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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

117 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 6

Sudden Death of a Youth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

An awfully sudden death occurred on the Oakhampton Road about half-past eleven o'clock last night, a youth named Alfred Scharkle, nearly sixteen years of age, falling dead on the road way without the slightest warning. Deceased was a son of Mr…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Death of a Sporting Man

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 4

MR G. B. ROWLEY. the popular sceretary of the Rosehill Racing Club, died at his residence, Edgeworth, Macquare-street. Parramatta, at 8.30 on…

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Death of the Suke of Argyle M'callum Mohr Gone. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

THE death is announced of the Duke of Argyle (M'Callum Mohr), [?] of the Marquis of Lorce, who is married to the princess Louise, daughter of…

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A Suspicious Death Exhumation of the Body. Verdict of Wilful Murder Returned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 3

THE inquest regarding the strange death of the man James Unwin, who died suddenly after drinking from a bottle containing whisky, and whose…

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Shot by Accident. Death of an Infantry Man. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

HERRERT J,DUNCOMHR, of the firm of Rao and Dunscombe, wheelwright of Wagga, was found this morning at his tool chest in which a carbine was kept,…

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Death of an Old Police Officer. a Respected Public Servant. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

MR J.W. ORRDGE Senior-Superintendent of Police, died at Goislburm last evening, at the ago of 53. The deceased ranked next to the…

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Death of Milner Stephen. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 January 1894 · page 2

MR MILNER STEPHEN. the well-known faith healer, and brother to Sir Alfred Stephen, died at Melbourne to-day, aged 82…

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The Famous Six Hundred. Another Death of a Survivor[BY Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 5

A CRIMEAN veteran named Hugh Steile, died at Cootamundra last night He had fought in the battle of Balaclava, and was one of the survivors of…

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East Africa. Death of Sir Gerald Portal. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

SIR GERALD PORTAL, British Commissioner iN Uganda, who was sent to report upon the question of its abandonment and the position of the…

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Death of Mr Charles Durham

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 4

MR CHARLES DUEHAM, whose serious illuess was announced in thef last issue of the ARGUS. died at his residence, Mount Leonard, Bulga, at 5 O'clock…

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The Death of "Impossibility."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3

HEERAITER believe no man who telis you that such and sucha a thing is an "impossibility." The triumphs of lattter day science have almost enabled us to lift a corner of…

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Death of a Maori Chief a Noted Peacemaker

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 7

WINI KERI TE WHETUITI, the leading chief of the Ngatipaes tribe, died at tghe Hos-o-Tainui Settlement on the afternoon of the 23rd of January…

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The Burwood Tragedy. Inquest on the Late Mr. Paisley. Sydney, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Wm. Paisley, the late Mayor of Burwood, was continued to-day, when Alderman Archer tendered evidence almost identical with that already published. An…

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Death of Mrs. W. M. Thackeray

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 3

The widow of William Makepeace Thackeray died early on the morning of Jon. 11, at Eden Lodge, Leigh, at tho age of 75, from apoplexy. The old lady has been living in retirement in the…

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The Late Mr. D. Tierney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 2

In the death of Mr D. Tierney, recorded in your issue of the 6th inst., just received, Dungog loses one of its most characteristics members. At once…

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Death of Mrs. W. M. Thackeray

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

The widow of William Makepeace Thackeray died early on the morning of Jan. 11, at Eden Lodge, Leigh, at the ago of 75, from apoplexy. The old lady has been living in retirement in the…

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Anarchists in England. Bourdin's Funeral. the Hearse Pelted with Mud. Wrecking the Autonomie Club

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 22.—At the funeral to-day of Bourdin, the man who was killed by the explosion of a bomb in Greenwich Park, near the Observatory…

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The Anahchists. Arrests in London. Precautions in Vienna. Bourdin's Funeral. Anti-Anarchist Feelings

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 3

A FRENCHMAN named Galten, a leading anarchist, has been arrested in London at the instance of M. CasimirPerier, the French Premier. He was…

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The Late Mrs Thaokoray

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 6

To most people the announcement that Mrs W. M. Thackeray died on Thursday, January 11th, comes as a great surprise, and among not a few…

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District Telegrams. Newcastle. Tuesday afternoon. Death of a Free Labourer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 3

Yesterday morning Coroner Martin commenced a magisterial inquiry at the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle, into the cause of death of Otto Jacobson, whose body was found ia Darby-street on Sunday…

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