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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1873

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The Funeral Oration. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 May 1873 · page 10

SIR,—It is not from a desire to make myself conspicuous, it is not from a desire to detract one iota from the well earned praise accorded by all parties to the meritorious actions of the late…

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Public Funeral to Mr. Wentworth. Scene in George-street. Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1873 · page 16

THE accompanying view of the public funeral to the late Mr. Wentworth, which took place in Sydney, on Tuesday, 6th instant, is engraved from a photograph taken from opposite the new Town Hall, in…

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The Late Mr. Hamilton Hume

Empire · Wednesday 21 May 1873 · page 4

ON Saturday, 19th ultimo, Mr. Hamilton Hume, one of the early explorers of New South Wales, and a native of the colony, departed this life at his late residence, near Yass. Mr…

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Obituary

Empire · Monday 2 June 1873 · page 2
Also in Evening News

Count Bernstorff, Prussian, ambassador; Archdeacon Sandford, of Edinburgh; Professor Partridge, of King's College: General Sir. William Bell, a Waterloo veteran; Earl…

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Telegrams This Day the Melbourne Government and the Mail Service. the Border Duties. Dr. Von Mueller. Extensive Land Selections at Bombala. Death of Mr. Beeston. Direct Inspiration From Heaven. Latest Commercial and Mining. &c., &c., &c. NEWCASTLE. Monday, 1.11 p.m

Evening News · Monday 2 June 1873 · page 2

Mr. Beeston, late traffic manager on the Northern railway, died last night…

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Obituary. London, May 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1873 · page 5

Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice, Washington, U. S. Baron Liebig, the celebrated chemist. Sir William Tite, F.R.S., M.P. for Bath…

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Death of a Trafalgar Officer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1873 · page 6

Captain Henry Parker, a retired captain, expired at his residence in Greenwich Hospital on Monday afternoon, in the 86th year of his age. Captain Parker was signal midshipman and aide-de-camp to Captain Hargood, in the…

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Shocking Death of Sir Donald Macleod

Empire · Friday 6 June 1873 · page 3
Also in Evening News

WE regret to hear of te death, under very melancholy circumstances, of Sir Donald Macleod. On Thursday evening at half-past 6 o'clock, he was at the Gloue ster-road Station, of the Metropolitan Railway, and…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 724

LIEBIG, JUSTUS BARON VON, of whose death telegraphic intelligence has just been received, was one of the greatest chemists of the present day, and was born at Darmstadt, 12th May, 1803. He early showed a strong…

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Death of a Trafalgar Officer

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 727

Captain Henry Parker, a retired captain, expired at his residence in Greenwich Hospital on Monday afternoon, in the 86th year of his age. Captain Parker was signal midshipman and aide-de-camp to Captain Hargood, in the…

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Obituary. London, May 28

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 721

Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice, Washington, U. S. Baron Liebig, the celebrated chemist. Sir William Tite, F.R.S., M.P. for Bath…

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Obituary. London, June 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1873 · page 5

Prince Adalbert-Guillaume-George-Louis, of Bavaria, is dead. He was born at Munich 19th July, 1828, and at the time of his decease held a commission as Major-General, and chief of the…

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An American Manner of Preserving Funeral Wreaths

Empire · Tuesday 10 June 1873 · page 4

OUR readers have most of them observed with wonder and admiration specimens of remarkably preserved bouquets, wreaths, and crosses of white flowers that had been used on some…

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The Funeral of the Late W. C. Wentworth

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Tuesday 10 June 1873 · page 6

WE publish this month a highly finished engraving of the above national event. Although rather late in season, we preferred keeping this illustration out of last issue so…

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Death of the Countess of Guiccicli

Empire · Thursday 12 June 1873 · page 4

THERE was a time when the intellingne of the death of Countess Gulccio;; would have sent a thrill through society both in London and in Paris; but she had the misfortune ofoutlving her reputation, and so the news…

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Funeral of Count Bernstorff

Empire · Friday 13 June 1873 · page 3

A SPECIAL private funeral service was solemnised over the remains of the late Count Bernstorff, at the Royal German Chapel, St. James's, on April 2, prior to the removal to Germany to-day…

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