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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of a Mayor. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 2

Mr J. FITZGERLAND, Mayor of Cowra, died this morning…

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Death of an Old Railway Officer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1896 · page 5

The death is announced of Robert J. Sheridan, railway traffic auditor. Deceased joined the service as far back as 1861 when the railway system of the colony consisted only of 73 miles of line and…

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Adelaide. Death of Mr. Hartley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1896 · page 5

Mr. J. E. Hartley, Inspector-General of Schools, died this morning from injuries sustained through being thrown from his bicycle…

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Death of an Early Singleton Native

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

An advertisement in another column announces the death of Mrs Mary Robinson, wife of Mr W. H. Robinson, which took place at her residence St. Lawrence,…

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Dapto. Strange Death of an Old Resident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 3

Mr. George Lindsay, an old and one of the best known men in the district expired at his residence. sunnyside, Dapte, yesterday under such circumstances that coroner russell deemed it necessary…

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Electric Echoes. Sydney, Friday. Death of Thomas Buckland

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 5

Death of Thomas Buckland, one of the oldest and beat known citizens, and ex-chairman of the Bank of Now Soutii Wales, died this'morning…

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The Death of Wolsey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1896 · page 3

"Cassell's Illustrated History of England" records that on the 4th of November, 1530, only three days before the grand installation at York was to come off, the Earl of…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 5

The death is announced of the Right (Honourable) Qeorge Denman, the eminent judge, aged 77…

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Death of a Cabinet Minister. ADELAIDE

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 2

A GREAT sensation was caused in Adelaide this afternoon by the sudden death of Mr Gillen, Commissioner for Crown Lands. Mr Gillen attended…

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Death of a Famous Cricketer. [Press Telegraph Association.] McDONNELL, the Smiter, Gone. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 5

Percy Stanislaus McDonnell, the famous Australian cricketer, died at South Brisbane this morning, after an illness of about a month's duration. He had been suffering from an affection…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 3

The death is announced of Professor John Eric Erichsen, F.R.S., LL.D., the well-known surgeon, at the age of 78…

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The Late Mr. William Campbell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 3

The personality of the late Mr. William Campbell, formerly M.L.C., of Victoria, has been proved at £347,544. The bulk of the property has been left by the deceased to his children…

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Death of a Noted Singer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 13

Many will regret to hour of the death of Mme. Fanny Simonsen, a noted operatic artist, who ranked with the late Mme. Lucy Chambers as one of the few famous teachers of singing Australia has possessed…

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Strange Death of an Old Dapto Resident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 13

Mr. George Lindsay, an old and one of the best known men in the district expired at his residence, Sunnyside, Dapto, on Friday, under such circumstances that Coroner Russell deemed it necessary…

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Death of Mr. Robert Logan, of Torryburn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 4

A prominent figure in connection with the pastoral industry of the colony, in the person of Mr. Robert Logan, of Torryburn, passed away on Friday, last week, at the residence of Mrs. Peter…

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Death of a Famous Cricketer. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 3

Percy Stanislaus McDonnell, the famous Australian cricketer, died at Smith Brisbane this morning, after an illness of about a month's duration. He had been suffering from an affection…

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Shocking Death of an Artist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 5

An artist named Frederick Barnard has been burned to death through smoking in his bedroom at Wimbledon…

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Death of Mrs Frasor, of Westbrook

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 2

A correspondent nt Glendonbrook supplies the following:-"Mrs Fraser, of 'Glennevies,' Westbrook, expired at the early hour of half-past 5 on Friday…

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The Late Mr. W. Fane De Salis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1896 · page 3

The will of the late Mr..William Fane De Salis formerly of New South Wales, has been proved. The personality has been sworn fit £137,514. The deceased has bequeathed 460 acres of land to the…

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Death of Mr. E. O. Moriarty

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1896 · page 4

On the 18th of September Mr. Edward Orpen Moriarty, lately Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, died at Southsea, in England, where he had resided since his retirement…

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