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Obituaries & funerals, 1882

15 stories in Riverina's papers

Death of a French Original

The Temora Star · Saturday 18 March 1882 · page 4

STUDENTS of the French newspapers will from this date henceforward miss a familiar name in their leading columns. M. Thommassin, the…

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Death of Bob Ingersoll

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1882 · page 1

Not long since the following utterance of Bob Ingersoll went the rounds of the papers:— Colonel Ingersoll says he "keeps a…

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Death of Longfellow

The Temora Star · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 3

By cablegram from New York we learn that the poet of America, H. W. Longfellow, breathed his last near Boston, on Saturday. From "Men of the Time" we extract as…

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Cruise of H.m.s. Cormorant. Death of Lieutenant Luckraft

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1882 · page 4

BY the arrival of H.M.S. Cormorant, Captain Maxwell, from the Islands, we learn of another murder by the natives of the island of Esperitu Santu. The Cormorant left…

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Poets' Corner. Death of the Red King in the Forest

The Temora Star · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 4

WHERE the greenwood is greenest At gloaming of day, Where the twelve antler'd stag Faces boldest at bay;…

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Death of Mr. A. J. Pechey

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1882 · page 3

WRITING under date of Monday night, the Bathurst correspondent of the Echo says:— "The city was startled on Friday evening by the intelligence that Mr. A. J. Pechey, the…

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Death of John Leitch, Esq, of Berry Jerry

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1882 · page 2

IT is with the most poignant feelings of deep regret that we inform our readers of the death of one of the most respected members in the community of this district—Mr. John…

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Death of a Waterloo Veteran

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1882 · page 3

The death of an old Waterloo veteran Mr. Daguld Macfacla[?]e, father of Mr. Walter Macfarlane, until recently the secretary of the National Agricultural…

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News of the Week. Death of Mr, W. Forster, M.p

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1882 · page 2

IT is with feelings of profound regret that we have to announce tho death of Mr. W. Forster, M.P. for Gundagai, which took place suddenly early yesterday morning. The painful intelligence…

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DEATH of Mr. Wm. Forster, M.L.A.

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 November 1882 · page 2

IT is not often that any colonial journal commences an article with such a phrase as that which was descriptive of the chivalrous and knightly Bayard, namely, "sans peur et…

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Death of Mr. William Forster, M.L.A. SYDNEY, Monday, 4.45

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 November 1882 · page 2

At 4 o'clock this morning Mr. Forster died at his residence, Edgecliff road, Woollahra. His death occurred without any warning. Up to the time of going to…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. William Forster, M.l.a

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1882 · page 4

The public will regrest to learn that at 4 o'clock on Monday morning Mr. William Forster, M.L.A., died at his residence, Hazelmere, Edgecliff road. The sad event occured…

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Death of Sir William Macarthur

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1882 · page 4

Another of the remaining links which connected the present day with the very early period of the history of New South Wales has been snapped asunder by the death of Sir…

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The Late Mr. William Forster. Funeral Ceremonies at Ryde

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1882 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mr. William Forster whosesudden death we recorded on Monday week, were on Wednesday afternoon laid in the family vault at Ryde, in the presence of a large…

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DEATH of the Rev. James Dykes Paterson

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 4

"Farewell! endued with all that could engage All Hearts to love thee, both in youth and age! In prime of life, for sprightliness enroll'd Among the guy, yet virtuous as the old:…

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