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Obituaries & funerals, 1872

5 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Death of the Old lear

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 January 1872 · page 2

“THE Old Year dies to-night,” murmured the Zephyr to the tall waving trees. “I saw him with wan, white face and feeble step faltering in his weary pathway. His moments are…

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Arrival of the English Mail. Astounding News! Death of the Prince of Wales. Latest News December 12

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 2

BY the Nebraska we have full files of American papers with telegrams from London to the 12th December. DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES…

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Arrival of the English Mail. Per Baroda. Death of W. C. Wentworth. Earthquake at Antioch, Fifteen Hundred People Killed. Earthquake at California and Loss of Life. Adelaide, Saturday, 7.30 p.m

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 2

THE branch mail (s.) Rangatira, arrived off Glenelg on the 4th, with the Adelaide mails. The Bangalore had not arrived at the Sound when the Rangatira left…

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Exciting Scene at a Funeral

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 June 1872 · page 4

GREAT excitement and no ordinary consternation were recently evinced at the Blaenavon Churchyard. It appears that after the officiating clergyman had fully terminated the…

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Terrible Death of a Bride

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 June 1872 · page 1

THE Pittston (Pennsylvania) Gazelle gives the following particulars of a distressing case of hydrophobia:— About eleven weeks ago, a young woman…

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