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Obituaries & funerals, 1870

26 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2

Death of the " Fasting Girl."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 2 February 1870 · page 3

The girl Sarah Jacobs became delirious at three o'clook on Friday afternoon, and died in the evening, having, it is said, abstained from taking nourishment to the last. Her death on the eighth day of the real…

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DEATH of the BISHOP of MANCHESTER

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 2 February 1870 · page 3

The sudden death of Dr. James Prince Lee, first Bishop of Manchester, places another episcopal see at the disposal of the Premier. The deceased had been in a failing state of health for a considerable…

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The Funeral

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 23 March 1870 · page 4

The expectation of an emeute was almost universal. The funeral was fixed for the next day, Wednesday, January 12, and every preparation was…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 13 April 1870 · page 2

General Leak, Admiral Lister, Count Montalembert…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 11 May 1870 · page 2

Earl Roden, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Marchioness of Breadalbane, and Lord Graves…

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Original Correspondence. All communications to this Journal must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and no reicctcdcommunication will be returned. the Late Mr. Lovett. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 14 May 1870 · page 2

SIR,—Would you allow me to contradict through the medium of your paper the report of your Merool correspondent, relative to Henry Lovett's death, from which it infers…

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A Hunting Party Stricken Down by Disease.—death of Four Out of Five Men

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 28 May 1870 · page 4

The Boston Post of a recent date has a despatch from Bangor, Me., conveying tho following terrible details reported at that place by one of the survivors of…

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Death of Thunderbolt, the Bushranger

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 4 June 1870 · page 4

A TELEGRAM ill yesterday's issue apprised the public that the bushranger, Frederick Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt, had been shot dead, after a desperate fight, by…

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The Death of Thunderbolt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 4

THE special correspondent of the ' S. M. Herald' gives the graphic account of the last scene in the life Fred. Ward', alias Thunderbolt, which we subjoin. Intelligence was…

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Death of the Author "Beautiful Snow."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 29 June 1870 · page 4

A FEW years ago there appeared in an American paper, published in one of the Western States, an exquisite poem entitled "Beautiful Snow." The…

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OBITUARY. (From "Men of the Age.")

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 4

CHARLES DICKENS, the son of Mr. John Dickons, who held aposition in the NavyPay Department, was born in Portsmouth in 1812. At the close of the…

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The Late Mr. George Peabody

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1870 · page 3

On the site of the temporary grave of George Peabody in Westminster Abbey, are inscribed these words:— Here were deposited, From November 12 to December 11…

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Sudden Death of an Old Miser

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 3

A PARSIMONIOUS individual of the name of William Robinson, died suddenly a few days ago, at Lambridge, near Penrith, and his death has caused quite a sensation in the…

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Death of Mr. Charles Dickens

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · 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…

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The Funeral Op Charles Dickens

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 17 August 1870 · page 4

From the first it was known that Mr. Dickens had left specific directions with reference to the perfect simplicity with which he desired his funeral to…

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Death of Charles Dickens

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 4

The great novelist died suddenly, from an attack of apoplexy, on Thursday, Juno 9, at his residence, Gad's Hill, near Rochester. It will be remembered that last year Sir Dickens…

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Death of a Man Monster. (From the Echo's Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 14 September 1870 · page 4

THE death of a desperado, named Haws, in Utah, is reported. A United States marshal and a deputy-sheriff proceeded to Grantsville, about forty…

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The Italian's Funeral at Sea. an Incident on a Homeward-bound Passage

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 3

No holy priest sang masses, No chorister was near. To chaunt a de profundis Over the stranger's bier…

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The Death of General Douay

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 5 October 1870 · page 4

The Moniteur gives the following account of the death of the brave General Douay, who, finding that death would not come to him, went and met…

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Death of the Hon. Daniel Egan

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 4

CONSIDERABLE sensation was created in the city yesterday evening, by the announcement that the Hon. Daniel Egan had died in the afternoon at the…

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