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Obituaries & funerals, 1870

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THE FUNERAl

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 9

The mortal remains of the late Mr. Cordner were convoyed on Sunday afternoon to the necropolis, Haslem's Creek. The procession numbered over a hundred vehicles, containing most of the musical professionals…

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Death of Stockwell

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 4

We have to announce the death of this well-known horse, commonly called "The Emperor of Sallions," which event took place last week from inflammation of the intestines. The high position enjoyed by Stockwell on the Turf before his retirement to the stud…

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Death of West Australian

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 4

The coincidences of the above-named celebrated horse (whose death is mentioned elsewhere by our French correspondent) having died within a fow days of his whilom companion Stockwell is remarkable. The pair, were, it will be remembered, separated at…

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Funeral of the Russian Ambassador

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 10

The decease of the Russian Ambassador, Count de Stackelberg, after a long and painful attack of carbuncle, has afforded the Parisians the welcome spectacle of a first-class funeral. The pumps and vanities of woo were…

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A Noteworthy Obituary

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 10

Amidst all thin stir and movement, four somewhat noteworthy people have panned out of this life of contention and turmoil. The last remnant of the Anjou branch of the Plantagenets has become extinct in the person of…

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Death of a Centenarian. a Schoolfellow of Robert Burns

Evening News · Wednesday 27 July 1870 · page 3

A VERITABLE centenarian has just died in the island of Arran. Ebenezer Baillie, as he was named, was born in the parish of Dalrymple, Ayrshire, in the year 1767, and was a schoolfellow of the poet Burns…

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Death of a Centenarian

Empire · Thursday 28 July 1870 · page 4

A VERITABLE centenarian has just died in the island of Arran. Ebenezer Baillie, as he was named, was born in the parish of Dalrymple, Ayrshire, in the year 1767, and was a schoolfellow of the poet Burns,…

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The Funeral

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 3

Like Nebo's mount, where Moses stood, Shrouded from mortal sight, Donard put on his misty crown, Of dim and mournful light…

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Funeral at Sea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 21

The Angel of Death passed over the ship As she sailed for the Southern main, And strewed his wreaths of amaranth O'er the children's bed of pain…

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Funeral at Sea

Evening News · Monday 1 August 1870 · page 3

The Angel of Death passed over the ship As she sailed for the Southern main, And strowed his wreaths of amaranth O'er the children's bed of pain…

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The Late Mr. W. J. Cordner

Illustrated Sydney News · Wednesday 3 August 1870 · page 3

AFTER a residence amongst us of nearly fourteen years, Mr. William John Cordner, a musical professor of well-recognised ability, has been taken away by death. He was, as we understand, a native of Armagh, Ireland, and in the school attached…

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Obituary

Empire · Thursday 4 August 1870 · page 3
Also in Evening News, The Sydney Morning Herald

Sir James Clark, physician to the Queen; Lord Arthur Clinton, son of the Duke of Newcastle; Professor Syme, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, Sir Archibald Bogle, the Marquis…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to the 12th July. Death of the Earl of Clarendon. Re-arrangement of the Ministry Passage of the Irish Land Bill. Launch of the Largest Iron-clad in the World. Great Gold Discovery in India. Gigantic Shipping Frauds, &c. Favorable Reports of the Wool Market. Critical Position of France and Prussia. Adelaide. Wednesday night

Evening News · Thursday 4 August 1870 · page 2

The R.M.S. Avoca reached the Sound at tenaim. on July 30th, and the branch steamer arrivod at Glenelg with the Adelaide mails at six p.m. this day…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to the 12th July. Death of the Earl of Clarendon. Re-arrangement of the Ministry Passage of the Irish Land Bill. Launch of the Largest Iron-clad in the World. Great Gold Discovery in India. Gigantic Shipping Frauds, &c. Favorable Reports of the Wool Market. Critical Position of France and Prussia. (From Our Adelaide Correspondent.) Adelaide, Wednesday night

Empire · Thursday 4 August 1870 · page 3

PASSENGERS FOR SYDNEY.—The mail steamer brings the following passengers:— Misses Gattley (2), Messrs. Pirklington and Amherst, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Assistant…

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Funeral at Sea

Empire · Friday 5 August 1870 · page 4

The Angel of Death passed over the ship As she s ailed for the Southern main, And strewed his wreaths of amaranth O'er the children's bed of pain…

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Obituary

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 14

CLARENDON, fourth Earl of, created 1776; Baron Hyde, 1766 (Great Britain); Privy Councillor, 1840 ; K.G., 1849; G.C.B., 1837.— George William Frederick Villiers, bon of the Hon. George Villiers, (who was third eon of the first…

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America. John Martin on the Death of Mr. G. H. Moore

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 4

In a letter to the "New York Citizen" (Mitchel's paper), Mr. Martin makes these observations upon the late Mr. G. H. Moore :—…

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Death of Charles Dickens

Evening News · Monday 8 August 1870 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, June 8, as our readers have been apptised Mr. Charles Dickens was seized with a fit, at his residence. Gads-hill-place, Higham, near Rochester, between six and seven o'clock, while at…

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