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Obituaries & funerals, 1875

19 stories in Riverina's papers

Shocking Death of a Mother at Mornington

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1875 · page 5

AN inquest was held on the 12th inst., by the district coroner, at Mornington, upon the body of Sarah Doonan, aged forty, the wife of a gardener named…

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Sudden Death of the Rev. Andrew Robertson

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 4

IT is .with the sincerest regret that we (Daily Telegraph) have to record the demise of the Rev Andrew Robertson, the honoured pastor of the Presbyterian…

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Death of the Hon. W. M. Arnold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 3

OUR readers will learn with feeling of regret of the untimely death by drowning of the Hon. W. M. Arnold, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the colony of New South Wales. The particulars of the…

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Death of Commodore Nutt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1875 · page 4

THOSE who remember the visit of Tom Thumb and Commodore Nutt, with Mrs Tom Thumb and Miss Minnie Warren, to Gundagai, will regret to hear of the death of the…

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Melancholy Death of a Survivor of the Battle Waterloo

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1875 · page 4

ON Monday morning last a coroner’s inquest was held at the Talbragar Inn, by Dr W. H. Tibbits (coroner for the district), on view of the body…

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Death of John Mitchel

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1875 · page 4

JOHN MITCHEL died this morning (March 20th) at 8 o'clock, at Dromalane, near Newry, where he had been for only a few days. This is the last item of startling intelligence…

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Scene at a Funeral

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1875 · page 4

AT the funeral of Mrs. Rose Gollaghay, Mullabawn, near Forkhill, Newry, a quarrel broke out as to the property the deceased had left. On the way to the graveyard the coffin…

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The Late Mr. B. C. ASPINALL. (The Argus.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1875 · page 4

The intelligence of the death of Mr. C. B. Aspinall will occasion a feeling of deep regret not only to those who know him personally, but to those who…

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Death of General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.B. (From the Daily News.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1875 · page 6

ONE of the gallantest soldiers and modestest of Christian gentlemen of this our time went out from among [?] last evening when there [?] in death the eyes of the grey old chief…

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Death of the Rev. I. Hetherington

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1875 · page 6

THE announcement of the death of the Rev, Irving Hetherington, the pastor of the Scots Church, Collins street, one of the best known, and most…

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Death of the Rev. James Pillars, M.a

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1875 · page 6

A VERY sad and melancholy accident happened at South Head on last Saturday forenoon. The Rev. James Pillars, Unitarian [?]lergyman, accompanied by…

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Death of Commodore Goodenough

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 3

GENERAL sorrow and indignation will be aroused by the news that Commodore Goodenough has met his dentil through the treachery of the savage inhabitants of Santa Cruz—an island lying between the Solomon…

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Death of Signor Gonzales

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 1 September 1875 · page 4

MANY of our readers remember, during the visit of Signor chiarini’s Cirens here, the acrobatic performance of Signor Gonzales as being of…

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The Hospital Funeral. [After T. [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 22 September 1875 · page 2

THERE'S a lone-looking hearse on the cemet’ry track With an Hospital carcase in coffin of black ; The roadway is rough, and the horse toils along, And the burden this is of the driver’s sad song—…

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Funeral Rites

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1875 · page 4

[?]GLES in the 'Australasian' says—that among the interesting calls made by the Challenger was a visit to the Admiralty Inlands. Here the scientific seekers after truth found…

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Funeral of Lady Franklin (From the Daily telegraph, July [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 October 1875 · page 5

YESTERDAY the body of the Lady Franklin was buried in peace after a quietly active life cheerful even un its sadness and prolonged without overstepping the natural limit of…

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Telegraphic Sydney Saturday, 2.30 p.m. Death of Sir Charles Cowper

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 27 October 1875 · page 2

A GAZETTE extra ordinary has been issued announcing the death of Sir Charles Cowper in England, The following horses have accepted…

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Death of Sir Charles Cowper

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 6

THE painful intelligence of the death of Sir Charles Cowper, the Agent-General for the colony in London, which was received by telegram in Sydney on…

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Death of Mr. Singer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1875 · page 4

The death of Mr Singer, the great American sewing machine man, and the publication of his will, reveals a condition of social affairs almost beyond cr[?]. Singer leaves thirteen…

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