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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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The King-street Tragedy. Death of the Victim

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 3

MR J. H. BARTLETT, the mercer of Kingstreet who was shot on Wednesday last, the 6th inst., by Willoughby Andrews, expired at the Sydney Hospital at a quarter to 8 on…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Death of a Woman While Trying to Save Her Child

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 4

A SAD drowning fatality occur[?]ed in the Belmore River, Kempsey, on Saturday morning about 11 o'clock. Three little children, whose father is a farmer named…

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Death of an Eminent Engineer

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 3

The late Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Baronet, whose death is announced by cable in another column, was born at Woking, Surrey, in 1809. He served an apprenticeship of seven years with his uncle, Mr…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 November 1889 · page 2

IN the prime of life Mr Thomas Rogers butcher, respected for his manly qualities and esteemed for his kind and gentle demeanour, has had his earthly career [?]…

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Peculiar Death of Boy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 2

AN inquest was hold by Dr Youl, Melbourne City Coroner, at Ry[?] Duke of York Hotel, Rathdown-str[?] Carlton on Tuesday [?]…

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Novelist. The Secret Chamber; Or, the Gipsy's Vengeance. Chapter Xviii. the Death of Sir Hugh

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 1

To account for what now occurred, we [?]t return to the trooper who had been left on guard below. Jones was a person of inquisitive mind, and it occurred to…

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Death of Mr H. Stephen, M.L.A

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 December 1889 · page 4

MR Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh Stephen, M.P. for Monaro, died at his residence, Newtown-road, on Saturday afternoon. The deceased gentleman…

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Death of the King of Portugal

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 4

By the death of Luis T., King of Portugal, an interesting figure has passed away from amid tho Royalties of Europe. This Prince was comparatively a young man, being only within twelve…

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Death of Mr Jefferson Davis. the Body Lying in State

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 December 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced at the age of 81, of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. He died of malarial…

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The Death of Searle. Terrible Typhoid. (By Telegraph) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 December 1889 · page 3

HENRY ERNEST SEARLE, champion scu[?] of the world, succumbed to typhoid fever at the Williamstown Sanatorium at 9 o'clock this morning. He contracted the disease on…

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Death of Searle, the Champion Sculler

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1889 · page 2

On Tuesday we received from Greville's Telegram Co. the following message:- Henry Searle, the Champion Sculler of the World, died this morning at the Williamstown…

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Jefferson Davis' Funeral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 2

The funeral of the late Jefferson Davis, a one time President of the Confederates States of America, took place yesterday at New Orleans. The ceremony was of a most…

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Arrangements for the Funeral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 4

To-day it is intended to convey the remains to St. Andrew's Cathedral, where a portion of the service for the dead will be read. After this a precession will be formed…

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Funeral Procession in Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 4

An immense concourse of people gathered in Collins-street, Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon to witness the removal of the remains. Although Searle expressed a wish…

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Searle's Funeral

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 5

A great multitude of people assembled in the streets of Sydney on Saturday afternoon the witness what was practically the second public funeral accorded to the remains of Henry Ernest Searle,…

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Searle's Funeral. Sydney Thronged. 300,000 People Present

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 December 1889 · page 1

SEARLE's funeral took place on Saturday afternoon—or rather his dead body was passed through the city en route to the Clarence. The city was thronged,…

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Death of the Poet Browning

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1889 · page 3

Robert Browning whose death is reported by cable in another column, was boin in 1812, at Camberwell, Surrey, and was educated at the University of London. His father's family being dissenters,…

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The Funeral of Searle at Maclean. (By telegraph to Herald.) Maclean

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1889 · page 4

The last of the funeral ceremonies in connection with the death of the late Henry Ernest Searle was performed to-day. The district that claimed the late champion as its own by virtue of his birth was…

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A Woman Burnt to Death. Explosion of a Kerosene Lamp

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 2

SHORTLY before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night a married woman named Elisabeth Chicken met with a frightful death at her residence, Grogan Camp,…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 2

Mr C. J. P. Lydiard, for many years Superintendent of the Bathurst police district, and who retired two years ago, died yesterday…

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