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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1878

8 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The Death Rate of Publicans

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1878 · page 3

THE actuary of the Law Life Assurance Office (England) has been inquiring into the death-rate among publicans insured by his company…

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Death of a Leper

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1878 · page 4

THE death of a remarkable man, William Ragsdale by name, Governor of the Ieper settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molckai, is announced by the san…

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Obituary. Mrs. J. M. HASSALL

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1878 · page 3

WE regret having to record the death of Mrs. J. M. Hassell, of Wambrook, who died at the homestead on Tuesday morning last, the 4th instant, and…

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Death of Adolphus Abraham Cohen

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1878 · page 4

THE [?] that [?]nothing [?] had happened to Mr. Adolphus A[?] of [?] street, Melbourne, who had [?]…

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Death of the Rev. John Dunmore Lang

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1878 · page 4

ONE of the oldest and most widely respected colonist, the Rev. John Dun more Lang, died at an early hour this (Thursday) morning, at the ripe old age…

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The Wreck of the Dunbar. a Poem by the Late Mr. Samuel Bennett

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1878 · page 4

HER broad wing spreading to the breeze, she sailed in all her pride For the shores of far Australia-o'er the waste of waters wide; France on her weather quarter-on her lee our…

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Obituary. Simon Free[?]dy, Senior

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1878 · page 3

OUR readers will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Simon Freebody, senior at his residence, Bolairo, on Tuesday, the 22nd…

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One's Own Obituary

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1878 · page 3

IN the days of old Mycall, the publisher of the Newburyport Herald (a journal still alive and flourishing), the sheriff of old Essex (Philip…

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