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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

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Death of Earl Grey

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 2

THE death is announced of Earl Grey, the veteran statesman, at the age of 92. The deceased peer was the eldest son of the second Earl Grey, who was…

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Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 5

It cannot be said of the departure of Oliver Wendell Holmes, as Johnson said of Garrick, that his death eclipses the gaiety of nations. Yet a very notable teacher of men, a genial…

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Suspicious Death of a Priest

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

The police are engaged investigating the peculiar death of a priest who was found dead in his lodgings at Soho under peculiar circumstances. Deceased, who was found hanging…

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Death of Lord North [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 5

THE death is announced of Lord North in his 38th year…

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Death of Sir Alfred Stephen. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1894 · page 3

Sir Alfred Stephen died to-day, aged 92. For some time past he had been feeble, and more and more had to be kept secluded away from excitement or exertion. To those best able to…

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Death of Sir Alfred Stephen. a Peaceful End

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1894 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning one who might fairly be considered Australia's grand old was called away after a long and useful life. The…

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Death of Sir Alfred Stephen

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 October 1894 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from our Sydney correspondent received early on Monday announced that Sir Alfred Stephen had died that morning. The telegram…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Wednesday, October 17. Legislative Council. the Death of Sir Alfred Stephen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1894 · page 3

The Hon. G. Simpson, Attorney-General, moved that the House adjourn out of respect to the memory of the Into Right Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen. After eloquent observations by Sir Julian…

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Death of a Veteran

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 2

AN old resident of the River district recently passed away in the person of Mr Argus Mackay. According to the Raleigh Sun the…

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Death of Sir Alfred Stephen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 3

At the venerable age of 92, the late Chief Justice, Sir Alfred Stephen, passed away in Sydney on Monday. He wag born in 1802, on August 20, in St. Christopher, one of the Windward Isles,…

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Death of Mr Montefiqre

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 2

MR E. B. MONTEFIQRE, chairman of the board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery, and For time manager in Sydney of the Pacific Insurance…

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Suspicious Death of a Priest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1894 · page 4

Recent cablegrams from England stated that the London police were engaged in investigating the peculiar death of a priest who had been found dead in his lodgings at Soho under suspicions…

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Death of Mr. J. A. Froude, the Historian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 9

The tale of deaths of notable men this year has just been added to by that of James Anthony Froude, who succeeded the late Edward Freeman as Regius Professof Modern History at the University of Oxford…

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Sudden Death of Mr. W. J. Forrest at Denman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 14

Quite a gloom was cast over Denman on Friday morning when it became known that Mr. W. J. Forrest, the estemed head teacher of the Public school, had died about fire o'clock. His decease…

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Death of Mr C.B. LOWE An Authority on Stock. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 October 1894 · page 3

THE death is announced of Mr Charles Bruce Lowe, of New South Wales. The immediate cause of his death was a rheumatic affection of the heart…

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Obituary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr. Charles Bruce Lowe, of New South Wales. The immediate cause of death was a rheumatic affection of the heart. The deceased was an old resident of the Hunter…

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Death of the Czar The Prince end Princess of Wales Arrive too Late. Nihilist Proclamation

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 5

THE latest bulletin from Livadia on Tuesday stated that the condition of the Czar had again become Very serious. The spitting of blood had…

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Death of Camoola. Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1894 · page 3

The racehorse Camoola came to an unfortunate end on Saturday. He had been standing at Bando, and while in a paddock there managed to get caught in a barbed wire fence. In his struggles he…

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Death of the Czar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 6

The death of the Czar of Russia took place at Lividia at 3 a.m. on Thursday. After midnight his condition grow rapidly worse, aud come hours before his death be was in a state of complete…

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The Funeral of the Czar. Scenes at Moscow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 3

THE body of the late Czar of RusSia, Alexander III has arrived at Moscow. Hundreds and thousands of persons assembled to witness the funeral…

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