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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Death of Mr. E. B. Price, Engineer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 12

The death took place at his residence, Hunter's Hill, on Thursday afternoon, 13th instant, of Mr. Edward Bellingham Price, M. Inst., C.E., Assistant Engineer for Public Works. The…

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Peculiar Death of a Woman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

The Sydney city coroner hold an inquest on Monday upon the to-day of Flora Hurry, a married woman, lately residing at Paddington, who was admitted to the Hospital last week and died on…

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Death of Mr. J. Hornery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

IT is our mournful duty to have to record the death of Mr. J. Hornery, of Giant's Creck, which sorrowful event occurred on Thursday morning last. The cause of death…

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Death of a Baronet. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 3

The death is announced, at the age of 75, of Sir Chicbester Samuel Parkinson Fortesque, first baron of Carliugford, at one time a leading…

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Orange. Suspicious Death of a Chinaman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 3

At the Police Court this morning a young man named Charted McConnell, well-known here, was charged with causing the death of a Chinaman, and was remanded to the Coronet's Court. The…

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A Queer Occurrence. Strange Death of a Man at Moore Park. a Woman's False Story. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 3

At an early hour this morning the Sydney police received information that a man named John Thompson had been killed in peculiar circumstances at Bed Hill, Randwick. The report was…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 5

The death is announced of the Rev. William Fiddian Moulton, D. D., head-master of the New Wesleyan School, "The Leys." affiliated with the University of Cambridge, at the age of 63 years…

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Death of a Railway Official

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

Railway employees and residents of the northern district generally will regret to hear of the death of Mr Angus M'Lean, traffic inspector on the G. N. Railway,…

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Died in the Bush. Lonely Death of a Swagman

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

A YOUNG man, whose name is .at present unknown, was passing through a paddock about a mile from the town of Berrigan, near the Victorian…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Feb. 13. OBITUARY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

The death is announced of the Right Rev. Dr. Selwyn, late Bishop of Melanesia and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, in his 53rd year. The death ia announced of Count Kalnoky, late…

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An Unexpected End. Death of a Well-know Sydney Resident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

JAMES BALFOUR ELPHINSTONE, who resides in Woolley-street, Glebe, died last night. Mrs Elphinstone, who retired shortly after 9 o'clock, left her…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

The death is announced of the Right Honourable Sir James Stansfield, the well-known politician…

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Mozart's Funeral Dirge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 4

A curious story is told that a strange look-ing person, wrapped in a black clock, appeared three times to Mozart, and desired him to write a requiem. We believe the…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 5

The death is announced of Mrs. Gosehen, wife a the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty. The death is announced of the Right Rev…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr. Frederick Wootten-Isaacson, the Conservative member for Stepney (Tower Hamlets) in the House of Commons…

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New Zealand. Death of a Sea Captain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 3

Captain Anderson, one of the oldest officers in the Union Company's service, died at Dunedin yesterday…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Death of a Well Known Citizen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 3

John Musson, a well-known civil engineer, widely known in professional circles, died suddenly this morning, aged 70…

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Death of Mr. J. Whitton

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

Mr. John Whitton, late Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, died at Mittagong on Sunday last. The deceased gentleman had been connected with the New South Wales Railways…

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Death of Mrs. Felix Coles

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 10

The many friends of Mr. Felix Coles, teacher of the wood work classes at Maitland Technical College,will be pained to hear Mrs. Coles died in New Zealand—it is presumed on Friday afternoon. Mrs…

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