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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1879

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Sudden Death, of the Hon. Edward Butler, Q.C.

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1879 · page 3

THE Bench and the legal profession of both brunches have suffered a very great loss in the death of the Hon. Edward Butler, Q. C., who o[?]. Monday morning,…

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Death of the Hon. E. Butler, M.L.C. (S. M. Herald of Tuesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1879 · page 7

Yesterday morning, their Honors Judges Fawcett and Sir William Manning, as well as counsel and others in attendance at the Supreme Court, were greatly shocked by the…

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The Funeral

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 4

The funeral of,the late Hon. Edward Butler, Q.C., which took place on Wednesday morning, was remarkable in the highest degree as proving the esteem…

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Extraordinary Death of a Burglar at Sheffield

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 15

A burglar had an adventure in Sheffield on Wednesday the 9th April, which resulted in his death. At midnight, along with two or three others, he endeavoured to break into…

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Killing her Father, too. the Terrible Sequel to the Ruin and Death of a Young Girl

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 7

Baltimore, April 16.—Denwood B. Hinds, the alleged betrayer of Miss Lizzie James, whose death from puerperal fever on March 15 excited such widespread sympathy in this…

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The Death of Prince Louis of France. [Greville's Telegram to "Mercury."] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1879 · page 5

The Herald's telegram, dated London, June 20, states: Intelligence has been received from the Caps to June 1, announcing the death of Prince Louis of France (usually called the Prince Imperial…

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Funeral of Mr. Richard Kenna at Bathurst

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 12

On Sunday last (says the Bathurst Times of the 25th June), the remains of Mr. Richard Kenna were buried in a private vault in an allotment of ground facing Lambert-street…

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Death of a Bride from Fright. (Abridged from the South Australian Register June 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 14

An inquest was held by J. D. Cave at the Miner's Arms, Kooringa, on June 16, touching the death of Annie, wife of Edward Station, who died on the same morning. The…

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A Model Obituary

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1879 · page 2

A DISCONSOLATE editor thus bemoans his departed spouse: Thus my wife died. No more will those loving hands pull off my boots at…

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The Late Mr. Walter Craigie. (From the Ar[?]dale Express, July 1.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 14

An inquest was held on Friday last, 27th June, at Box Hill, to enquire into the cause of the death of Mr. Walter Craigie, whose body had been found lying about 80 yards…

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Death of F. M. Bates. Suspicion of Foul Play

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 14
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On Thursday morning (says the Melbourne Age) the body of a man was found lying off the roadway, in a gully, near the Royal Park by a carpenter named Duun. He at once…

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A Mad Dog's Fatal Bite. Death of a Brooklyn Car Driver From Hydrophobia.—the Deathbed Scenes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 14

Thomas Kelley, the young car driver whose terrible sufferings from hydrophobia attracted the attention of the surgeons of the Long Island College Hospital during the past week,…

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Arrival of the S.S. Lusitania, at Adelaide. [Grevillr's Tekegran to " MERCURY."] Death of the Prince Imperial. Further Particulars. Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1879 · page 5

The steamship Lusitania arrived at midnight, She brings London dates to May 22nd, and Caps news to June 10th. The accounts of the manner in which the Prince…

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The Death of the Prince Imperial. Cape Town, Tuesday, June 3, noon (via Plymouth.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1879 · page 6

Late last night a telegram reached this (Reuter's) agency announcing the death of the Prince Imperial. It appears that the Prince with his accustomed gallantry had…

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Obituary. the Late Mr. John Johnston, of Clydesdale

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 2

AT the ripe old ago of 62, in the possession of oil his faculties, and in the most painless manner possible, one of the first pioneers of this district, and perhaps the…

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The Late Mr. Walter Craigie

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 2

AN Inquest upon the body of the late Mr. Walter Craigie, senior proprietor of the Armidale Express, was hold before the District Corner on Friday last. From…

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Death, of Mrs. Turner

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 1

THE members of the Church of England in the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale will hear with much regret that the Bishop has lost his amiable and much…

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Death of the Hon. Sir E. Deas-Thomson, C.B., K.C.M.G.

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1879 · page 3

IT is our painful duty (says the S. M. Herald) to record, this morning, the death of one of the oldest and best of our public men, the Hon. Sir E…

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Funeral of the Hon. Sir E. Deas-Thomson. (From the Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 3

The remains of the Honorable Sir Edward Deas-Thomson were interred in the family vault in St. Jude's Cemetery, at Randwick, on Friday afternoon. Having a regard to the…

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