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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1893

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Funeral of Archer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 7

THE funeral of the man George M. W. Archer,who was executed in Darlingurst Gaol on Tuesday,took place on Wednesday. The body was…

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Anarchy at a Funeral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 7

A violent conflict occurred on June 8th at the funeral at Toulouse of an Anarchist named Decoux, a member of the "Avenger" group. The…

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Sudden Death of a Clergyman of the Chuech of England. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 3

SIR,—The enclosed copy of extract from a letter from a valued friend of and to many of your readers at Muswellbrook and other parts of the Hunter, will be read with saddened pleasure. I hope you may…

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A Recent Tram Accident. Death of the Victim. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 3

THE girl Agnes Moffatt, aged 10, who was knocked down by a tram while crossing the line near Goulburn-street last Thursday, died this morning from…

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Shoddy Saddlery. Death of the Prince Imperial

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 6

MR ARCHIBALD FORBES tells afresh in the Century the story of the death of the Prince Imperial in Zululand. The mixture of blundering and…

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Death of Mr. H W Holden

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

THE death last Friday of Mr. H. W. Holden, to which brief reference was made in last is [?] as a painful surprise to the community. In appears…

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Death of Mr Wolfe

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 5

Mr Wolfe, one of the oldest residence of West Maitland, and a member of the firm of Brunker and Wolfe and of Wolfe and [?] died last…

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Awfully Sudden Death of the Mayor of West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 4

With feelings of the deepest sorrow we record the sudden death on Sunday night of Mr. Richard Alexander Young, Mayor of West Maitland. Mr. Young was among the mourners at the funeral of…

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Sudden Death of the Mayor of Maitland. Heart Disease the Cause

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1893 · page 2

A. VERY sudden death took place in Maitland about 11 on Sunday night, when Mr R. A. Young, who was Mayor of West Maitland for the past…

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The Funeral

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1893 · page 7

In the truest and fullest sense of the word the funeral of Mr. Young was a public funeral. The great heart of the community mourned its loss; the trappings and the suits of woe were not…

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Mayor of West Maitland. The Late Mr R. A. Young's Success

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Friday evening [?] At a special meeting of the Co[?] held this evening, Alderman [?] was elected Mayor of West Ma[?]…

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FICTION. From English, American, and Other Periodicals. Don Diamond. Chapter V. the Death of an Outcast

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 2

Hidden away in the burrow of the thieves, John Lee had but a vague idea of the passage of time during that night. He fell asleep by the sleeping Trott, and was wakened at last by the groaning of…

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The Cholera Scourge. Death, of 500 Soldiers at Mecca. [Br Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 3

THE cholera is causing great mortality in Arabia. It is reported that of 700 Egyptian soldiers sent to Mecca, 500 died of the discase within…

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Death of a Noted Australian Rifle Shot

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 6

Colour-Sergeant Daniel Gee, of the 1st Regiment passed away at his residence, Gordon-street, Paddington, at about 10 o'clock on Monday morning, after a brief illness…

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Proposed Memorial to the late Mr. R. A. Young. Public Meeting of Ratepayers and Townsmen

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 6

On Thursday evening a public meeting of ratepayers and townsmen of West Maitland, called by the Mayor in response to a numerously signed and influential requisition, was held in the Council…

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Death of the Very Rev Father Foran P.P. General Regret

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 2

THE mournful sounds of the great bell at St. Patrick's at a little before 9 o'clock on Sunday night announced to those within reach of hearing that…

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Memorial to the late Mr. R. A. Young

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 2

The executive committee seised with the carrying out of the above met in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, on Tuesday evening. The Mayor (Mr. H. Crothers) occupied the…

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Death of a French Specialist

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1893 · page 7

Dr. Charcot, the well-known French specialist for nervous diseases, died quite suddenly, on August 16, at Marvan, in the Department os the Nievre. Dr. Jean Martin…

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Death of an Amazon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 7

Burah, one of a company of Amazons exhibiting at the Crystal Palace, died at the Norwood Cottage Hospital. Deceased, it appears, was…

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News by Cable. London, Monday. Death of a Sydneyite

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr Albert Leahy, who was in England in connection with the floating of a company to work the iron deposits of…

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