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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1885

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Death of Principal Shairp

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

Principal Shairp, whose unexpected death will be a serious loss to the University of St. Andrews, was best known on this side of the Border in his capacity of Professor of Poetry at Oxford. His…

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Death of Thorneycroft

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1885 · page 8

Mr. Thornoycroft, the sculptor (but better known as the husband of Mrs. Thornoycroft), died a few days ago at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Sassoon. Mrs. Thorneycroft, who survives her…

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Accidental Death of Dr. A. Nash, of Wallsend. (From Saturday's Newcastle Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1885 · page 2

Last evening our Wallsend correspondent wired us briefly the following startingly sad intelligence:- "Wallsend, Friday, 6 p.m.—Dr. Nash, whilst…

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The Funeral

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 November 1885 · page 1

The high esteem in which the late Dr. A. Nash was held by all classes of the community, was shown by the immense cortege which followed his…

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Death of Sir Peter Scratchley

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 1

MAJOR General Sir Peter Scratchley, the newly appointed High Commissioner of New Guinea, is to be numberd now with the d[?]d. He arrived at Cooktown…

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Death of Sir Peter Scratchley. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 12

On Wednesday Colonel Roberts, who was an esteemed personal friend of the deceased, received a telegram signed by General Scratchley, and dated from Cooktown, intimating that he expected…

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Death of Sir Peter Scratchley. His Last Moments. [By Telegraph From Greville's Telegram Co.] Friday evening, received 5.10. Townsville

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 4

The Governor Blackall arrived in Cleveland Bay last night, to give instructions to the undertakers. It appears that while the Governor Blackall was bringing Mr. Eskwith to Townsville, on account of…

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Funeral of the Late Sir Peter Scratchley. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1885 · page 11

The remains of the late Sir Peter Scratchley were interred in the St. Kilda Cemetery to-day with every mark of respect that could be paid to the memory of the deceased officer. Since the…

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