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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1873

37 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2

Suez Mail Extracts. Funeral of Sir George Pollock

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 3

Within and without Westminster Abbey, on Oct. 16, the crowd was so great as to suggest the idea that English military history is not so evanescent among the people as it is commonly…

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Death of Louis Napoleon. London, January 9

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

The late Emperor of France, Louis Napoleon, died to-day. A short time previously he had submitted to lithotomy, which it was thought would be attended with beneficial results, but the shock to his…

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The Death of Napoleon Iii. London, Saturday, January 11

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

The death of the ex-Emperor Louis Napoleon has caused a great impression in Paris. The predominant feeling is that it will serve to diminish the number of political parties in France…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, January 14, 1873. the Death of Louis Napoleon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

THE electric telegraph conveys to us tidings of an event which, had it happened but a few years earlier, would have sent a shock throughout the civilised world, bat which will now serve mainly…

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Funeral of Napoleon Iii. Paris, January 13

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 2

M. Thiers will not permit the Bonapartists to make any demonstrations at the funeral of Napoleon III. This determination has been arrived at on the assumption that the occasion might be made a pretext for…

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OBITUARY. London, January 20

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 2

Lord Lytton (Bulwer-Lytton), the distinguished novelist, died at Torquay, after twenty-four hours' illness. He had just returned to the printer the proof sheets of a new novel, when he was attacked…

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OBITUARY. London, February 26

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1873 · page 2

The Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., of the Free Church of Scotland, is dead. He had edited "Sunday at Home" from its commencement…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1873 · page 2

Dean of Manchester, Earl Galloway, Professor Rankine, Sir W. Verner, M.P., James Hannay, Dr. Lushington, Mrs. R. Graves, Sir George Musgrave…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, April 24, 1873. Death of Mrs. Falls

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1873 · page 2

WE have to-day a very sad duty to perform—to announce the sudden death of Mrs. Alexander Falls, widow of the late Mr. Alexander Falls, and the proprietress of this journal…

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Poetry. Ode. for the Funeral of W. C. Wentworth

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 5

With voices sad and low. We claim this honoured dust; With bended head, and footstep slow, We now fulfil our trust;…

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OBITUARY. London, April 30

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1873 · page 2

William Charles Macready, tragedian, in his 81st year…

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Public Funeral of Mr. W. C. Wentworth. (From the Evening News of Tuesday afternoon.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1873 · page 4

On Monday evening, 6th instant, the late Mr. W. C. Wentworths remains, enclosed in a handsome coffin made of polished cedar, and covered with a pall of rich black velvet, were conveyed to St…

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In Memory of the Late Mrs. Falls

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 5

One more gone from us [?] One whose earthly life Was passed in useful deeds—not stately show: A careful mother, a devoted wife, A faithful friend, a trustful steward too…

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Death of John Stuart Mill. London, May 10

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1873 · page 2

The celebrated political economist, John Stuart Mill, died yesterday…

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OBITUARY. London. May 28

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1873 · page 2

Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice, Washington, U.S. Baron Liebig, the celebrated chemist. Sir William Tite, F.R.S., M.P. for Bath. General Liddell…

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OBITUARY. London, June 7

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1873 · page 2

Prince Adalbert-Guillaume-George-Louis, of Bavaria, is dead. He was born at Munich 19th July, 1828, and at the time of his decease held a commission as Major-General, and chief of…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1873 · page 2

The Earl of Cadogan…

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Death of Sir T. a Murray, President of the Legislative Council. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1873 · page 2

A large number in this community will doubtless learn with sincere regret that one of our leading personages is now no more. On Sunday evening, the 22nd instant, at eight o'clock, at his residence at…

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Mysterious Death of a Chemist. (Abridged from the Hamilton Spectator, July [?].)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Victoria, Hotel, Coleraine, Victoria, on Thursday, 3rd July, 1873, before Mr. G. Trangman, coroner, to inquire into the cause of death of Anton Knight, of Kulczycki, who died…

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OBITUARY. London, July 21

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1873 · page 2

Lord Westbury, ex-Lord Chancellor of England…

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