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Obituaries & funerals, 1873

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The Mysterious Death of Captain Gray

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 3

THE few additional particulars that have come to hand as to the disappearance of Captain Grey, the commander of the steamship Great Britain, only tend to make the melancholy affair more inexplicable. For…

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The Late Mr. Byrnes, Cadgee

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 2

The Moruya Examiner, January 16th, has the following obituary notice:—On Wednesday last the southern part of the district was greatly shocked by the sudden death…

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Death of Lady Beaconsfield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 22

Lady Benconsfield, the invaluable wife of Mr. Disraeli, is dead. The history of the marriage is well known. Mrs. Wyndham Lewis was a wealthy widow, many yours older than Mr. Disraeli. But a mutual…

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Obituary. London, February 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 7

The Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., of the Free Church of Scotland, is dead. He had edited Sunday at Home" from its commencement…

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Death of the Rev. M. J. Coffey

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 10

It will be cause of great borrow to all Catholics in this diocese when they bear of the death of the Rev. Michael Joseph Coffey, which took place at the Bishop's House, Goulburn, about 3…

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The Mysterious Death of Captain Gray. (From the Liverpool Mercury, December 27.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 23

THE few additional particulars that have come to hand as to the disappearance of Captain Gray, thE commander of the stemship Great Britain, only tend to make the melancholy affair more inexplicable. For…

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The Late Mr. N. D. Stenhouse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1873 · page 5

A MEETING of the friends of the late Mr. N. D. Stenhouse was held yesterday afternoon at the Free Public Library, in Bent-street. Among those present were the Hon. W. B. Dalley, the Rev. Dr. Lang, Dr. Stanley, Mr. R. C. Walker,…

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Funeral of Lady Beaconsfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1873 · page 3

ON the 19th December, the mortal remains of Mary Ann Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield, were interred in the family vault in Hughenden Church. The ceremony (says the Times), in accordance with…

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Death of an Infant.—verdict of Manslaughter. (From yesterday's Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1873 · page 5

ON Monday evening, at the Currency Lass Hotel, West Maitland, an inquest on the body of Edith Robson, an infant of about three weeks old, was concluded before Mr. T. W. Pearse, the coroner, and a jury. The evidence,…

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Death of Edwin Forrest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 23

THE death of Mr. Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, which is announced in the American papers, will possibly bring back to many minds the name of a celebrity long forgotten by them. Middle-aged men were mere boys…

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Obituary. London, February 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 305

The Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., of the Free Church of Scotland, is dead. He had edited "Sunday at Home" from its commencement…

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Obituary

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1873 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Dean of Manchester, Earl Galloway, professor Rankine, Sir W. Verner, M.P , James Hannay, Dr. Lushington, Mrs. R. Graves, Sir George Musgrave…

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Arrival of the Bangalore at Melbourne Further Particulars of the Loss of the Northfleet. Eighty Saved—327 Drowned. the Panic on Board. Human Behaviour of the Steamer's Crew. Prince Arthur at Rome. Deputation to the Pope. the Central Asian Policy Op Russia. More Complications in France. Prince Bismarck and the Emperor. Spanish Indemnity' to Slave Holders. Contempt of Court in the Tichborne Case. the Funeral of Napoleon Iii. Sir Charles Dilke at Derby. Theatre Destroyed by Fire at New York. [Pee Anglo-australian Press Telegram Agency.] Melbourne. March 10th, 12.11 a.m

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1873 · page 3

The following are the passengers for Sydney by the R.M.S. Bangalore:—From Southampton: Mrs. and Miss Wentworth, Hon. C. Lyttleton, Mr. F. T. Walker, Messrs. P. G…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Arrival of the Bangalore at Melbourne Further Particulars of the Loss of the Northfleet. Eighty Saved—327 Drowned. the Panic on Board. Inhuman Behaviour of the Steamer's Crew. Prince Arthur at Rome. Deputation to the Pope. the Central Asian Policy of Russia. More Complications in France. Prince Bismarck and the Emperor. Spanish Indemnity to Slaveholders. Contempt of Court in the Tichborne Case. the Funeral of Napoleon Iii. Sir Charles Dilke at Derby. Theatre Destroyed by Fire at New York. [Per Anglo-australian Press Telegram Agency.] Melbourne. March 10th, 12.11 a.m

Empire · Monday 10 March 1873 · page 2

The P. and O. Company's mail steamer Bangalor arrived in the Bay at 8.30 p.m. She brings 80 passengers saved from the Northfleet…

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The Late Mrs. Somerville. (To the Editor of the Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1873 · page 6

SIR,—May I ask for a space in the Times for a few personal memories of Mrs. Somerville, supplementary, they may be considered, to your article on this very distinguished lady in the Times on Monday last. I…

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Arrival of the Bangalore. Particulars of the Death of Napoleon Iii. the Collision in the British Channel

Evening News · Wednesday 12 March 1873 · page 3
Also in Empire

The royal mail steamer, with the European mails, arrived in Port Jackson at an early hour this morning, and though a day late in leaving Galle, she has delivered the mails over two and a half days in advance…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 22

Dean of Manchester, Earl Galloway, Professor Eankine, Sir W. Verner, M.P, James Hannay, Dr. Lushington, Mrs. R. Graves, Sir George Musgrave…

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Death of the Ex-emperor, Napoleon Iii

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 329

On January 6, the Emperor was placed under the influence of chloroform, and then underwent a second operation for crushing the stone. The following was the bulletin issued on the occasion:—"The difficulties of the…

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