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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1895

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. P. A. Thompson, mining engineer, Broad-street House, London, and director of the London and Western Australian Exploration Company and other Western…

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Mysterious Death of a Nobleman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 5

Lord Beaumont, who was engaged in shooting at Carlton Towers, Yorkshire, was found shot through the head in the grounds of the estate with his gun alongside him. His head was completely shattered…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 3

The death is announced of the Princess of Battenberg, mother of Prince Henry of Battenberg…

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Death of a Lifer in Parramatta Gaol

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 9

At an inquest on the body in Parramatta gaol, of a prisoner named Henry Sinclair, the city found that deceased had died from shack and loss of b'ood from a wound self-infieted while in a cell. Sinclair…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1895 · page 3

The death is announced of Viscount Parker, son of the Earl of Macclesfield, aged 62…

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Death of Mr. James Toohey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1895 · page 3

A cable message was received this morning announcing the death in England yesterday of Mr. James Toohey, formerly member for South Sydney, and partner in the brewing firm of Toohey Brothers…

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Death of J. M. TOOHEY. Whilst Visiting England. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 5

A private cable announces the death of James Toobey, ex-M.P., whilst on a visit to England…

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Death of M. PASTEUR. London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1895 · page 5

The death is announced from Paris of M. Louis Pasteur, the eminent bacteriologist and scientist, aged 73 years. The cause of death was paralysis…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 5

The death is announced of Dr. J. E. Taylor, the well-known scientist, who visited-Australia Some, years ago…

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Death of M, Pasteur. An Eminent Scientist

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 4

THE death is announced from Paris of M. Louis Pasteur, the ominent scientist, aged 73 years. The cause of death was paralysis. The late M…

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Death of John Dunn

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 3

The death is announced of John Bunn, who was so well khown for the assistance rendered by him in the settlement of Zululand after the…

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The Death of Jessie Nicholls

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 5

The Coroner summed up on Friday in the Jessie Nicholls inquiry. He said if the jury thought Sheridan displayed a reckless indifference to human life they would be justified in returning a verdict of…

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Death of the Very Rev. Father English

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 16

On Sunday evening St. John's Cathedral bell tolled out the sad and solemn news of the death of the Very Rev. Thomas English, which occurred at St. James' Presbytery, Muswellbrook…

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Death of the Police Magistrate at Moree. an Impressive Funeral by Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1895 · page 5

It was my sad duty to telegraph you yesterday the finding of the dead body in his room of Mr. Troughton, Police Magistrate of Moree. Mr. Kenyon, coroner from Narrabri,…

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Barrington. the Late Mr. Chisholm, of Barrington

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1895 · page 2

It is with the deepest regret that I feel called upon to place on record the death of Mr. Kenneth Chishoim, sen., of Barrington. For some years the…

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A Model Obituary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1895 · page 4

J. Bands, we are sorry to learn is dead, and a Western obituary thus pays tribute to his memory: "Jem…

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Death of the Police Magistrate at Moree. Conclusion of the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 5

Our correspondent at Moree continues the account of the inquest into the cause of death at Moree of Mr. Troughton, P.M., which was…

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Too Slow for a Funeral

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

There is a little mining township not a hundred miles from the Barrington River, that can boast of some slow people, and judging from recent events…

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Death of an Old Resident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 2

A very old resident of this town left this life on Thursday morning, when Mrs Ann Clarke, aunt of Mrs E. B. Sawkins, died. The deceased wàs as yeras of age, and had…

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Sudden Death of a Police Magistrate. Moree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 7

Donald Edmund Troughton, police magistrate and coroner, thirty-three years old, a native of the colony, was found dead in his office at the court house by Sergeant Pountney on Saturday evening…

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