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Obituaries & funerals, 1873

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

Death of Captain Gray

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 3

WHEN the morning newspapers conveyed the intelligence through the city on Saturday that Captain Gray, the well-known and popular commander of the Great Britain, had committed Suicide by jumping overboard…

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Death of Fanny Fern

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 4

THE American papers announce the death of Mrs. James E. Parton better known under her nom de plume of "Funny Fern." She was sister to N. P. Willis, and was born in…

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Death of the Queen's Half Sister

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 4

THE lady for whose death the English court has gone into mourning was the Dowager Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, who expired at Baden-Baden on September 23rd…

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The Mysterious Death of Captain Gray

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1873 · page 4

THE few additional particulars that have come to hand as to the disappearance of Captain Gray, the commander of the steamship Great Britian, only tend to make the melancholy…

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Death of Rev. Dr. Guthrie

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1873 · page 4

THE following notice of this gentleman, whose death is recorded in our English telegram, is from Men of the Time:— The Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., was the…

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The Mysterious Death of Captain Gray

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 6

The few additional particulars that have come to hand as to the disappearance of Captain Gray, the commander of the steamship Great Britain, only tend to make the…

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Funeral of Napoleon Iii

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 4

THE English papers give copious details of the death, lying in state, and funeral of the late Emperor, whose decease seems to have caused more general sorrow in England than…

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Death of a Madman at Sea

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1873 · page 4

FROM the officers of the steamer City of Brisbane, which arrived from Sydney this morning we learn that a most distressing scene was witnessed on board that steamer during her…

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Local, News. Gundagai. the Late Mr. Hamilton Hume

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1873 · page 2

MR. HAMILTON HUME, of Yass, passed away to join the majority on Saturday last. The death of a man to whom Australians owe so large a debt of gratitude calls for mention…

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Death of Mr. Hamilton Hume

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1873 · page 2

From the Southern Argus we learn that Hamilton Hume, the great Australian explorer, died at his residence, Cooma, two miles from Yaas, at an early hour on Saturday morning. Fifty-two years ago…

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The Late W. C. Wentworth. Public Funeral

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 2

It was mentioned in our telegram on Wednesday that the remains of the late William Charles Wentworth had arrived in Sydney from Europe, and that Commissioners had been appointed to make…

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The Late Mr. Macready. (From "Men of the Time.")

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 7 May 1873 · page 4

William Charles Macready, whose death was announced in our London telegram of April 30, was born in London, March 3, 1793. His father was the manager of a…

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Death of the Rev. Thomas Jackson

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 6

ONE of the patriarchs of Methodism, the Rev. Thomas Jackson, more widely known as Father Jackson, was buried at Richmond cemetery on 14th March. He died on the…

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The Death of Mr. M'hugh.—ad. Miralty Surveyor

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1873 · page 3

ONE of the most terrible mining accidents that ever happened in the district occurred yesterday evening at the Golden Fleece Company's mine, by which a well-known and…

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Obituary

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 2

Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice, Washington. U.S. Baron Liebig, the celebrated chemist. Sir William Tite, F.R.S., M.P. for Bath…

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Death of the Countess of Guiccioli

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 4

THERE was a time when the intelligence of the death of the Countess Guiccioli would have sent a thrril through society both in London and in Paris; but she has had the…

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Reported Death of Sir Samuel and Lady Baker

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 4

A LAMENTABLE story was published on the 17th April by the leading journal, which has caused the greatest grief. We are apprised that Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, and such…

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Funeral of an Indian Prince

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 14 June 1873 · page 4

Mr. Seyd Abdoolah favours us (Times) with the following translation of a letter he has just received from a friend in India, who was an eye-witness of…

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Death of Sir Terence Aubrey Murray. (From the Empire.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 28 June 1873 · page 4

We regret to record the death of Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, President of the Legislative Council, which took place at 7 p.m. on Sunday evening, at his residence,…

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Death of John Stuart Mill

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 6

THE unexpected death of the celebrated John Stuart Mill has, both among those who agreed with and those who widely differed from him, been the cause of much regret…

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