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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1875

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Death of the Hon. W. M. Arnold

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 March 1875 · page 3

Our readers will learn with feelings of regret of the untimely death by drowning of the Hon. W. M. Arnold, Speaker of the Legislatives Assembly of the colony of New South Wales. The…

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Death of the Hon. W. M. Arnold

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 4

OUR readers will learn with feeling of regret of the untimely death by drowning of the Hon. M. N. Arnold, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the colony…

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Lines on the Death of William Marshall

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1875 · page 3

How kindly he spoke to his mother that mein, As forth to his labour he hied. Ah! little she thought that at night she should mourn…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 April 1875 · page 4

Earl Yarborough, aged 40 ; John Gray, Q.C., Solicitor to the Treasury Dr Hoppus Professor of University of London Countess Carnarvon, after childbirth, aged 40 ; Dr Leahy, Roman…

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Reform in Funeral Customs

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 April 1875 · page 4

The subject of funeral reforms has in various ways occupied the attention of sensible people for along time. The late Charles Dickens, who took the matter up, gave orders that his own…

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Chinese Obituary Customs

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 May 1875 · page 4

Of all their cherished ceremonies, there are none the Chinese observe with more exactness than those connected with death and mourning. The Governor of Kiangsu has gone into…

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Death of John Mitchel. Dublin, March 20

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1875 · page 3

John Mitobel died this morning at 8 o'clock, at Dromalane, near Newry, where he had been for only a few days. This is the last item of startling intelligence as…

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Original Poetry. In Memoriam. Late Mrs. T. Collins, of Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1875 · page 4

The [?] of [?] of young, and old, Has struck another neighbour down, And he whose griefs are all untold, Deep moorns the kindred spirit flown;…

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Death of John Martin, M.p

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1875 · page 4

Mr John Martin, M.P., died on March, 28, at D[?]lone, near Newry, the residence of Mr Hill Irving, where he had been staying since the death of Mr Mitchel. It is stated that he…

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Items of Irish News. Death of John Mitchel. Dublin, March 20

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1875 · page 4

John Mitchel died this morning ut 8 o'clock, at Droma-lane, near Newry, where he had been only for a few days. This is the last item of startling intelligence associated with his name. A short…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1875 · page 4

Sir Joseph Hawley, turfite; Captain Harding Brown, R. A., run over by a train while returning from Sandown Park races; Lord Alfred Hervey; Winwood Reade, African…

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Sudden Death of a Commercial Traveller

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1875 · page 4

On Friday morning last, Robert Glynn, a commercial traveller, for Gray and Son, drapers, of Sydney, was found dead in the yard at the rear of the Terminus Hotel,…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1875 · page 2

We have this week to record, and we do so with sincere regret, the premature death of Mrs. J. H. L. Zillman, the wife of the Episcopalian clergyman lately resident In Kiama…

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LINES On the death of Mrs. Zillman

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1875 · page 2

O cruel death! Thy withering hand Hath plucked fond nature's loveliest flowers The rarest gem of earthly bower Could not thy fatal grasp withstand…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1875 · page 2

A Gazette extraordinary, issued on Monday last, announces the death of Commodore, Good-enough, so long and familiarly known in connection with the naval service on the…

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The Funeral

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1875 · page 2

The funeral of Commodore Goodonough, whose untimely death has been heard of with such profound regret, and has created such a feeling, of sorrow throughout the community, together with…

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Death of Commodore Goodenough

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 August 1875 · page 2

It is with much sorrow that we announce the death of this distinguished Naval officer, who was mortally wounded on the 12th instant, at the Island of Santa Cruz, one of a group of islands north…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1875 · page 2

MRS. A. BOYD—We have this week to chronicle the death of Mrs. Boyd, wife of Adam Boyd, Esq, of Broughton Vale, who died as long ago as the 6th instant, though we have…

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The Death of Sir Charles Cowper

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 October 1875 · page 4

The painful intelligence of the death of Sir Charles Cowper, the Agent-General for the colony in London, which was received in Sydney on Saturday morning produced…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1875 · page 2

We have this week to notice the death of Mr. William Anderson , Sub-Engineer of Harboure and Rivers, and stationed at Kiama for the last seven years. In his profession he occupied…

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