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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1876

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Extraordinary Death, of a Child at Kiaoumber, through, eating Loquats. Full Report of the Inquest. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1876 · page 10

On the 29th ultimo, a child, named Amy Alice Frost, aged nine years, died at her father's house in Kincumber, near Gosford, i[?] the district of Brisbane Water, after a tew hours illness. The child Was at…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1876 · page 5

Mr. Justice Glover, Puisne Judge of Calcutta; Mr. Pickering, Q C, suddenly, in a railway carriage; Thomas Cooolly, M P. for Denegal; Hon William Browne, a Waterloo…

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Death of James Boland, Esq. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1876 · page 10

This gentleman, we regret to say, has been called from amongst us, and has paid the debt of nature in a lamentable ma[?]ner. Whilst riding from Maitland towards home he was thrown from his horse, near the Campbell's Hill toll-bar, and…

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Sudden Death of a Clergyman. (From the Evening News of Thursday)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1876 · page 4

The City Coroner held a inquest this morning at his office, Hyde Park, concerning the death of the Rev. Eroni Fotofili, of the Wesleyan Church Mi sion, a native of the Friendly Islands, who died suddenly…

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OBITUARY. London, October 14

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1876 · page 3

Lord Lisgar (Sir John Young), late Governor of New South Wales, and Governor-General of Canada…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1876 · page 3

Mr. George Smith, the Assyriologist, at Aleppo, aged 37; Mr. Hadow, nearly ten years chairman of P. and O. Company; Major-General Trevellan, distinguished in Persian and Indian…

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Sudden Death of the Rev. Mr. Postlewaite. (From the Southern Argus.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1876 · page 6

An inquest was held at the residence of Mr. John Casey, Dutton street, Yass, on Friday Dec. 1, before the coroner (Dr. Blake) and a jury of four, touching the cause of the death of…

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Death of a Child through the Administration of Brandy. (From the Parkes Gazette, Dec. 2.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1876 · page 6

An inquest was held on Monday, the 27th instant, at the Morning Star Hotel, Forbes, before Robert Armstrong, Esq., coroner for the Youngdistrict, in the absence of the local coroner,…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 10

Mr. Sampson, formerly city editor of the Times, aged 74; Marquis Tweedale, aged 89; Mr. J. J. Richarson, late M.P. for Lisburn, by apoplexy; Rev. Dr. Cooksan, master of St. Peter's College,…

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