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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

42 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3

Death of a Great Brewer

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1884 · page 6

Mr. Michael ThomaB Bass, who represe[?] Derby in Parliament for about fifty years, and was the hend of the firm of Bass & Co., the Burton Brewers, died at his re[?]…

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Peculiar Death of a Gaol Warder. Purramatta

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 1

THOMAS BAMFORD, a warder in the Parramatta gaol, had a struggle with a prisoner named Cook,'on Thursday last. Bamford was repeatedly knocked against…

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Death of a Man-eating Muggur

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1884 · page 4

A correspondent, writing from Rohri, sends us an interesting account of the death of a man-eating muggur, which had for a long time established itself near a village on the Rohri…

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Death of Justice Andrews of South Australia. (Telegram in Herald.) Adelaide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1884 · page 7

Intelligence has been received from Hobart that Mr. Justice Andrews died there to-day. He had been in Tasmania about four months, for the benefit of his health. The…

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Sudden Death of a Melbourne Barmaid

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A terrible tragedy was enacted at an early hour this morning, in the Waterloo Hotel, Little Collins-street west, near…

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Death of a Barmaid. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 1

DR. GUNST, jun., has been committed for trial, in connection with the death of Miss Helen Tombs, the barmaid in the Waterloo Hotel. He is alleged to have…

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The Late Mr. Robert Blair

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 3

THE Maitland Mercury says:—"One who [?] at one time among the most energetic and enterprising of Maitland business men died on Wednesday night. Mr Robert Blair…

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Humor. Bill Nye's Budget. the Death of a Newspaper

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 2

I TORED with a daily once which wan incorporaiad to fill a long-felt want. I did not know it was loaded. There was a rival daily that had been two years, and we…

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Death of Mrs. Edison

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 October 1884 · page 1

THOMAS A. EDISON received much sympathy in the bereavement he has suffered by the death of his wife. Edison is the inventor of the telephone,…

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Death of the Hon. John Frazer, M.L.C.

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.— This gentlemen passed away at his residence, Wallabra, this morning. He had been very unwell for some days past, and took a turn…

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Large Funeral

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 3

Sydney, Tuesday.- Mr Andrew Lynch, M.P. was buried yesterday, from the Royal Hotel, Ca[?]r. The funeral procession was about a Mile long…

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Original Correspondence. Salvation Army Funeral. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1884 · page 3

SIR,—As certain false and garbled statements have gone forth with reference to the absence of Rev. J[?]Woolnough from the grave of my late daughter, Mrs. Sheerin, whose…

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Death of the Imperial Post Master Genkral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 3

London, Thursday.—The Hon. Henry Faw[?]ett, Postmaster-General, died this afternoon from an attack of acute pneumonia…

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Reported Death of Gordon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 3

[?]uis Thursday.—M. Juice Ferry received [?] a despatch from the French Consul[?] in Egypt reporting the receipt of [?] that General Gordon has been shot…

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Death of an Old Public Servant

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 November 1884 · page 3

Death of an old public servant Edward Lord, forty years city Treasurer lied this morning on his saventieth birthday…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 November 1884 · page 2

Melbourne, Tuesday.—Sir William Mitchell, President of the Legislative Council died yesterday, aged 73, He was seized with illness on Sunday, ascribed to eating…

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Death of an old Pitcairner

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 21

The death of a very old pastor of the Pictcairn Islanders is recorded by the Herald's Norfolk Island correspondent, who writes on November 12:—"It is my sad duty to…

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Death of Sir William Mitchell. (From the Herald's Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 14

Sir William F. Mitchell, President of the Legislative Council, died at his residence, Barfold, near Kyneton, on Monday. He was seized with illness on Sunday. The illness was ascribed to eating…

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Death of the Hon. Joseph Docker M.L.C.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.-the Non. Joseph Docker, Chairman of Committees in the Leg[?] Council, died to-day, at the ripe age of eighty-three…

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Death of the Postmastergeneral

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1884 · page 2

We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr. Fawcett, the Postmaster-General, which took place at Cambridge, where the right [?]. gentleman arrived only a few days…

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