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Obituaries & funerals, 1878

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Obituary. London, January 6

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1878 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Marqu[?] de La Marmora, the well-known Italian General, is dead…

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Death of the Rev. Canon Vidal

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1878 · page 3

The Rev. Canon Vidal, one of our oldest and most esteemed clergymen, died on board the steamer City of Melbourne at half-past I o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning during the passage from…

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Death of the King of Italy

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1878 · page 2

IT will be seen by reference to our telegraphic columns that our special correspondent in London announces the death of Victor Enimanuel, [?] Italy. This is one of the most important events we…

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Death of the King of Italy. Excitement in Rome. LONDON, January 9, 11.20 p.m

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1878 · page 3

Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, is dead, There is great excitement in Rome and throughout Italy at the event…

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Death of Victor Emmanuel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1878 · page 5

OUR telegrams from London, which we published this morning, announce the death of Victor Emmanuel, and the proclamation of Prince Humbert as King of Italy. The following short biographies of these two…

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Funeral of Rev. Canon Vidal

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1878 · page 4

The remains of the Rev. Canon Vidal were interred, this morning, in the Haslam's Creek Cemetery, at Rookwood. The body of the rev. gentleman lay in Christ Church all night; and, between 8 and 9…

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Death of King Victor Emmanuel. London, January 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1878 · page 5

Victor-Emmanuel II., King of Italy, is dead. During three days he suffered from fever; and all the aid which could be rendered by his physicians proved unavailing. The…

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Death of Victor Emmanuel (The Herald's Message.) LONDON, January 10

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1878 · page 4

Victor Emmanuel II., King of Italy, is dead, During three days he suffered from fever; and all the aid which could be rendered by his physicians proved unavailing. The surgeons performed the…

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The Late Mr. Edward Wilson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1878 · page 5

THE news of the death of Mr. Edward Wilson, which we publish this morning, will, we are sure, be received with universal regret throughout these colonies. The founder of the Argus newspaper,…

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Death of Mr. Edward Wilson

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1878 · page 3

We learn with deep regret that Mr. Edward Wilson, founder and senior proprietor of the Melbourne ARGUS, died in England, on the 10th instant, The high character and powerful influence of the…

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Sudden Death of an Old Man

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1878 · page 3

About balf-past 10 o'clock on Saturday morning an Mr. Robert Wiscoll, aged 87 years, residing at Darling Point, was passing Mr. Maclean's shop on South Head-road, he suddenly dropped down dead…

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Obituary. London, January 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1878 · page 5
Also in Evening News

Mr. Edward Wilson, senior proprietor of the Melbourne Argus, died yesterday…

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Death of a Woman Through Ill-treatment

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1878 · page 3

An inhuman act of brutality seems to have been perpetrated last week at Road Gully, Pudman Creek, twenty-two miles from Yass. It appears that a married woman named Mary Anne M'Kenzie came…

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Death of a Well-known Resident of Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1878 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Mr. James P. Knaggs, chemist, died this afternoon after a few days' illness. The event has caused a general feeling of sadness…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 1

Mr Edward Wilson, senior proprietor of the Melbourne Argus, died on Saturday…

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Obituary. the Rev. Canon Vidal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 83

REV George Vidal, B.A., who died on 10th January while returning to Sydney from Melbourne, was 62 years of age and one of the oldest clergymen in connection with the Church of England in this colony…

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