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Obituaries & funerals, 1869

15 stories in Riverina's papers

Select Poetry. After a Funeral. I. AN hour to die, A week to lie

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 4

And they lay in its coffer the worn robe by, The robe of the flesh all frayed and torn With the wear of the world and its many a thorn…

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Select Poetry. the Death of Judas Iscariot

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 6 January 1869 · page 4

A very remarkable poem, possessing much picturesque power, appears in Blackwood for October. It is in the form of a letter from a Roman Lawyer at Jerusalem to a friend at Rome, giving an…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 17 February 1869 · page 2

Lord Belhaven; Viscount Strangford; Carlton, the Irish Novelist; and General Gold…

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Extraordinary Death of a Military Officer by Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 17 February 1869 · page 3

Mr. Carter, coroner held an inquest at the Duke of Clarence Tavern, Penton-place, Walworth, tending the death of Mr. B. M. Hallams, aged 40 years. Mrs. Sarah Hallams…

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Frightful Death of a Blind Woman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 3

An inquest has been held on the body of Martha Redgard, aged S4, whose death occurred from fire, under very mysterious circumstances, leading to a supposition that…

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The Late Mr. G. R. Morton

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 31 March 1869 · page 2

Sydney Punch in its last issue pays the following eloquent tribute to the memory of its late editor:— In memorium…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 17 April 1869 · page 2

Earl Russell, Lord Gough, Lamartine, and Sir James Emerson Tennant…

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The Case of the Late Mr. Jackson. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 5 May 1869 · page 2

SIR, — Controversies between professional men are invariably unpleasant, but when carried on through the medium of a newspaper, and when the judgment and opinion…

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Death of Don Eduardo San Just. Shocking Occurrence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 2 June 1869 · page 3

WE regret to announce the death of Don Eduardo San Just, who for many years has filled the position of Consul-General for Spain in this city. The deceased had been…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 3

Stanley of Alderley, Major-General Seymour, Peter Canninghame, Drinkwater Meadows, James Hall, Professor Taylor, Governor Seymour of British Columbia, Rev. John…

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Sad Death of a Young Lady

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 4

On Tuesday a melancholy event took place at the Mumbles, Swansea, by which the daughter of the Rev. J. R. Colston was drowned. About noon some 200 persons assembled on shore bathing. Among them was…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 1 September 1869 · page 2

Lord Radnor, Bishop of Salisbury and Admiral Seymour…

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An Awful Collision: Death of Three Persons

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 30 October 1869 · page 3

A dreadful accident has happened near Milan. A party of seven persons had been making holiday at a short distanco from Milan. Aftor dining at a village inn and indulging rather freely, they made their way…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 22 December 1869 · page 2

Earl of Derby, Marquis of Westminster, Mr. Peabody, and Lord Dynevor…

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The Late Mr. George Peabody

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 4

GEORGE PEABODY a descendant of the Pilgrim Fathers, of a family formerly settled in Leicestershire was born at Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S., Feb. 18, 1795. His father was…

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