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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1867

9 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1867 · page 4

Marquis of Waterford, Lady Holland, Sir J. Knight Bruce, Sir R. Colliton, Colonel Leane, Mr. Serjeant Storks, Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Mr. Phillips, General Warren, Lady Grannam, Dr. Conquest (physician), Sir William…

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Sudden Death of Mr. O'kelly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1867 · page 4

Very many of our local readers, who have not already learnt the sad news, will be deeply grieved to hear that on Thursday morning Mr. J. J. A. O'Kelly, for nearly four years reporter to the…

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Shocking Death of a Child From Starvation

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1867 · page 6

Mr. W. Payne, the city coroner, resumed an inquiry on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, respecting the death from starvation of Jane Giles, a child aged eight months,…

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Lamented Death of Mr. John Callaghan

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1867 · page 4

Another of the oldest residents of West Maitland, Mr. John Callaghan, of the Plough Inn, has been removed suddenly from amongst us. On Wednesday morning he was coming out of his stable, after feeding a horse, when…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Robert Napier, Manager of the Commercial Bank. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald, March 21.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1867 · page 4

A painful sensation was created in Sydney yesterday morning by the report of the sudden death of Mr. Robert Napier, manager of the Commercial Bank; and several unjust rumours as to the cause of his death were freely…

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Death of the the Rev. W. W. DOVE. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1867 · page 2

On Monday last, the 25th instant, the mortal remains of the Rev. W. W. Dove were conveyed to their final resting-place, in St. James's Cemetery, Jerry's Plains, followed by a large concourse of sorrowing parishioners…

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Death of Mr. David Dickson

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1867 · page 4

The fearful injury, from sudden compression between a dray wheel and a wall, sustained by Mr. David Dickson on Saturday morning last, terminated in his death on Wednesday night. Mr. Dickson bore his severe…

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Death of Faraday

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1867 · page 3

The world of science lost on Sunday, August 25, one of its most assiduous and enthusiastic members. The life of Michael Faraday had been spent from early manhood in the single…

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Early Death of a Leading Diplomatist

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1867 · page 6

Sir Frederick W. A. Bru[?]e, G.C.B., our Minister to the United States, died at Washington on September 17, from an attack of diptheria. Within a period of four years the…

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