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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

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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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Funeral of the Czar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 2

The Shah of Persia is sending a silver wreath to be placed on the coffin of the late Czar. The Queen has personally directed Lord Carrington to represent her at the funeral…

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Death of Mr. R. Nancarrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 November 1894 · page 4

It is with very much regret says the Dubbo Dispatch of Tuesday we have to announce the death of Mr. Richard Nanoarrow. He died at his residence, Wingewnrra-street, Dubbo, at five o'clock…

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Funeral of the Czar a Most Gorgeous Affair. Honoring the new Czar. (By Cable) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 November 1894 · page 2

THE proceedings at the Czar's funeral were of a most gorgeous character The cathedral was droped, and the pillars and walls hidden by many…

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Funeral of the Late Czar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1894 · page 3

The funeral obsequies of the late Czar Alexander II. took place in St. Petersburg on Monday. It was enormous State function, and was carried out with great pomp. It required 16 coaches to carry the…

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Death of Mr. R. Nancarrow, of Dubbo

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1894 · page 7

It is with very much regret says the Dubbo Dispatch of Tuesday we have to announce the death of Mr. Richard Nancarrow. He died at his residence, Wingewarra-street, Dubbo, at five o'clock…

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An Avenue of Cedars. The Wonderful Roadway That Leads From Tokio to Nikko, in Japan. Forty Miles of Magnificent Trees, Imposing in Their Grandeur. Peculiar Ceremonies at the Funeral of a Japanese Girl

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 3

The Japanese, when they entombed, at Nikko, Iyeyasu, one of their greatest statesmen and heroes, the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty of military rulers, whose…

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The Late Mr. T. S. Grehan, of Quirindi

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

Our Quirindi correspondent writes:—It is a melancholy duty to have to apeak of those who have gone to the bourne whence no traveller returns, yet it is necessary. On the 15th instant, after the rites…

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The Death of Con Riordan

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 2

At the Coroner's inquest concerning the death of the pugilist Con Riordan, who died from the effects of a blow dealt by R. Fitzsimmons, the Australian pugilist, during a sparring exhibition…

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Electric Echoes Sydney, Friday. Death of a Racing Mare

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1894 · page 4

The well-known racing mare, Ging han, died at "Warwick Farm yester day…

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Death of M. De Lesseps

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1894 · page 3

THE death is announced by cable of M. Fe[?]and de Lesseps, the famous French engineer, and the originator of the Panama Canal scheme, aged 89…

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Death of M. De Lesseps

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 2

It seems to us that it would be ungrateful for Australians to allow the illustrious originator of the great Suez Canal scheme to die without a possing…

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Obituary

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

The death is announced of M. Burdeau, President of the French Chamber of Deputies, who was elected to that position on the 5th July as the successor of M. Casimir-Perier, when the latter became…

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The Death of R. L. Stevenson. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1894 · page 3

News was received from Samoa to-day by the steamer Upoln that Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, died very suddenly on Monday evening, 3rd December. The Apia correspondent of the…

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The Death of R. L. Stevenson

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

The Times says that the death of Robert Louis Stevenson will be felt as a personal bereavement throughout the English-speaking world. The British and American newspapers sound a…

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Death of Robert Louis Stevenson. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 9

News was received from Samoa to-day by the steamer Upolu that Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, died very suddenly on Monday evening, 3rd December. The Apia correspondent of the…

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Sudden Death of the Canadian Premier in England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

The sudden death of Sir John Thompson at Windsor Cattle has caused a great sensation. Further particulars of the sad event show that Sir John was seized with illness while seated at luncheon…

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FISH & Foreign News following extracts are files November 11th :— Too Fast for the Funeral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 December 1894 · page 7

Cork, on Tuesday, November 6th, hael Walsh, a carman, was coined for trial charged with the ul murder of Michael Collins…

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