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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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Cable Message. Death of a Cardinal at Rome. LONDON, October 2

Evening News · Tuesday 9 October 1877 · page 2

Cardinal Spo[?]j Successes of Cardinal Auto[?] as virtual Prime Minister of the Pope is dead His Holiness the Pope is much affected at the death of his adviser so soon after the loss…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1877 · page 7
Also in Evening News

Admiral Sir H. J. Codrington, 64; Lord Headley, 67; Viscount Guillamore; Lord de Clifford, 53; Vice-Admiral C. W. Riley, 84; Major-General Thacker, 56; Mr. W…

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Death of Brigham Young

Evening News · Friday 12 October 1877 · page 2

Salt Lake City, August 29.—Brigham Young died at 4 o'clock this afternoon of inflammation of the bowels. He has been sick about a week. There is no disguising the fact that his death will materially…

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Obituary. London, October 4

Evening News · Friday 12 October 1877 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Teresa Titiens, the great operatic singer…

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Cable Messages. General News. Great Pedestrian Feat. Death of an Operatic Singer. The London Wool Market. Commercial. Pedestrian Feat. London, October 7. Death of an Operatic Singer

Evening News · Friday 12 October 1877 · page 2

Gale, an English pedestrian, has accomplished the greatest pedestrian feat ever known. He has walked 1500 miles in 1000 hours. A great deal of money was staked on the event, and the man's…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 8

Admiral Sir H. J. Codrington, 64; Lord Headley, 67; Viscount Guillamore Lord de Clifford, 53; Vice-Admiral C. W. Riley, 84; Major-General Thacker, 56; Mr. W. Longman, publisher; Sir…

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Death of Brigham Young

Evening News · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 5

Salt Lake, August 30—One week age, to-day, Brigham Young bad an attack of cholera morbus, brought about, it is said, by eating too heartily of green com. The attack was severe from the first…

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America. Death of Brigham Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 3

Salt Lake, August 30.—One week ago to-day, Brigham Young had an attack of cholera morbus, brought about, it is said, by eating too heartily of green corn. The attack was severe from the first, and…

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Death of Captain Pattison

Evening News · Monday 15 October 1877 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, a veteran seaman, well-known in Newcastle for his deeds of bravery in saying life (says the NEWCASTLE HERALD of Thursday), passed from amongst us at the ripe age of 70 years…

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Death of Mr. G. H. E. Belfrage of Singleton

Evening News · Thursday 18 October 1877 · page 3

The town and district of Singleton has suffered a severe loss in the death of Mr. G. H. E. Belfrage, principal and founder of the Singleton Grammar School This institution was established in 1876, and…

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Death of Brigham Young

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 October 1877 · page 31

Salt Lake, August 30—One week ago, to-day, Brigham Young had an attack of cholera morbus, brought about, it is said, by eating too heartily of green corn. The attack was severe from the first,…

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Death of Mr W H. Suttor

Evening News · Monday 22 October 1877 · page 4

Mr. William Henry Suttor, of Alloway Bank, near Bathurst, died on Saturday morning, at 9 o'clock, after a very protracted illness, during which his friend had several times thought that the last hour…

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The Death of Major Chisholm

Evening News · Tuesday 23 October 1877 · page 5

Major Archibald Chisholm died at Rugby on August 17, at the advanced age of 82. The Ballast officer was the husband of Caroline Chisholm, the "emigrants' friend," whose death was duly…

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Brigham Young. the Ceremonies of the Funeral, and the Interest in the Obsequies

Evening News · Wednesday 24 October 1877 · page 5

New York, September 3.—The Sun's Salt Lake special gives the following account of the ceremonies attending Brigbam Young's funeral. The Tabernacle was heavily draped and profusely…

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Coroner's Court. Painful Death of a Boy

Evening News · Thursday 25 October 1877 · page 3

The City Coroner yesterday afternoon held an Inquest of the Huntsman Arms, Parramatta and Bay streets, concerning the death of a boy named Phillp Garrett M'Carroll who died last Tuesday evening from injuries received the previous…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1877 · page 527

MR. W. H. SUTTOR.—This gentlemen, who was among the oldest and most respected residents in the West, died last Saturday morning, after a lengthy illness. The deceased gentleman became very-infirm during the last few…

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France. Particulars of the Death of Theirs

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 October 1877 · page 7

Paris, September [?].—Thiers arose early on Monday and worked until 7.30, when he went for an hour's walk on the terrace. H afterwards wrote until noon, when he too…

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Obituary. London, October 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 November 1877 · page 5

Queen Pomare; the Rev. James Parsons. i…

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