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

Obituaries & funerals, 1872

13 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

The Death of the Duc D'orleans

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 January 1872 · page 4

M. TROGNON's "Life of Queen Marie Amélie" gives the following account of the death of the Due d'Orleans, written by the unhappy mother herself a few days after the event:--…

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Death of King, the Explorer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 8

A RECENT obituary notice in the Victorian papers has, as a Melbourne contemporary remarks, "revived one of the most painful chapters of Australian history." We allude…

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Death of Massarti, the Lion-tamer.—horrible Scene

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1872 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT of the Sheffield Independent gives the following harrowing details of the shocking death of Massarti, the liontamer, at Mander's Circus, in that…

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Sad Death of a Mother and Child

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1872 · page 2

A SHORT time back we published an account from the Brisbane Colonist of the death of a woman named Spendlove and her child, which was stated as having been caused by the…

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Obituary

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1872 · page 3

Earl Clancarty, Lord Audley, Sir H. W. Bavion: Horace Mahew, contributor to Punch; Robert Gladstone, cousin of the premier; Richard Westmacott, R.N.; Augustus Siebe, mechanician and inventor;…

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Death of One of Leichhardt's Companions

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 July 1872 · page 4

MR. D. BUNCE, the curator of the Geelong Botanical Gardens, died on Tuesday, 2nd July. Mr. Bunce (says the Geelong Advertiser) was born in 1813, in Herefordshire,…

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The Inquest on the Late Mr. and Mrs John Warn and Family

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1872 · page 2

THE coroner, A. M. Betts Esq., held an inquest at Crookwell last Saturday, the 10th instant, at the residence of Mr. Henry Warn, on the bodies of John Warn, Marcella Warn, and their two children…

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Disgraceful Scuffle at and Upon the Death-bed of an Old Yass Resident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 September 1872 · page 2

AT half-past ten o'clock on Friday forenoon, the case Road v. Caravel was resumed at the Water Police Office. There was a large number of people present…

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Funeral of Major Fitzsimons. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1872 · page 4

THE remains of the lamented Major Arthur Frederick Fitzsimons, New South Wales Infantry, Major of Brigade, were interred at Randwick on Saturday last, with military honours…

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Horrible Death of a Miser

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1872 · page 8

The body of a man named David Cummins was found in his house at Farmwell Gate, Durham, in a very advanced state of…

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Local and General. Death of Mr. G. C. Allman, Solicitor

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 October 1872 · page 2

ONCE again it has become our sorrowful duty to record the demise of an old and much respected resident of Yass-- Mr. George Cimetiere Allman, solicitor. The deceased was honoured and…

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Local and General. Yass Hospital -- the Late Mr. G. C. Allman

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 November 1872 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above institution was held yesterday in the hospital building. There were present: Mr. J. Harper, secretary ; Drs. Blake and O'Connor, and…

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A Royal Funeral

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 December 1872 · page 4

THE Times correspondent, writing from Stockholm on the 10th instant, gives the following account of the funeral of Charles XV., the late King of Sweden: --…

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