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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1870

8 stories in Murray's papers

The Late Mr. Peabody

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 February 1870 · page 2

Her Majesty’s turret-ship Monarch, Captain John Commerell, V.C., G.B., will sail from Spithead for America with the remains of the late Mr. Peabody on the morning of…

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The Late Mr. Peabody. (From the Illustrated London News.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 February 1870 · page 4

Sixty of seventy years ago, in the village of Dan[?], Massachusetts, there was a little boy, [?] to a grocer, having been taken from school to learn a trade at [?]…

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The Death of the Bushranger Ward, Alias Thunderbolt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 4 June 1870 · page 4

By the courtesy of the Inspector-General of Police, we are. enabled to publish the following telegram from Armidale, giving an account of the inquest held upon the body…

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Death of the Rev. Father Duigan, of YASS

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 3

[?] is with feeling of very deep regret, joined in we [?] by all classes of our [?] that we the unexpected demise of this respected. [?] and [?] clergyman During a…

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The Funeral of the Late Father Duigan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 2

On Tuesday last, at ten in the forenoon, High Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Augustine’s by the Very Reverend the Vicar-General (Dr. McAlroy) for the repose of the soul of the late [?]…

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Death of the Rev. Father Duigan, of Yass

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 4

It is with feelings (says the Yass Courier of Tuesday last) of deep regret, joined in, we are sure, by all classes of our townsmen, that we record the unexpected demise this respected,…

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Death of Mr. Charles Dickens. (From Argus London correspondent.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 4

In our home annals, the first page belongs to an event which has stirred the deepest national sorrow. We have sustained a loss which will be felt where ever the English tongue is spoken…

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The Death of the First-born

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 4

[?] bright o’er you noble [?] There is laughter ringing there, And my lord and lady proudly wait Their co[?]tly carriage and pair…

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