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Obituaries & funerals, 1873

328 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 17

Death of Jim Robinson

Evening News · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 3

So long had Jim Robinson retired from public life that many of our modern racecourse frequenters looked upon his fame as a tradition, and did not share the enthusiasm of those who loved to descant upon his…

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Death of Jim Robinson. (From the Sporting Life, January 18.)

Empire · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 4

So long had Jim Robinson retired from public life that many of our modern racecourse frequenters looked upon his fame as a tradition, and did not share the enthusiasm of those who loved to descant upon his…

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Funeral of Napoleon Iii. {Westminster Gazette, Jan. 18.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 11

With no more pomp than is bestowed on the interment of a great English nobleman, they on Wednesday laid to sleep in the southern chapel of the little Catholic Church…

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Further Extracts from Papers by the Suez Mail. Illness and Death of the Emperor Napoleon

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

It append that for some time past the Emperor had experienced local symptoms of a very severe and distressing character. At the suggestion of Dr. Baron Corvisart, who for a year past has suspected the presence…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1873 · page 5

Mr. Money Wigram, of the firm of Messrs. Money Wigram and Co., shipowners; Richard Partridge, Professor of Anatomy, King's College, London…

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Death of Canon Forde

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 5

On Sunday Jan 12th the Very Rev. Monsignor Canon forde V.G., died in Dublin after an operation for Calculus. The deceased was one of the most dis…

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Ireland. Death of an Irish Smuggler

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 5

In Scribner'a for December there is the Mowing graphic description, by Mr. froude' of the death of a famous Irish smuggler of the 18th century :—…

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The Death of the Emperor Napoleon

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 12

The death of the Emperor Napoleon in exile, though melancholy from its suddenness, and from the crushing misfortunes which preceded it, is not an event of political…

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Obituary. Major W. H. Christie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 404

AN old colonist, who for many years occupied a leading position in our community and numbered a large circle of friends, has just passed away. WILLIAM HARVIE CHRISTIE (more familiarly known to us all as…

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Death of Jim Robinson. (From the Sporting Life, January 18.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 23

So long had Jim Robinson retired from public life that many of our modern racecourse frequenters looked upon his fame us a tradition, and did not share the enthusiasm of those who loved to descant upon his…

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French Journals on the Death of Napoleon Iii. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) Paris, January 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 3

NOTHING can give a more exact idea of the opinion held respecting Napoleon III. than those which are expressed by the various journals which have been published to-day…

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The Late Mr. David Jones

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 April 1873 · page 9

ON Monday last a funeral procession of unusual extent passed through the streets of Sydney, and gave indication to every passer-by that a citizen of more than ordinary influence…

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The Late Mrs. Luckie-solemn Office for the Dead

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1873 · page 10

There was celebrated on Thursday, the 27th ult., at the Catholic Church, Double Bay, a solemn Dirge and Missade Requiem for the happy repose of the lately deceased mother of the…

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Obituary

Evening News · Monday 7 April 1873 · page 3

Professor, Sedgwick, the Dowager Empress of Austria, Countess Cadogan, Mrs. M'Cullagh Torrens, Mr. Gaskell, and ex-M.P.; Sir Charles Marshall, the retired Indian…

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Obituary

Empire · Tuesday 8 April 1873 · page 3

Professor Sedgwick, the Dowager Empress of Austria, Countess Cadogan, Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens, Mr. Gaskell, an ex-M.P.; Sir Charles Marshall, the retired Indian…

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Death of Dr. Lushington. (From tim Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1873 · page 7

ANOTHER of the old giants has departed from among us. Dr. Lushington died at his seat near Ockham, and with him the last of that galaxy of legal talent which shone throughout the first half of the present…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Hill End. the Family of the Lecturer, C. E. Jones. Contempt of Court at Melbourne, Latest Betting and Commercial Intelligence. Community of Nuns for Brisbane. Meeting of the Victorian Parliament. the "Age" and the Border Duties Bill. the "Amateur" Question. Kabat Still in Custody. Death of Belphegor. Departure of Governor Ducane and Lady for Sydney. Interruption of the Overland Telegraph Line. Hunter Agricultural Show. Expected Arrival of Governor Musgrave. Mr. Todd's Mission to Sydney. Bathurst Agricultural Show. the Bathurst Team Against the University. Latest Mining, Commercial, &c., &c., &c. Hill End. Tuesday, 6 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1873 · page 2

A man named Burgess was killed this forenoon in the Lucky venture Claim, Tambaroora. The chamber caved in. Dr. O'Connell attended the deceased…

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The Late Mr. David Jones

Empire · Friday 11 April 1873 · page 4

ON Monday last a funeral procession of unusual extent passed through the streets of Sydney, and gave indication to every nasser-by that a citizen of more than ordinary influence…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1873 · page 22

Professor Sedgwick, the Dowager Empress of Austria, Countess Cadogan, Mrs. M'Cullagh Torrens, Mr. Gaskell, an ex-M.P.; Sir Charles Marshall, the retired Indian…

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Reported Death of the Pope—a Hoax

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1873 · page 15

On the 5th instant Dr. Cumming was announced to deliver a lecture at the Town Hall at Folkestone at three o'clock in the afternoon on "The Pope, and his work in…

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