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Obituaries & funerals, 1879

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Mysterious Death of a Woman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 5

ON the 23rd of last month a man named John Gilbert, with his wife, who lives at Rooty Hill, near Blacktown, paid Sydney a visit for the purpose of making a few purchases for…

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Death of Mr. W. O. Windeyer

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 5 March 1879 · page 2

THE regret that we feel in announcing the death of Mr. Walter orton Windelyer, of Wantabadgery, will be shared by every one residing in this district. An old resident…

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Death of Mr. W. O. Windeyer, of Wantabadgery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1879 · page 3

IT is with much regret we announce the death of one of the oldest and most respected residents of this district. Mr. W. O. Windeyer died at his Wantabadgery station at…

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Death of Mr. W. O. Windeyer, of Wantabadgery

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1879 · page 2

It is with much regret we announce the death of one at' the oldest and most respected residents of this district. Mr. W. O. Windeyer died at his Wantabadgery station at an early hour on…

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Death of the Daughter of Captain Cook

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 3

The 'Daily Telegraph' of the 25th September, 1867, thus alludes to this occurrence:—Fifty thousand gold-diggers are working to-day in the New Zealand gullies. Sydney is a splendid…

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The Death of "General" Jackson

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 March 1879 · page 8

THE death is announced (says Bell's Life, January 4th) at Cambridge of "General" Jackson, a well-known patron and teacher of the "noble art,"…

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Death of the Mir Akhor

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 April 1879 · page 3

THE Jellalabad correspondent of the Civil and Military Gazette on the 27th January last writes:—The life of one of our bitterest opponents has at length…

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Death of William Howitt

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 30 April 1879 · page 3

Two English authors, William and Mary Howitt, whose names may most properly be treated together, are well-known to English readers. We have to record the death of the…

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Death of the Daughter of Captain Cook

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 7 May 1879 · page 4

THE Daily Telegraph of the 25th September 1867, thus alludes to this occurrence:—Fifty thousand gold-diggers are working to-day in the New…

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Death of General Garibaldi

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1879 · page 3

OUR English telograms supplies the information that the most celebrated of Italian agitators in our generation died at Rome last Friday. His career was one of such stirring…

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Death of Professor Clifford

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 May 1879 · page 8

THE Spectator notices the death in Madeira, from consumption, at the very early age of 34, of Professor W. K. Clifford, a great mathematician, and a…

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Death of Wm. Broadhead

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 6

THE once notorious William Broadhead, formerly secretary of the Sawgrinders' Union at Sheffield, and the instigator of most of the trades-union outrages which…

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Sudden Death of the Hon. Edward Butler, Q.c

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 11 June 1879 · page 3

ON Monday (says the Evening News) morning the city was, as it were, thunderstruck by the starling rumour that Hon. Edward Butler had dropped dead in court…

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Death of the Hon. E. Butler, M. L. C.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1879 · page 3

On Monday morning their Honors Judges Faucett and Sir William Manning, as well as counsel and others in attendance at the Supreme Court, were greatly shocked by the sudden and…

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The Funeral

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 3

The funeral of the late Hon. Edward Butler, Q.C., which took place on Wednesday morning, was remarkable in the highest degree as proving the…

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The Funeral of the Hon. E. Butler

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 5

THE funeral of the Hon. Edward Butler, Q.C., which took place on Wednesday morning, was remarkable in the highest degree as proving the esteem and love in which the…

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Death of the Hon. E. Butler, M.l.c

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 2

ON Monday morning, their Honors Judges Faucett and Sir William Manning, as well as counsel and others in attendance at the Supreme Court, were greatly shocked by the…

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The Death of the Prince Imperial

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 25 June 1879 · page 4

INTELLIGENCE has been received from the Cape to-day, dated June 1, announcing the death of the Prince Imperial of France. His Imperial Highness was…

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A Mohammedan Funeral

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 6

YESTERDAY I saw a Mohammedan funeral passing through the streets. My attention was first attracted to it by hearing a murmur of many voices…

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The Death of the Prince Imperial

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 2

Step by Step the French nation has been departing from the old order of things, and the unexpected death of the only remaining hope of the fallen house…

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