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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1892

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A Chinese Funeral

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1892 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon the rather unusual sight of a Chinese funeral was witnessed in Maitland. The deceased, Gip Hing, was a gardener on the Louth Park Road, and was seized with paralysis,…

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Death of the Poet Laureate London, Oct. 4

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 October 1892 · page 3

THE debility into which Lord Tennyson has sunk is increasing OCT. 5, 6.15 A.M. Lord Tennyson is completely…

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Novel. Under Southern Skies. Chapter Xxi.—(continued.) a Funeral Service

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 October 1892 · page 1

Oh, the West—the wide un[?] West, the Palestine of coast dreamers; the Lubber-land where all have plenty where no one wants; where there is earth for every…

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Death of Lord Tennyson. a Peaceful and Happy Demise. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 2

LORD TENNYSON, the poet laureate, died to-day. Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., M.D., the late Lord Tennyson's physician, describes his demise as the…

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Death of a Well Known Horsedealer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 3

Mr E. Weekes, the well-known buyer of horses for India, died yesterday after a ling illness…

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Electric Echoes. [By Telegraph]. Sydney, Friday. Death of a Sydney Clergyman

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 3

The Rev E. F. O'Connor, of St. Francis' Church, Haymarket, died yesterday…

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The Late Mr. Thomas Evans

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 5

The funeral of the late Mr. Thomas Evans took place on Sunday afternoon. His remains were interred in the Church of England cemetery, Campbell's Hill, and were followed to the grave by…

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News by Cable. London, Monday. Death of a Colonial in England

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 November 1892 · page 3

An Australian boy named M. F. Heron, grandson of Sir William Ma[?]ning, and at school at Rugby, died suddenly from failure of the heart,…

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Sudden Death of a Sydney Publican

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 3

Mr W. H. Negus, the well-known proprietor of the Star and Garter Hotel, King-street, Sydney, died suddenly this morning from the effects…

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The Late Mr. Philip Snape

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 2

We have been furnished with the following particulars of the life and career of the late Philip Snape, an old colonist respecting whom our Quirindi correspondent in our last issue gave a brief…

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Death of Mr Jay Gould. Leaves a Fortune of £40,000,000

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 4

THE fortune left by the late Mr Jay Gould amounts to between £30,000,000 and £10,000,000. It is belioved that a sum of between…

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The Poets Corner. On the Death of a Millionaire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 December 1892 · page 4

So rich and so great, Yet death would not wait Whilst he counted millions once mora What an autocrat he…

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The Death of Little Lue

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1892 · page 5

Our ghostly, white-topped waggons had rounded into camp near Kingfisher, the sun had set, and there was a golden bliuh on the western sky—ah! I remember the scene well!—as we all gathered…

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A Salvationist's Funeral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 December 1892 · page 1

Members of the Salvation Army from all parts of the metropolis and the country assembled on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29th at the Great…

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The Funeral Was Postponed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 7

As an example of unrewarded, eccentric thrift an anecdote is worth recording. Some time ago a Mussachusetts wife lay in her bed apparently dying with consumption. As…

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A Questionable Honour. Six Miles of Obituary Notices [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 2

THE sons of the late Mr Jay Gould, the American millionaire, have appointed a number of agents to collect the obituary notices which have…

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Extraordinary Death of a Child

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 1

Mr Bay held an inquiry on November [?] at the London Hospital concers the death of Albert Edward G[?] Keys, aged three…

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A Mysterious Affair. Sudden Death of a Woman

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 2

A woman, named Annie Morrison, aged 28 years, died in the Sydney Hospital on Wednesday, under somewhat peculiar circumstances. The…

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