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Obituaries & funerals, 1872

195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 10

Telegrams This Dat. Cabie Message. Cable News from England to November 30. Death of Horace Greeley. Exciting Position of French Politics. Thiers Still President. Wool and Tallow Markets Unchanged. Lodged in London, November 30, at 1.6 p.m. Received in Sydney, December 1, at 10.46 p.m

Evening News · Monday 2 December 1872 · page 2

Horace Greeley, the late unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency of the United States, in opposition to General Grant, is dead. Upon his defeat he at once resumed the editorial…

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Sudden Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool

Evening News · Tuesday 3 December 1872 · page 3

Yesterday evening, at half-past 8 o'clock, Dr. Gore, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, died at the College in that town. He had attended morning ser. vice at tie College, and at i in the afternoon visited…

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A Man's Head Blown Off. Riot in the Theatre Royal. Annexation of Fiji. Scandal in Melbourne. Death of Rev. Mr. Roddick. the Locust Plague. Mining Accident at Sandhurst. Murderous Assault. Latest Commercial, &c., &c

Evening News · Tuesday 3 December 1872 · page 2

It is again raining heavily. The stone raised from the Cornnubia Company, Green Swamp, yielded at the Mint at the rate of over an ounce to the ton…

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Tales. Tressa's Resolve. a Tale by the Late Mrs. Calvert. Chapter Xvl Water!

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 729

"Do let us try," pleaded Bessie. Mr. Murray looked wan with red, wild eyes, like a man who was suffering much. "There is no water by the way."…

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Death of a Missionary to the Negro

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 3

The colored people of Baltimore are called upon to mourn the loss of one of their newly-appointed spiritual directors, the Rev. Cornelius Dowling, who died on Friday…

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The Murder of the Late Rev. Mr. Gordon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 23

THE following particulars respecting the murder, on the Island of Eromanga, of the Rev. Mr. Gordon, will be read with interest by the many friends of Mission work:—"A. Clark, Esq.—Aneiteum, New Hebrides,…

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Sudden Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop Oe Liverpool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 23

Yesterday evening, at half-past 8 o'clock, Dr. Goss, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, died at the College in that town. He had attended morning service at the College, and at 4 in the afternoon visited…

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The Late Mr. S. G. HENTY. (From the Melbourne Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 December 1872 · page 5

WE announce with regret the death of Mr. S. G. Henty, former member of the Upper House. Mr. Henty had bee[?] liable to epileptic seizures for the past three years. These attacks affected his mind, and ho was not able to attend to…

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Death of an Old Turf Celebrity

Evening News · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 3
Also in Empire

ON Sunday last, says the Braidwood Monitor of Tuesday, the famous Archer, the property of Messrs, Hassail and Roberts, died at Exeter Farm, at an advanced age. Poor old Archer was one of the most noted of…

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Boxing Day Races at Bathurst, Home Rule, and Wallsend. Man Drowned in a Tank at Newcastle. Combined Colonial Cricket Contest. Mailman Drowned on the Nymboi Harvest Thanksgiving at Adelaide. Cricket at West Mattland. the Australasian Musical Jubilee at Melbourne. Death of a Waterloo Veteran. Antimony at Sandhurst. &c., &c., $c, NEWCASTLE. Friday 11 2. a m

Evening News · Friday 27 December 1872 · page 2

At Wallsend Races, on Thursday, the Maiden Plate was won by Lady Mary, beating Roulette and Maid of Australia. The Innkeepers' Purse was taken by Whalebone…

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The Late Mr. S. G. Henty

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 824

WE announce with regret the death of Mr. S. G. Henty, a former member of the Upper House. Mr. Henty hod been liable to epileptic seizures for the past three years. These attacks affected his mind, and he was not able to attend to…

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America. Death of a Distinguished Irish-american

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 4

Captain WiLliam H. Maeomb, of the United States Navy, died at his residence, Walnut-street, Philadelphia,'on the morning of August 12, 1872. He was carried off by…

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Death of Mrs. Greeley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1872 · page 13

On the 2nd December, a telegram was received in Sydney stating that Horace Greeley was dead. Mrs. Greely died only a few weeks before her husband. The funeral (says a telegram to a Californian journal) took place on November…

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Ministerial Visit to Queanbeyan. Riotous Women in Melbourne Gaol. Death From Dissipation. New Zealand Representatives for the Conference. the Death of Captain Gray. the Cricket Match at Melbourne. Proposed Memorial to Captain Gray. Arrival Op Wool From the Darling. Peebles at the Prince of Wales, Melbourne. Queanbeyan. Monday, noon

Evening News · Monday 30 December 1872 · page 2

The Colonial Secretary and the Attorney-General have decided to visit Queanbeyan on the 7th January. A committee of gentlemen has been formed…

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