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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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Death of an Old Sportsman. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr. Thomas Stewart, the well-known sportsman, aged 63. Deceased, who underwent an operation an few days days ago, was probably the oldest racing man in New South Wales…

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Death of Maitland's Oldest Resident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 11

It is our painful duty to record the death of oldest resident of West Maitland, Mr. Frederick Crew, who passed away at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning at his residence,…

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Accident in a Circus. Death of an Acrobat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 3

WHILE the two brothers Archibald and Robert Moratto (acrobats) were giving their performance on the horizontal bar in Messrs. Fitzgerald Brothers'…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of the Duke of Richmond, aged 85 years…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Death of an M.l.a

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 October 1903 · page 3

Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, member for Glen Innes in the State Assembly, died this morning at his residence Ryde. He bad been ill for the last few weeks. He had held ministerial office, several…

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Obituary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Quite a gloom was cast over Dungog on Tuesday morning last when the news was given out that Mr John Kevin, of "Italia", Raymond Terrace…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Death of a Physician

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 3

Dr. William Morris, the well-known consulting physician, died at Strathfield this morning, aged 72…

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Death of a Bank Manager

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1903 · page 3

Mr. A. J. Gore, J.P., manager of the Campbelltown branch of the Commercial Bank, died suddenly last night from heart failure, aged 58…

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A Fatal Fall. Death of a Well-known Agent [By Telegraph Sedney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 4

THE body of Mr Henwood, for many years connected with the firm of Messrs Batt, Rodd and Purves, Estate Agents, was found on the…

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Mysterious Affair at Wagga. Strange Death of a Woman. Her Father's Body in a Waterhole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 3

The circumstances attendant and consequent upon the dentil of a young, woman named Ada Jane Boyton, daughter of William Boyton, a farmer and grazier, of Spring Forest, Big Springs, have caused…

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Death of a Physician

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 3

Dr. W. H. Goode, a very old Sydney medical practitioner, died this morning…

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The Wagga Sensation. Mysterious Death of a Young Woman The Father Suicides. Influence of the Step-mother

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 4

THE circumstances attendant and consequent upon the death of a young woman named Ada Jane Boyton, daughter of William Boyton, a farmer…

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Mysterious Affair at Wagga. Strange Death of a Women

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 4

THE circumstnnses attendant and consequent upon the death of a young woman named Ada Jane Boyton, a farmer and grazier of Spring Forest,…

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Mysterious Affair at Wagga. Strange Death of a Woman. Her Father's Body in a Waterhole

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 10

The circumstances attendant and consequent upon the death of a young woman named Ada Jane Boyton, daughter of William Boyton, a farmer and grazier of Spring Forest, Big Springs, have caused…

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The My Latest Cables London, Thursday afternoon. Death of a Cleric

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 3

Canon Bucknell, of Tasmania, died suddenly in London…

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