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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1878

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The Late Mr. Edward Wilson

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 January 1878 · page 4

The news of the death of Mr. Edward Wilson, which we publish this morning, will, we are sure, be received with universal regret throughout these colonies. The…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Late Mr. Edward Wilson

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1878 · page 4

THE news of the death of Mr. Edward Wilson, which we publish this morning, will, we are sure, he received with universal regret throughout these colonies. The…

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The Late Mr. W. Short

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1878 · page 4

THE quiet little town of Gunning was almost paralysed last Sunday morning with the intelligence that at about one o'clock that morning Mr. William Short, manager…

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Death of a Released Fenian. January 16

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1878 · page 4

Sergeant M'Carthy, one of the released Fenians, expired suddenly, whilst breakfasting with Partell, at an hotel…

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Death of Pope Pius IX

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 February 1878 · page 3

Pope Pius IX. died on Wednesday last, the 6th inst, at the advanced age of 86 years, and in the 32nd year of his Pontificate. He had been ailing for months past, and rumors of his death…

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Death of the Pope. London, February 11

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1878 · page 3

His Holiness the Pope died at 3 o'clock to-day in the Vatican…

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Death of the Pope. London, February 9

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1878 · page 3

The death of the Pope is announced…

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Obituary Notices

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1878 · page 2

DEATH OF THE REV. ARTHUR DOUGLAS, B. A.—The friends of this rev. gentleman who, as many of our readers are aware, was recently appointed to the incumbency of the Mackay district,…

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Death of a Horse From Fright

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1878 · page 2

The Colac Herald thus records the death from fright of a horse, through seeing elephants:—"Some sensation was caused on Saturday afternoon, after the first…

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Death of the Rev. Father O'reilly, of Dapto

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1878 · page 2

It was with considerable surprise and much regret that the community learned quite unexpectedly yesterday that the Rev. P. O'Reilly had…

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Poetry. Lines on the Death of Mr. J. MILLIGAN. Broughton Creek

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1878 · page 2

HE has gone to a land, Yes, a beautiful land, That is brighter than ours by far. No earthly sorrow in that bright land…

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The Funeral of Pius Ix

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1878 · page 4

The ceremony enacted in the Grand Basilica of St. Peter's, which commenced at 6.30 p.m. on the 13th February and ended at 8.15, was solemnly impressive…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1878 · page 2

IT falls to us to record in our present issue the death of Mr. Joseph Weston, sea., the father of the proprietor of this journal. Mr. Weston was in his 79th year; but had on…

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The Late Mr. T. S. Mort

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1878 · page 2

A MEETING was held on Saturday morning, at the office of Mr. Sedgwick Cowper, with a view to take the necessary steps to do honour to the necessary steps to do…

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The Late Mr. T. S. Mort

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1878 · page 4

Mr. Mort was born and educated in Manchester, England and was brought up to depend upon his own exertions from his youth. While still a young man, full of…

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Memorial to the late Mr. T. S. Mort

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 May 1878 · page 3

A large and influential public meeting, held at the Exchange on Thursday afternoon, to consider the best mode of testifying the univeral…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1878 · page 2

OUR Milton correspondent, writing on the 18th instant, says:— This week has witnessed the departure from among us, for that bourne from which…

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The Death of Earl Russell

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1878 · page 4

Earl Russell, the celebrated ex-Minister and statesman, dead. He was born on August 18, 1702, and consequently was nearly eighty-six yours of age. According to "Men of the…

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The Late Mr. Samuel Bennett

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 June 1878 · page 4

By the death of Mr. Samuel Bennett, whose remains are to be interred in the Waverley cemetery today, this community has lost one of its least assuming though widely influential…

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MISCELLANEOUS. Death of Mr. Samuel Bennett

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1878 · page 2

OUR readers will sympathise with the sorrow in which the work of this day is carried on, when they learn that Mr. Samuel Bennett, the proprietor of the…

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