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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1874

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1874 · page 2

M. Goulard, late Vice-President of the French National Assembly…

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OBITUARY. London, July 7

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1874 · page 2

The Earl of Dalhousie is dead…

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The Small-pox Case at Newcastle. Death of Me. William A. McGOWAN. (From the Pilot of yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1874 · page 2

All doubts as to whether the case of the unfortunate man William A. McGowan was one of small-pox or chicken-pox have been set at rest by his death on Saturday morning. In our Saturday's issue we…

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Death of Royal Head

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1874 · page 3

THE cattle men of New South Wales will all be sorry, indeed, to hear that this celebrated and wonderfully good bull is dead adding another to the already far too long…

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The Small-Pox Case. Death of Mr. William A. McGOWAN

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1874 · page 4

ALL doubts as to whether the care of the unfortunate man William A. McGowan was one of small-pox or chicken-pox have [?] by his death on Saturday…

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Death of Dr. Belinfante. The Gulgong correspondent of the Evening News writes on the 14th instant:—

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1874 · page 3

One of those startling visitations which, ever and anon, shocks and arouses an entire community, has occurred amongst [?] A gentleman, who this morning…

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OBITUARY. London, July 18

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1874 · page 2

Lady Gipps, widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Gipps, formerly Governor of New South Wales…

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Death of Reevie

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1874 · page 4

We are sorry to learn that Mr. Alex Receive the unfortunate man whom Mr. Bennett so nobly attempted to save from a watery grave on Monday in last week,…

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Death of Maher, the Buckley Estate Claimant. (From the Argus, July 29.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1874 · page 2

Thomas Maher, the claimant to the Buckley estates, died in the Melbourne gaol on Monday night. It will be remembered that Mr. P. C. Buckley died two years ago, leaving property to the value of some…

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Death of Beebie

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 August 1874 · page 4

We are sorry to learn that Mr. Alex. Reevie, the unfortunate man whom Mr. Bennet so nobly attempted to save from a watery grave on Monday in last week,…

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OBITUARY. London, August 21

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1874 · page 2

Sir William Fairbairn…

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The Death of Marshal Concha. London, July 10

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1874 · page 2

The death of a commander-in-chief at the head of his army is an event which appeals to the imagination Marshal Concha has fallen, not in the moment of victoiy, but in the attempt to retrieve a great…

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Sad Death of Captain Hart

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1874 · page 2

A melancholy accident has happened at Lyttelton, causing the death of Captain Hart, of the steamer Beautiful Star. The Otago Daily News of August 8. gives the following account of the disaster:—…

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OBITUARY. The Late Mr. William Collins

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1874 · page 2

It is our painful duty to record the death by drowning, on Tuesday last, of Mr. WILLIAN COLLINS, of Dochra, near Singleton. Mr. COLLINS was born in Dundee, Scotland, in…

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The Late Mr. William Collins

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1874 · page 2

We are requested by Mr. Geo, C. Collins, a son of the late Mr. William Collins, of Dochra, to publish a letter pointing out errors in the account already published by us, as to Mr. Collins's death. Mr…

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Chapter Iii. the Day of the Funeral

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1874 · page 5

There was a great crowd out to attend the funeral of Abelard Lyle, and, long before the hour appointed for the services, Mrs. Fordham's cottage was filled to overflowing, as were also the yard…

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OBITUARY. London, September 9

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1874 · page 2

Lieutenant-General Right Hon. Sir H. R. Storks, G.C.B., Surveyor-General of the Ordnance; Mr. Gilpin, M.P.; and Lord George Manners, M.P. for Cambridgeshire…

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OBITUARY. September 9

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1874 · page 2

Lieutenant-General Right Hon. Sir H. R. Storks, G.C.B. Surveyor-General of the Ordinance; Mr. Gilpin, M.P.; and Lord George Manners, M.P. for Cambridgeshire,…

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OBITUARY. London, September 14

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1874 · page 2

M. Guizot, the eminent French statesman and historian…

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Death of the Rev. Pere Monnier

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1874 · page 4

The Rev. Pere Monnier, the officiating priest at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, died on Tuesday week, and was buried the following day. His death…

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