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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

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A Decent Funeral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 7

At the Board of Northampton Board of Guardians, on June 20th, an application was made by a man who said that he wanted the guardians to guarantee…

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Death of Mr John Atkin

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 4

SINGLETON was much saddened by the death of Mr John Atkin, a partner in the well-known [?] of messrss Grainger. AtKin and Co., on Thursday…

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Death of a Noted Jockey. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 3

Thomas Corrigan, the famous cross-country horseman, died while unconscious at 6.30 this morning…

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Obituary

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 2

YET another who had been identified with this district for a large number of years has passed from our midst. Early on Saturday morning last, Mrs…

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Funeral of the Late Mr John Atkin

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 2

THE funeral of the late Mr John Atkin, whose untimely decease was recorded in Just issue of the ARGUS, took place on Saturday afternoon, and…

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Death of a [?]Key

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 3

TOMMY CORRIGAN, the well-known jockey who rode Waiter in the Grand National Steeplechase at Caulfield on Saturday, was so injured consequent…

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The New Zealand Tragedy. Death of Miss Reynolds. Hooker Refused in Love

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—The girl Lily Reynolds, one of the victims of the terrible tragedy rt the Merrivale Diggings, succumbed to her wounds in…

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Death of an Egyptian Exile

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 7

Hussan Fehmy, the second of the seven Egyptian exiles who have died in Ceylon since their arrival in January, [?] was certainly one of…

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Death of Tawehiao the Maori King

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 August 1894 · page 3

TAWHIAO, the Maori King, died on Monday from influenza, aged 70. He leaves no son to succeed him. According to Mennel's "Dictionary of…

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Death of Cap-a-pie

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 12

You ask me what I have done with the horse That you saw me ride long ago ; I remember you fancied him well on the course When jumping iu front of Glencoe…

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Death of a Boy Hero

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 7

At the Star and Garter, Battersea, on July 12th, Mr A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry with reference to the death of Thomas John Keep, aged 55,…

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Letters to the Editor. Death of Miss Mart Doherty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 4

SIR,—In your to-night's issue I notice under the heading "Death of a Young Girl" that Miss Mary Doherty, aged 12 years, was operated upon "very successfully" by Dr. Pentland in the Maitland…

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Death of Sir Thomas Want. Brother of Mr J.H. Want [By Telegraph. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 September 1894 · page 3

Mr.. Thomas Want, brother of Mr j- H. Want, Q-C, died last after a lingering illness from consumption…

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Death of the Comte De Paris

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

The Comte de Paris, head of the Royal House of France, died from cancer at Stow House, Bucking-hamshire, aged 56. The late Comte de Paris was buried at Weybridge, in Surrey on Wednesday…

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The Accident at Waratah. Death of the Engine-driver and Guard Maher. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

This morning, anticipating the approaching demise of Henry Cousins, late engine-driver, who was seriously injured in the railway collision, his statement…

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The Death of Inglis Scammell Keen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 4

A correspondent at Hinton writes: The reaper death has once more been in our midst, not to out the ripe grain, but a tender flower fit to bloom in Paradise. On Tuesday last, Inglis Scammell Keen,…

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Death of a Thoroughbred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1894 · page 3

While being taken to a paddock in Victoria with other horses yesterday, the Martini-Henry gelding Narcoo fell and broke one of his shoulders. He had to be destroyed…

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The Late Mrs Birkenhead, Senior

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 5

WE last week the death of Mrs Birkenbead, sen[?] au old Maitland resident, and the mother of our respected townsman, Alderman J.W…

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The Death of a Child at Gosforth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1894 · page 4

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances of the death on September 23rd, of the infant male child of Mrs. John Viles, of Gosforth, was continued to-day before the Coroner (Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.)…

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Obituary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 2

The death is announced of Sir John Astley, Bart. aged 66. The death is announced of Earl Grey, the veteran English statesman, aged 92…

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