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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Death of an Italian Statesman

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 7

Death haS been busy during the past week amongst prominent political personages on the Continent. The Italian Premier, Signor Depretis, has succumbed to illness due to old age and…

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Death of a Prominent Russian Journalist

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 7

By the death of M. Katkoff the Czar has lost one of his few confidants, if not one of his best advisers. M. Katkoff was the modern embodiment of the policy of Russia for the Russians, and he…

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Death of an old New England Resident. (Armidale Express, Sept 16.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 3

We deeply regret to chronicle the sudden death of Mr. Terence Rafferty, of Saumarez Ponds, an old and respected resident of this district. From what we can glean of the melancholy occurrence, it appears…

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MELBOURNE. Thursday. OBITUARY

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 2

Mr Thomas Henty, member of the Legislative Council, also Mr J. Jones, at one time Minister of Railways, both died yesterday…

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The Reported Death of Stanley

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7

Letters were received in London on the 17th insfc. faom Mr. H. M. Stanley, who reports himself and party " all well " at Yambrya, a village near the rapids of the Aruwhimi river (east longitude…

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The Death of Sir John Moore

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 4

Sir John Moore, the consummate commander who had brought the battle of Corunna to a crisis, was dashed from his horse by a cannon-shot. It came from a battery on the rocks, and had torn away all…

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Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Sydney. Tuesday OBITUARY

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 October 1887 · page 3

EDWIN DAINTRY, the well known solicitor, and formerly of the firm of Daintry and Chapman, died yesterday. The deceased had been practising as a…

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Death of Geo. Fordham

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 3

The death of George Fordham, the welltown jockey, is announced…

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The Death of Lady Brassey

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 7

Regret will be felt in Sydney at the news, received by cable from London (says the Herald), of the death of Lady Brassey on board the Sunbeam, on the 14th September last. An additional sad…

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MELBOURNE. Tuesday. Death of a Cricketer

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 3

A man named Campbell, a clerk in the Commercial Bank At Murtoa, while [?]scoring freely in a cricket match on Saturday last, burst a blood vessel on his brain, and died…

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The Death of Mrs. Seward

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 6

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the melancholy death of Mrs. Emma Seward, who expired on Wednesday week, was resumed yesterday afternoon, at the Courthouse, West Maitland,…

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Death of a Dynamttard

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day on the body a man who died from bronchitis, and[?] was identified with a dynamite party [?] the inquest it was asserted by the police [?]…

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Death of Dr. Harris

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1887 · page 2

Dr Richard Harris, for the last 26 years a resident of Newcastle, died there yesterday…

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Death of a Very Famous Man

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1887 · page 4

On August 19, 1887, Mr. Alvan Clark died, being then 83 years and 5 months old. He was born in Massachusetts, U.S., and lived nearly all his life in that State…

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Death of Mr W. Day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 2

Mr William Day, late return officer for East Sydney, and[?] known citizen, died to-day…

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Dreadful Death of an Indian Aeronaut

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 7

Princeton, Mo., September 1.—At the Mercer County Fair yesterday afternoon Randall Blakeslee, a half-breed Indian, made a balloon ascension hanging to a trapeze bar. In the ascent the balloon…

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The Late Mr. Robert Hyndes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 November 1887 · page 4

With unfeigned regret we announce the death, during Tuesday night, of Mr. Robert Hyndes, a townsman of West Maitland who for thirty-four years discharged among us in an exemplary way…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Hyndes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 7

The funkral obsequies of the late Mr. Robert Hyndes, whose death was recorded in our last issue, were conducted with much solemnity in St. John's Cathedral, West Maitland, on Thursday. It had…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 2

Sir William M[?]Arthur died suddenly yesterday. He had been running to catch a train and the exertion brought on heart disease to which he succumbed…

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Death of a Noted Jockey

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1887 · page 4

Mr. George Fordham died at his residence, the Villa Montrose, Slough, on October 12. He remained conscious till his decease, passing away Tory quietly at the close of a protracted and painfnl illness…

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