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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1882

26 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2

Death of Archbishop M'hale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1882 · page 4

ON November 7 Archbishop M'Hale, who for half-a-century was a great power in his church and country, died at his palace in Tuam at the patriarchal age of 90 years. He was, it…

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Death of the Old Wife

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 4

SHE had lain all day in a stupor breathing with heavily-labored breath, but as the sun sank to rest in the far-off. Western sky, and the red glow on the wall of the room, faded…

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Death of Hell Boyd, the Female Confederate Spy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1882 · page 4

THE death is announced in Paris of a singular "heroine," whoso name was once well known in America, if not on this side of the Atlantic. This was Miss Bell Boyd, the Confederate spy…

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Death of Bell Boyd, the Female Confederate Spy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1882 · page 3

THE death is announced in Paris of a singular "heroine," whose name was once well known in America, if not on this side of the Atlantic. This was Miss Bell Boyd, the Confederate spy,…

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Death of an Old Melbourne Identity

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1882 · page 3

AN old and successful Victorian colonist, in the person of Mr George Kirk (says the AROUS), died at his residence Avoca, South Yarra, on Sunday night last. Mr Kirk came…

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Death of Noted Persons During the Year 1881

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1882 · page 4

THE number of noted persons who have died during the year 1881 is not so great (says the ST. JAMES' BUDGET) as in some previous years; but the reigning families of Europe have…

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Death of Mr. William Robertson, J.p

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1882 · page 2

THIS aged gentleman, whose illness we mentioned in our last issue, died on Saturday, at his residence, Dovedale. It was evident to his medical attendant, that he was gradually becoming weaker,…

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Death of a Noted Traveller

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1882 · page 3

A NOTED traveller has just passed away in the person of Major Andrew Catheart. He was brother of the late Sir John Catheart, of Kiliochan, Ay[?]shire, and was born in 1817. Few men of his period had seen so…

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Tur Late Mr H. N. SOLOMON, of London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1882 · page 3

OOR columns of yesterday (says the London Times of November 16th) contained an announcement of the death of Mr.R. N. Solomon, of Education, in his 86th year. Though, Perhaps, not generally known among…

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Death of Charles Darwin

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 2

OUR telegrams from London this morning announce the death of the patriarch of naturalists, Charles Darwin, at the ripe age of 73 years, In him England loses another of the bright…

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Death of General Lee's Brother

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1882 · page 6

RECENTLY, a man named James Lee died in the Wollongong Hospital. The deceased had been fencing between Bulli and CoalCliff, and on going out into the bush on…

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Obituary Notices

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1882 · page 4

MR. ROBERT JOHNSON.--On the 5th instant another very old resident in this district died at his nephew's (Mr. W. Johnson) residence, Southgate, at the ripe old age of 80 years 3 months, after an illness of nearly a…

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Ordering Her Own Funeral

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1882 · page 3

THE following curious story is reported from Berlin: —On Monday, the 13th March, an elegantly dressed lady entered the shop of Messrs. Schultz and Robert, undertakers, carrying on business at No. 35…

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Death of the Rev. Dr. M'gibbox

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1882 · page 2

WE (Eche,) have to record the death of the Rev. Dr. M'Gibbon, who for upwards of a quarter of a contury was associated with some of the most important public movements in the colony. He was brought…

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The Late Mr. Angus M'Leod

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1882 · page 4

WE are enabled to give the following particulars of this gentleman, whose death we briefly announced on Saturday. He was a native of Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, and was born in the year 1800. He served his…

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Death of a Woman Soldier

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1882 · page 3

MRS ELIZABETH HATZLER, who died in this city on the first May. (says the Philadelphia "Ledger"), was a veteran of the FrancoRussian war of 1812. She was born in 1790…

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The late Mrs. Thomas Lee

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1882 · page 4

MRS LEE, whose death we briefly noticed in Saturday's issue, is another of the pioneer agricultural settlers of the Clarence removed, having come to the river as far back as the year 1858, when the axes of…

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European News. [Extracts From Our Exchanges]. Shocking Death of a Lunatic

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1882 · page 3

A PARIS paper gives a harrowing account of the scalding to death of a mad woman at the Salpetriere Hospital. She was a seamstress, named Georges, 27 years old, and had, to calm her nerves, been ordered…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. F. M'guren, South Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1882 · page 5

LATE last evening we received intelligence of a terrible accident at South Grafton, by which Mr Francis M'Guren, of the Royal Hotel, Ryan-street, has lost his life. It appears that he was…

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The Late Mrs. Samuel Plimsoll

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1882 · page 3

MRS PLIMSOLL died a few weeks ago at Brisbane. Of this lady, London Figure, of August 26, obsorves: —"The late Mrs Plimsoll will long be remembered in the Press Gallery. Thanks to the ex-member for…

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