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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of a Prominent Medico

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1896 · page 5

Dr. Chambers, one of the most eminent medical men in Australasia, and an acknowledged authority on disease of women, died to-day from pneumonia. Deceased was the author of many important works…

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Death of the Sultan of Zanzibar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1896 · page 5

The death is announced of Seyyid Hamed Bin Thwain, G.C.S.J., the Sultan Zanzibar, who succeeded his uncle, Seyyid Ali, as rule of the domination on March 5th, 1893…

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Death of the Sultan of Zanzibar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1896 · page 3

The death is announced of Homed Big [?] G.C.S.I. Sultan of Zanzibar. Seyyid Khalid Burghash, uncle of the deceased Sultan, who [?] the throne at the time of the latter's [?] in…

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Brisbane. Awfully Sudden Death of an Evangelist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1896 · page 3

The Rev. John McNeill, the well—know evangelist, dropped dead at Brisbane to-day. Deceased had just concluded a tour through Northern Queensland…

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The Death of Ali Khan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 3

At Boggabri to-day the inquest concerning the death of Alie Khan was resumed this morning. Thomas Andrew Doherty, a retrenched postal assistant of Quirindi, proved that the victim opened…

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Death of a Russian Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 5

Prince Lobanoff, Russian Foreign Minister, has died from heart disease…

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Death of the Rev. John M'Neil

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 2

News was received last issue of the sudden death of the Rev. John M'Neil, B.A., the well-known evangelist, in Brisbane, He had visited…

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Death of Nat Thompson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 5

The death is announced of Nat Thompson, one of the best known cricketers and sportsman in the colony. Deceased had lately been filling the post of caretaker to the burwood cricket club…

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Death of a Well Known Merchant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1896 · page 3

William Smail Friend, senior partner in the well known firm of W. S. Friend and Co,m wholesale ironmongers, died late yester night somewhat unexpectedly though he had been in failing health…

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Melbourne. Death of a Noted Journalist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1896 · page 3

Julian Thomas, known under the nom de plume or\ "The Vagabond," died suddenly in Melbourne this morning. Deceased was one of the foremost journalists of Australasia…

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Death of Charles Dickens "the Younger."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 15

The last mail brought news of the death of the eldest son of Charles Dickeus, who had been seriously ill for some time. When he was about 23 years old. Charles Dickens the younger, as he was…

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Penrith, Death of an Old Resident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Richard Smith, sen., died suddenly this morning. Ha had been reading a paper when he was called to breakfast, where he proceeded and just as he was about to sit down he exclaimed…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. Death of a Juryman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 3

Daniel Jay, a juryman who was taken ill at the Parramatta Sessions whilst locked up on a jury, died this morning in the Parrramatta Hospital, the cause of death being pneumonia and an affection…

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Death of the Vagabond. a Well-known Journalist's End. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 2

MR JULIAN THOMAS, the well-known journalist who wrote under the nomde-plume of "The Vagabond," died suddenly this morning at Fitzroy,…

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Death of a Squatter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1896 · page 5

Eenest Ulyses Bowler, a well known Forbes squatter, died suddenly this morning. It is supposed from heart disease…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1896 · page 5

The death is announced of Joseph Archer Crowe, the well-known journalists, war correspondent, diplomatist and author, aged 71…

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Death of Mr. Coates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 5

Mr. Joseph Coates, late head—master of the Sydney High school, died early this morning after a brief illness, aged fifty—three. Deceased had been well and widely known for many years by…

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Reported Death of Tub Khalifa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 5

The Italian journal Tribune, published at Romo, states that a slave who has has escaped from Osman Digna's camp, reports that the khalifa jas died at khartoum…

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Death of an Octogenarian Sad Tale of Destitution

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

A TRULY pitiable story comes from Branxton concerning the death of an old woman aged 81, named Mrs Kearney, who died on Saturday last…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 3

The death is announced, at the age of 89, of Professor Luigi Palmieri, who for many years had charge of the Observatory on Mount Veauvius…

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