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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1870

43 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3

The Late Mr. Peabody

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 4

Her Majesty's turret-ship Monarch, Captain John Commerell, V.C., O.B., will sail from Spithead for America with the remains of the late Mr. Peabody on the morning of…

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Death of the "Fasting Girl."

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 February 1870 · page 3

The girl Sarah Jacobs became delirious at three o'clock on Friday afternoon, and died in the evening, having, it is said, abstained from taking nourishment to the last. Her death on the eighth day of the real…

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DEATH of the BISHOP of MANCHESTER

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 February 1870 · page 3

The sudden death of Dr. James Prince Lee, first Bishop of Manchester, places another episcopal see at the disposal of the Premier. The deceased had been in a failing state of health for a considerable…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 February 1870 · page 4

THE DEATH IS ANNOUNCED of Mgr. Mueller, Bishop of Munster, at the age of 71. THE DEATH IS ANNOUNCED of the Rev. John S. Simpson, M.A., one of the oldest clergyman in the…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 March 1870 · page 4

THE HON. ROBERT O'BRIEN, brother to Lord Inchiquin, and also to the late William Smith O'Brien, dropped dead on Sunday evening at his own house while dressing for dinner. It has been ascertained…

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Death of the Hon. H. U. Addington

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 March 1870 · page 3

The death is announced of the Right Hon. Henry Unwin Addington, some time Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain. The deceased was the second son of the Right Hon. John Hiley…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 April 1870 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Constantinople announces the death of Madame Langiewicz, the wife of the Polish revolutionary leader. MR. ROGERS, the eminent surgeon dentist,…

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Death of General Grey

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 April 1870 · page 4

General Hon. Charles Grey expired shortly before ten o'clock on the night of the 31st ult., at his residence at St. James's Palace. On Saturday morning he was stricken by paralysis, and remained in an…

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Death of Mr. Joseph Payne

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 April 1870 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Payne, Deputy-Assistant Judge of the Middlesex Sessions, died suddenly on Tuesday, in the 73rd year of his age. Mr. Payne got up in the morning at his usual hour, and took his breakfast. He…

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Death of Dr. Waugh

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1870 · page 2

IT is with extreme regret that our readers will learn that Dr. Waugh died in Sydney rather suddenly about midnight on Monday. Dr. Waugh was a member of the Royal College of…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 May 1870 · page 4

Earl Roden,Marquis Ailsa, Cardinal Ronald, Archbishop of Lyons, Sir George Goold, Lord Graves, Marchioness Breadalbane, Bishop of Barbadoes ; Wesley Harper, American…

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Death of Mr. Maclise, R.a

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 May 1870 · page 4

The news that Mr. Daniel Maclise, the Royal Academician, died on Monday will come with a shock upon many thousands of our readers. Though this singularly gifted painter had lived for nearly…

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Funeral of Dr. Waugh

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 May 1870 · page 4

THE body of this lamented gentleman, whose death in Sydney was announced in our last issue, reached Goulburn by train on Wednesday afternoon. There were a number of townsmen present at the station…

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The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Mdlle. Tinne

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 May 1870 · page 8

THE Pall Mall Gazette says:—A recent number of the Gartenlaube contains an interesting and romantic sketch, by Wilhelm Gentz, of Molle. Tinne, to the female explorer, whose…

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Death of "Thunderbolt," the Bushranger

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 June 1870 · page 3

A TELEGRAM A in yesterday's issue apprised the public that the bushranger, Frederick Ward alias Captain Thunderbolt, had been shot (lead after a desperate fight by Constable Walker, near Blenche's Inn…

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Particulars of the Capture and Death of Thunderbolt

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 June 1870 · page 1

WE extract the following additional particulars from the Armidale Telegraph:--About the hour of four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon (the 23th instant) an Italian hawker…

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Death of Thunderbolt.—additional Particulars. Uralla, May 28th

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 June 1870 · page 2

THE identity of Thunderbolt has this morning been thoroughly established by the boy (Monckton), formerly Ward's accomplice. This lad had been discharged on Monday last…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 June 1870 · page 8

AN OLD OFFICER NAMED TYRELL, formerly attached to Bow-street Police-court, has just died. He was the man who overheard the conversation between Conrvoisier and his friend in the cell of the former…

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The Late Mr. Fred, Bracker. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 June 1870 · page 3

SIR,-- I observe in your last issue that you insert a paragraph from the Dalby Herald with reference to the above - named person. He brought from Germany Mr. Bottington's…

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Death of the Duchess De Berri

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1870 · page 2

The Duchess de Berri died suddenly, on April 17, of paralysis of the brain, at her residence in Upper Styria. The legitimist journals are printed in mourning on this…

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