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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1914

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Death of a well-known Journalist

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 3

By the death of Mr William Bede Melville, which occurred in Sydney last week, Australia loses one of her most brilliant…

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Obituary. Vienna

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 2

The death is announced in his 73rd year of the celebrated Hungarian noble, Franch Kossuth. The deceased nobleman was a remark[?]…

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Death of a Chinese. a Panic-stricken Friend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 5

A well-known Chinese gardener, Ah Too, died under peculiar circumstances. He was being driven in a spring cart from Bombala to his home at Craigle by a fellow…

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Death of a Great Empress. Loss to Japan. Influence on National Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 6

xThe late Dowager-Empress of Japan was born on May 28, 1850, being about two years older than the late Emperor, whom she married to February 9, 1869. She was the third…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1914 · page 5

The death is announced at the age of [?] of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, an ex-president of the Society of Chemical Industry. (Sir Joseph Swan invented the…

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Death of a Chinese. a Panic-Stricken Friend

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 May 1914 · page 2

A Chinese gardener named Ah Too died under peculiar circumstances at Bombala on Monday. He was being driven in a spring cart from Bombala…

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Obituary. Death of Mrs. John Ashford, Sen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

In the death of Mrs. Ashford, relict of the late John Ashford, of Daffodil, Sparkes Creek, on Sunday last, as briefly mentioned in last…

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Death of Mrs Ashford

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 3

Mr W. Ashford, State Minister of Agriculture, returned to Sydney on Monday last from Brisbane, where be had been attending the…

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Obituary. Mrs. Dann

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 3

Mr. A. Dann may truly be said to have experienced a hard week. Last Saturday morning his business premises were destroyed, by fire, and on…

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Obituary. Mrs. Dann

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 3

Mr. A. Dann may truly be said to have experienced a hard week. Last Saturday morning his business, premises were destroyed by fire, and on…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 3
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A very old resident of the district in the person of Mr. William Tacon, of Mitchell's Flat, died yesterday morning, aged 89 years. The deceased was a native of…

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Obituary. Vienna

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 2

The death is announced in his 73rd year of the celebrated Hungarian noble, Francis Kossuth. The deceased nobleman was a remarkable…

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Local News. Death of Mr William Tacon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday morning of Mr William Tacon, of Mitchell's Flat, at the advanced age of 89 years. The deceased was a native of England,…

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Death of Sir William Whyte. Prominent Railway Manager

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 13

Sir William Whyte, for many years a vice-president and the Western manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, died this afternoon at Los Angeles, California (says the Toronto…

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Death of a Chinese. a Panic-stricken Friend

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 7

A well-known Chinese gardener, Ah Too, died under peculiar circumstances. He was being driven in a spring cart from Bombala to his home at Craigie by a fellow…

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Death of Lord Suffield. a Comrade of the King

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 14

We regret to announce the death of Lord Suffield, which occurred at his house in Belgravia last week (says the "Weekly Times" of April 17). He had suffered for three…

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Death of a Great Empress. Loss to Japan. Influence on National Life

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 7

The late Dowager-Empress of Japan was born on May 28, 1850, being about two years older than the late Emperor, whom she married on February 9, 1869. She was the third…

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Military Funeral. Cairo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1914 · page 5

A military procession of British soldiers took place in connection with the burial of the remains of Napoleon's soldiers recently discovered at Alexandria…

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Death of Rev. A. N. Johnson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 4

Old country papers just to hand announce the death in London on April 26, at the age of 58, of Rev. A. N. Johnson, M.A., for twenty-two years home secretary of the…

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