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

Obituaries & funerals, 1878

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Death of Nobiling. London, September 11

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 September 1878 · page 2

Dr. Nobiling, who made the second attempt to assassinate the German Emperor, is dead. The wounds inflicted on himself in an attempt at suicide when seized by the…

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Death of the Founder of Cobb and Co

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1878 · page 3

The founder of Cobb and Co., unlimited and everywhere, is no more. Freeman Cobb came to Melbourne at the end of 1852, or beginning of 1853, with George…

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Death of the Rev. W. Ridley, M.a

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 October 1878 · page 4

THE announcement of the death of the Rev. William Ridley, M.A., will be received with sorrow by a very large part of the community. His death took place at an early hour lost…

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The Late Mr. W. S. Chauncy

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 4

ON Monday afternoon next, at three o'clock, the ceremony of unveiling the monument which has been erected in the Church of England cemetery to the memory of die late superintendent of roads…

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Unveiling a Monument to the Late Mr, W. S. Chauncy

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 October 1878 · page 6

YESTERDAY afternoon the ceremony of unveiling a monument which has been erected in the Church of England cemetery to the memory of the late esteemed gentleman above mentioned, who for a…

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The Late Mr. W. S. Chauncy

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1878 · page 2

THE ceremony of unveiling the monument erected to the memory of the late Mr. Chauncy, superintendent of roads in this district by the officers, contractors, and workmen employed under him, took…

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Chinese Funeral at Dunedin

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 October 1878 · page 4

THOSE who witnessed the scene enacted yesterday at the interment of a Chinese named Leong Wah, in the Southern Cemetery, must have found it difficult to realise the fact that…

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Death of a Miser in Dublin

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 October 1878 · page 7

AN old man, named Thomas Farrell died on Friday, at No. 11, Braithwaite-street, Dublin. He had been missed for some days, and on the door being forced open he was…

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Death of a Nun

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 November 1878 · page 3

MISS KELLY, in religion Sister Mary Frances Regis, died in the convent at Goulburn on Sunday last after a protracted illness, the immediate cause of which was consumption…

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Sudden Death of Mrs. Bravo

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 November 1878 · page 4

MRS. FLORENCE BRAVO, the widow of Mr. Bravo, whose mysterious death at Balham some time since occasioned so much excitement, has died suddenly at Southsea. The…

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Sudden Death of Mrs. Bravo

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 2

MRS. Florence Bravo, the widow of Mr. Bravo, whose mysterious death at Balham some time since occasioned so much excitement has died suddenly at Southsea. The…

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One's Own Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 November 1878 · page 4

IN the days of old Mycall, the publisher of the Newburyport Herald (a journal still alive and flourishing), the sheriff of old Essex (Philip Bagley) had been asked several times to pay…

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Death of Another Old Resident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 November 1878 · page 5

IT is again our duty to record the death of a very old and respected resident of Goulburn, which took place this (Saturday) morning at an early hour, The deceased gentleman, Mr. Isaac Fox of Clifford…

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Funeral of a Gipsy Queen

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 6

The funeral of Matilda Stanley, the late Queen of the gipsies in the United States, took place at Dayton, Ohio, on the 15th of September, in…

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Death of a Snake

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 December 1878 · page 4

MR. W. MABER, of Clifford-street, killed a brown snake 5 feet long on Sunday, in the neighbourhood of Marden’s Bridge…

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Death of the Princess Alice. London, Dec. 14

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 December 1878 · page 2

Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Hesse Darmstadt died to-day at 7 a.m. The following is from ‘Dod’s Peerage’: Her Royal Highness ALICE MAUD MARY,…

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