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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

373 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 19

Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

James Wyllie ("The Herd Laddie"), the draughts champion and Rose Leclerg, a well-known actress…

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Death of Two Children

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 3

A BOY and girl, aged respectively 18 months and three and a half years, children of Mr P. J. M'Donnell, grazier, and licensee of the Moree…

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Death of Children at Moroe

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Morce states that the inquest on the McDonnell children has been adjourned for a fortnight, to allow an analysis of their stomachs by…

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The Late Mr. Isaac Gorrick. an Old Maitlander Gone

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 12

Shortly after 11 o'clock on Frday morning, March 31, there passed away one who had for over half a century been a prominent Maitland citizen; we refer to the late Mr. Isaac Gorrick. For a period…

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Strange Death of Two Children. Moree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 6

J. P. McDonnell, hotelkeeper, Bullarah, left here for home on Sunday night with his wife and two children, but stayed at a friend's house on Sunday night. The children took sick during the night,…

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Death of a Banker. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

A PRIVATE telegram to-day announced the death yesterday of Mr Bartholomew, the Melbourne manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia, and…

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The Death of Thomas Helmore. Another Victim to Cyanide of Potassium. a Mysterious Affair. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 3

The finding of the body of T. W. Helmore, at Manly, on Saturday, formed the subject of a coronal inquiry to-day. Thomas Helmore stated that deceased was the…

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Death of James Service, M.L.C. an Old Victorian Politician Gone. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 3

A telegram has, been received from Melbourne announcing the death there at five o'clock this morning of James Service, M.L.C., formerly Premier of Victoria, aged 76 yearn. Death was…

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The Late Mr. James Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

The Times this morning contains a laudatory notice of the career of the late Mr. James Service, M.L.C., ex-Premier of Victoria. It says that Mr. Service's integrity and disinterested motives won…

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Death of "The Herd Laddie."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 6

Last week the death was announced of James Wyllie, the famous "Herd Laddie." The "Grand Old Man of Draughts" has gone to join the majority, leaving behind him a…

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Death of a Jockey. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 2

THE jockey Montgomery died last night, through injuries received while riding at the Prospect Races, on Boxing day…

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Late News by Cable. Obituary. London, April 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 3

The death is announced of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, widow of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, who died in 1883…

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Local and General News. Death of "Boccaccio."

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 2

A very general feeling of regret was felt throughout the town on Friday week when it became known that our esteemed Mayor and townsman, Dr. Rufus Bell, had suffered…

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Death of Mr. Solomons. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 3

Mr. E. Solomons, the victim, of the buggy accident, died at about three o'clock this afternoon. Several members of Mr. Solomon's family have died…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

The Right Hon. Sir John Robert Mowbray, P.C., M.P., is dead…

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The Late Mr. Solomons. the Town's Loss

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

IT seems almost impossible to reconcile ourselves to the fact; but nevertheless we must. The active, familiar form Mr. Ed. Solomons, our foremost…

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Arrangements for the Funeral

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

The remains of Mr. Solomons will, at the conclusion of the inquest to-day, be brought to Scone, via Bannan. It is expected that they will reach here…

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The Death of Mr. E. Solomons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

The sad intelligence convoyed by last night's Mercury of the awful death of Mr. Edward Solomons, Mayor of Scone, and brother to Mr. H. B. Solomons of this town…

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Ned Gregory. Death of a Famous Cricketing Identity

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

THE death of Mr. Edward James Gregory, took place on Saturday morning at the cottage, Sydney Cricket Ground. He had been…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. Edward Solomons, Mayor of Scone. a Trek Falls on His Buggy. Terrible Wound on the Head. an Ill-fated Family. Merriwa

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

MR. EDWARD SOLOMONS, Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He left Grampian Hills Station,…

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