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Thornton, Capt. F., B.R.V., was thrown from his carriage and killed, May 22, 1876. He was 35 years of age.
Turner, George (firm of Turner, Son and Nephew), died March 25, 1875, aged 68, leaving a fortune of £140,000,
Upton, James, printer, died November 9, 1874.
Vincent, Henry, the Chartist, died Dec. 29, 1878.
Worrall, William, for 30 years Secretary of St. Philip's Building Society, died May 1, 1880, in his 78th year.
Wright, Mr. Thos. Barber, who died October 11, 1878, was one of the founders of the Midland Counties Herald, the first to propose the Hospital Sunday collections, and to establish the Cattle Shows.
