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Obituaries & funerals, 1873

12 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Death of Louis Napoleon. London, January 9

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

The late Emperor of France, Louis Napoleon, died to-day. A short time previously he had submitted to lithotomy, which it was thought would be attended with beneficial…

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OBITUARY. London, January 20th

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 2

Lord Lytton (Burwer-Lytton), the distinguished novelist, died at Torquay, after twenty-four hours' illness. He had just returned to the printer the proof sheets of a…

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Obituary. London, February 26

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1873 · page 2

The Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., of the Free Church of Scotland, is dead. He had edited Sunday at Home from its commencement…

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Latest English Telegrams. Reuter's Australian Associated Press Telegrams. Obituary. London, April 30

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 6 May 1873 · page 2

William Charles Macready, tragedian, in his 81st year. DESTRUCTIVE FROSTS. LONDON, April 30…

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Public Funeral of the late W. C. Wentworth

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 4

The public funeral of the late William Charles Wentworth took place on Tuesday last, and was conducted on the plan previously laid down. The remains were deposited,…

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Death of Macready the Actor

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 29 May 1873 · page 4

Another ornament of the English stage has passed away. Our telegraphic intelligence notifies the decease of the veteran actor, William Charles Macready, at tho ripe age of…

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Death of Chief Justice Chase

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 10 July 1873 · page 3

A telegram from New York, on Wednes-day, says:—Chief Justice Chase has died of apoplexy. Salamon Portland Chase, statesman and jurist, was born in Cornish, New…

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Ruth Hall. Chapter Xxxi. Harry's Funeral

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1873 · page 4

Slowly the funeral procession wound along. The grayhaired gate-keeper of the cemetery stepped aside and gazed into the first carriage as it passed in. He saw only a pale woman…

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The Family of the Late Mr. Wood. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 9 September 1873 · page 3

SIR—I claim a small space in your valuable journal. It is simply to ask, through the medium of your paper, if anything has yet been done towards the widow and family of the late Lewis…

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Death of an Executioner

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 3

William Bamford, who died in the Melbourne hospital on Tuesday, had been the hangman of Victoria since 1857,and had also, until lately acted as flagellator. According to Bamford's…

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Latest Through Telegrams. Australian Associated Press Telegrams. London. Monday. Private telegrams report the death of Mr. Frank Dangar. MONETARY. London, October 13

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 16 October 1873 · page 2

Stocks are depressed owing to the apprehension that money will be dearer. It is expected that there will be a large export of gold to America…

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Death of Mr. Howden by Drowning

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1873 · page 2

On Wednesday evening between seven and eight o'clock, the family of Mr. John Howden, of Darby-street, became much alarmed at his disappearance; he had gone out, but had not…

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