, ex-warrant officer and master gunner of the Field Artillery, were interred on Wednesday at Rook-wood with military honors. The brigade division…

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The Late Mr. T. J. Nankivell

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 4

The death of Mr. T. J. Nankivell. at Kensington-road, South Yarra, on Friday last, is announced by the "Argus." By the decease of Mr. Nankivell, it is said "there has been removed…

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The Late Mr. Richard Craven

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 203

Few men were better known or respected iu Northern Queensland, where he resided for upward of a quarter or a century, than the late Mr. Richard Craven, who died at his residence, Preston,…

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Death of Thomas Kenny, Goulburn

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 18

A GOULBURN correspondent, 19th instant, writes:—Mr, Thomas Kenny died in the Goulburn Hospital on Sunday evening after a brief illness of about six days. He was taken ill on Monday and removed…

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Death of an Old Penrith Resident

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 20

JUST before the late Mr. John Price died (says the Nepean Times) he stated that he was one of five of the oldest town Residents, i.e., those who had been living in the town of Penrith continuously. These…

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Death of Mr. R. P. Swineford

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 9
Also in The Australian Star

Chemists and druggists will learn with regret the death of Mr. Robert Park Swineford, that well-known American representative, which took place on Monday morning. Mr. Swineford with his…

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Death of Mr. T. O'connor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 6

The death occurred recently at Lynn, Massachussets, of Mr. Thomas O'Connor, in the 75th year of his age. Mr. O'Connor, who was born at Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland, was the brother of Very…

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Death of a Sister of St. Joseph

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 18

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—The death of Sister Mary Agnes (Leslie), of the Sacred Heart Convent, North Goulburn, briefly recorded in your last issue, though expected, came as a shock to those who had…

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