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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 3

The death is announced of Colonel Sckncider, Austrian Attache…

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Death of an Old Resident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 4

We regret to record the earth of [?] Edward Shepherd, of [?] Which sad evens occurred on Thursday morning, at the age of to years. The…

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Death of Capt. Angus Campbell

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 13

One of the oldest shipping identities in the colony, Captain Angus Campbell, passed away on Friday at the age of 96 years. Captain Campbell (says the Herald) arrived in the colonies about 60 years ago,…

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Transvaal War Ladysmith Reinforced. Death of General Sir W. P. Symons. the Boers Again Repulsed. Wounded Boers. Basutos Support the British. Jameson's Maxims Recaptured. the Policy of the Government. Sorties From Kimberley. the Battle Op Reitfontein. Many Boers Killed. Highlanders Described As Half Men, Half Women. Engagement at Rhode's Drift. an American Fund. London, Oct. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 3

The British troops at Ladysmith, which is expected to be shortly attacked by a combined force of Boers and Free State troops, have been reinforced by the arrival of a battalion of the Cape…

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Late News by Cable. London, Oct. 28. OBITUARY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1899 · page 3

The death is announced of Florence Marryat, the novelist…

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Ladysmith Reinforced. Death Of General Symons. London, October 27

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1899 · page 2

The British troops at Ladysmith, which is expected to be shortly attacked by a combined force of Boers and Free State troops, have been…

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Death of Judge Coffey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

We have received intelligence by wire from the Prees Telegraph Association that the death of His Honor Judge William H. Coffey took place at Taree. at three o'clock yesterday morning. His Honor…

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Suspicious Death of an Aberdeen Resident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

WORD reacheld Aberdeen on Wednesday of the death of Mrs. Bailey, a railway gatekeeper at there, which took place the day previous in Sydney,…

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Obituary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

Mr. R. k. HORNE, of Murrurundi, who went to the metropolis in the beginning of May last, in order to avoid the winter in Murrurundi, died at…

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Death of Inspector Brennan

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 13

The death in announced from Yase of Inspector Patrick Brennan, of the Police Force, at the adanvced age of seventy. The deceased gentleman was a brother was for many years acting as Inspector of Police at…

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Death of Judge Coffey

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 5

We have received intelligence by wire from the Press Telegraph Association that the death of His Honer Judge William H. Coffey took place Tares at three o'clock yesterday morning. His Honer…

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Death of Mr. R. K. Horne, J.P.

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

It is with feelings of deep and sincere regret that we have to record the death of Mr. R. K. Horne. J.P., of Athelstane, Murrurundi, which sad event took place…

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Aged, Ninety-three. Death of the Oldest Australian Native

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 8

THE death is just recorded of one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Australian native, in the person of an old respected resident of Bosworth-street,…

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Death of Livingstone's Brother

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 4

Mr. John Livingstone, an elder brother of the famous African explorer, Dr. Livingstone, died at Ontario, Canada…

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 4

The Manning River Times of Saturday contains a notice of the death of Mr. James Eggins, a very old colonist, who had resided in that district since 1857. The late Mr. Engine was born in Sussex, England,…

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Suspicious Death of an Aberdeen Resident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 November 1899 · page 3

WORD reached Aberdeen on Wednesday last of the-death of Mrs. Bailey, a railway gatekeeper there, which took place the day previous in Sydney, under…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

The death is announced of the Right Hon. Jacob Bright, P.C., aged 78…

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The Death of William Cox. Inquest Resumed. Sydney, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances attendant upon the death of William Joseph Cox, who expired in Vincent's Hospital, was resumed this morning. The deceased was taken to the…

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Strange Death of an Aberdeen Resident. Verdict of Wilful Murder against the Midwife

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

IN last Friday's issue we gave particulars of the death of Mrs. Catherine Bailey, gatekeeper near Holkham, Aberdeen, under rather suspicious…

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