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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1885

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Death of Dr. Fortescue

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 June 1885 · page 3

THE attack of typhoid fever, contracted, it is believed, whilst in attendance on a patient, from which Dr. Fortescae suffered the past four weeks, resulted in…

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Funeral ot the late Dr. Fortescue. (From Wednesday's Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 17

The remains of this deceased gentleman were interred yesterday in St. John's Cemetery, Ashfield. The funeral was of an essentially representative character, as the…

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Death of Berths M. Clay

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1885 · page 2

WE regret to announce the death of the authoress of the story " His one Mistake," now being published in our columns. The New Yark Weekly was…

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Death of a Soi-Disante Princess

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1885 · page 2

BERLIN PAPERS report recently the death in a condition of poverty, of a woman who passed for several yearn as one of of the last surviving representives of the…

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Death of the late Collector of Customs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 10

Notices appear in the Sydney papers of the death of Mr. William Augustine Duncan, late Collector of Ciftoms in Sydney. Heaton's Men of the Time says of the deceased…

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Death of Mrs Ewing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 1

THE Banner says :—"Many of our readers will share the regret which we feel in announcing the death of Mrs Ewing, one of the most talented of…

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Death of the Queen of Hawaii

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 2

News has been recently received of the death, on April 25, of Emma, Queen Dowager of Hawaii. The late Queen was of high Hawaiian blood on her father's side, but her maternal grandfather was an English…

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Death of a Press Correspondent in the Soudan

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 4

News has reached Sydney by the mail that Mr. Boberts, the special correspondent who represented Beuter's Telegram Company with Sir Gerald Graham's force at Suakim…

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Death of Sir G. W. Allen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 3

WE regret to announce the death of the Hon. Sir George Wigram Allen, which occurred at ten o'clock on Thursday morning. Sir George had been…

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Death of an Old Australian Mariner

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1885 · page 2

Referring to the death of Captain Knight, which was briefly announced in our telegraphic columns of Tuesday, the Herald says: —"One of the oldest and best known of our…

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Death of a Noted Shorthorn Cow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 August 1885 · page 1

MR A. A. DANGAR's cow Venetis, whose name has been so well known for many years past in the valley of the Hunter, was after coating her fifteenth…

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Death of General Grant

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1885 · page 3

AN enthusiastic meeting, convened for the purpose of Eliciting an expression of sympathy and condolence with the people of the United States, was held…

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Death of Mr. H. P. Stacy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 2

THE Great leveller of all has laid low one of Singleton's most prominent inhabitants, and the intelligence of the decense of Mr. Hently peter Stacy will carry with it…

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Death of "Tout Cela."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—Mr Dicker Hamilton, the well-known sporting writer (known "Tout Cels"), died this morning…

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The Death of Sir Moses Montefiore. (London Morning Post.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 12

Pull of years and honours Sir Moses Montefiore has passed away. The news will be received throughout the civilised world, and especially among the members of the ancient and widespread…

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The Maitland Poisoning Case. Death of Sarah Keep. [By Telegraph From Greville's Co.] Sydney, lodged 3.0; received 4.30

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 5

The prisoner Sarah Keep, one of the persons convicted al Maitland of poisoning William Henry Keep, is dead. The prisoner Sarah Keep was conveyed to…

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Death of the Bushranger Garrett. (Daily Telegraph.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 17

A notorious criminal who was well known in Australia, named Henry Garrett, died recently in New Zealand. He is the bushranger who has spent no less than 50 Christmas days in gaol. He died at…

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Death of a Favourite. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1885 · page 2

The Adelaide mare Helene who had been heavily backed for the Caulfield Cup, died this morning…

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Latest [?] [By Telegraph] Sydney, Friday. Death of Musket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1885 · page 2

The New Zealand horse Musket, the sire of Martini-Henry and Nordenfeldr, died yesterday at Auckland. He was valued at 812,000'…

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Death of "Jumbo."

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 10

New York telegrams give particulars of the death of Jumbo, the elephant which was sold to Mr. Barnum from the Zoological Gardens. It seems that after an exhibition at St. Thomas, Ontario,…

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