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Obituaries & funerals, 1870

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The Death Bed of Byron

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1870 · page 3

Fainting the poet-warrior lies—the noble and the free ! The strife is closing fast, for death has won the victory. He who hath borne such cruel wrong—despis'd, malign'd, oppress'd—…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 22
Also in Freeman's Journal, Sydney Mail

The Duchess de Berri, Cardinal Guellia (at Rome), Lord Hemricker (?), Dowager Lady Lyttleton, General Grey, General Thomas (at San Francisco, from apoplexy),…

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Death of Father John Kelly

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 5

It is with regret we have to record that the Archdiocese has lost a most excellent missionary priest in the person of the late Rev. Father John Kelly, who died at half past eight o…

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Sad Death of Lady Lopes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 7

A very sad death from burning occured at Frome on March 26th. Lady Lopes, the mother of Sir Massey Lopes, Bart., M.P., for South Devon, and Mr Henry Charles Lopes, M.P. for Launceston and Recorder of…

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The Death Bed of Byron

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 18

Fainting the poet-warrior lies—the noble and the free! The strife is closing fast, for death has won the victory. He who hath borne such cruel wrong—despis'd, malign'd oppress'd—…

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Eccentric Funeral

Evening News · Wednesday 15 June 1870 · page 3

THE other afternoon a novel funeral was performed at the romantic village of Entwistle, near Bolton. It was that of a gentleman named John Barlow, a large landed proprietor, whose place of abode was…

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Death of the [?] Ward, Alias Thunderbolt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1870 · page 8

[?] Ward, [?] Thunderbolt, is dead. The circumstance which led to the result I will, as far as I can, brifly relate. On Wednesday, 25th May, about 2 o'clock, as Mr. Blanche and his wife were…

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Eccentric Funeral

Empire · Thursday 16 June 1870 · page 4

THE other afternoon a novel funeral was performed at the romantic village of Entwistle, near Bolton. It was that of a gentleman named John Barlow, a large landed proprietor, whose place of abode was…

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Obituary

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 June 1870 · page 6

The death of the Duchess de Berri, mother of Count de Chambord. has just occurred at the estate in Styria, on which she has passed the latter patt of her eventful life. A princess of Royal Family of Naples,…

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Death of George Henry Moore

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 June 1870 · page 7

No task more painful than that which we perform to-day, in making record of the death of George Henry Moore, could fall to the hands of an Irish national journalist…

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Death of the Author of "Beautiful Snow."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 June 1870 · page 2

A FEW years ago there appeared in an America[?] paper, published in one of the Western Statei, an exquisite poem entitled "Beautiful Snow." The beauty of the composition secured its republication in…

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Death of George Henry Moore

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1870 · page 13

No greater grief than that which weighed upon the Irish heart, at the departure of the mail, has Ireland experienced since the death of O'Connell. George Henry Moore was dead, and…

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Death of the Author of "Beautiful Snow."

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 25 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 beauty of the composition secured Its republication in numerous Journals, and at length it found Its way…

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Masonic Funeral of Don Enrique De Bourbon. Madrid, March 16

Evening News · Tuesday 28 June 1870 · page 3

THE funeral of Don Enrique de Bourbon killed in a duel with the Duke de Montpensier) was solemnized yesterday, It was attended by none of the prominent men of the day, nor by any military…

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Masonic Funeral of Don Enrique De Bourbon. (From the Times Correapondent.) MADRID, March 16

Empire · Thursday 30 June 1870 · page 4

THE funeral of Don Enrique de Bourbon (killed in a duel with the Duke de Montpensior) was solemnized yesterday, It was attended by none of the prominent men of the day, nor by any military…

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The Late Mr. A. L. Gordon

Empire · Friday 1 July 1870 · page 4

ONE of the most astounding incidents of the perpetual tragedy that interlines actual human history has just been published from city to city round the coasts of Australia. A few…

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Death of the Rev. Father Duigan, of Yass

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 9

It is with feelings of very deep regret, joined in, we are sure, by all classes of our townsmen, that we record the unexpected demise of this respected, energetic, and much-beloved…

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