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Obituaries & funerals, 1878

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News of the Day. Typhoid at Kurrajong. the Pestilence Still Active—another Sad Death.—others Dying. a Strange Funeral

Evening News · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 4

A correspondent gives us further particulars of the pestilence of typhoid at that part of Kurrajong, recently described by our special correspondent. The fell complaint continues its ravages; all…

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Original Poetry. Lines on the Death of Bro. Hackett (of Canada), Who Was Shot by a Popish Mob on the 12Th July, 1877

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 6

Shot like a dog by the hordes of Rome, Shot like a dog by the Papal crew, He died in their midst within sound of home, He meekly died as the martyrs do…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1878 · page 7

THE LATE MR. G. O. ALLAN.—The death of Mr. George Octavius Allan, for many years the managing trustee of the New South Wales Savings Bank, which occurred on the 30th March last, was the occasion of deep…

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The Late Mr. Justice Fellows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 8

FROM an ample biographical notice of the late Mr. Justice Fellows in the Argus of Tuesday, we extract the particulars below:- Thomas Howard Fellows was the son of a brewer at…

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Death of Bishop Selwin. London, April 11

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 4

OBITUARY.—The Right Rev. George Augustus Selywn, D.D., Bishop of Lichfield, formerly Bishop of New Zealand…

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Death of Bishop Selwyn. London. April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 5

George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., Bishop of Lichfield, and formerly Bishop of New Zealand, died to-day…

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[Reuter S Telegrams.] Death of Bishop Selwyn. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 5

The Right Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., Bishop of Lichfield, formerly Bishop of New Zealand, is dead…

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Death of a Famous Astronomer

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1878 · page 2

Father Pictro Angelo Secehi, the famous astornoment, died recently at Rome. He was born in 1818, entered the order of the Je[?] and studied mathematics, physics, and astronomy. He came to the…

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Obituary. London, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1878 · page 5

Tweed, one of the principals in the Tam many Ring frauds, is dead…

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The Funeral of Pius Ix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1878 · page 7

The ceremony enacted in the Grand Ba[?]lica of St. Peter's, which commenced at 6.30 p.m. on the 13th February and ended at 8.45, was solemnly impressive. Perfect silence reigned, save for a surging murmur as of…

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The Late Mr. Justice Fellows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1878 · page 530

FROM an ample biographical notice of the late Mr. Justice Fellows in the Argus of Tuesday, we extract the particulars below:—Thomas Howard Fellows was the son of a brewer at…

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The Late Mr. Joseph Becker

Evening News · Friday 26 April 1878 · page 3

"APRIL 21, at his residence, Fern Bank, Edgcliffroad, Sydney, Joseph Bicker, J.P., K.C.S.G., aged 46 years." Such was the obituary notice of one of the was[?] se[?]ars in the north western part of…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1878 · page 6

A well-known and highly respected citizen—Mr. William Goodman Henfrey—died on Thursday, the 18th instant, at his residence, Castlereagh-street. About three years ago deceased was attacked by a serious disease of the hip-bone,…

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The Late Mr. Joseph Becker

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 13

"APRIL 21, at his residence, Fern Bank, Edgcliffroad, Sydney, Joseph Becker, J.P., K.C.S.G., aged 46 years." Such was the obituary notice of one of the wealthiest settlers in the north western part of…

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Death of Mr. T. W. Bowden

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 4

MANY old colonists and a large number of our readers generally, will receive with feelings of the keenest regret intelligence of he death, of Mr, Thomas Wheaton Bowden. , Mr. Bowden,…

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Sudden Death of Sub-Inspector Ferris

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1878 · page 2

Sub-Inspector Thomas Ferris died very suddenly about noon to-day, at his residence, at the Water Police Court. It appears that of lats he had been suffering from a elight ailment, attended with a cough…

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Death of Dr. Duff

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 4 May 1878 · page 10

Dr. Alexander Duff, the prince of modern missionaries, whose labours for India are only new beginning to bear the glorious fruit which they will one day yield, passed away to the…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1878 · page 8

THE LATE MR. T.W.BOWDEN.—Mr. Thomas Wheaton Bowden, who was for many years one of the leading auctioneers of this city, died at Newtown on the 24th April last, at the ripe age of 72 years. Mr. Bowden, who was a…

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Death of Mr. T. S. Mort

Evening News · Friday 10 May 1878 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon an announcement was made in Sydney, which must be regarded in all parts of Australia with great regret. Mr. Thomas Sutclille Mort, after a severe illness of eleven days, died at his…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. T. S. Mort

Evening News · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 4

The funeral of the late Thomas Sutcliffe Mort look place yesterday at Bodalla, and was conducted in a very quiet manner, only a few of his personal friends and relatives, as wether having been present. This…

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