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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1921

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Obituary. Vancouver, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 5

A message from New York reports the death at the age of 84, of Mr. John Burroug[?], the noted naturalist and author…

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Singleton Letter. Death of an Infant. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 3

Mr. Alex. Morrison, district coroner, held a magisterial inquiry concerning the death of an infant daughter of Mrs. Duggun, which died at…

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The Late Mr. Brookfield's Funeral Extraordinary Scenes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr Percy Brookfield at Broken Hill was largely attended. It is estimated that thousands of people viewed the corpse in the…

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Obituary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Sad news war received by Mr W. H. Green, Dungog, that a nephew war drowned at Cronulla last week. It appears he was out fishing when…

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Death of Nelson's Plains Native

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

The death is reported from Great [?]low, near Grafton, of Mrs. Reb[?], Leonard, at the age of 73 years. The deceased was a daughter of the…

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Broken Hill's Tribute. Funeral of Late Mr. Brookfield. an Immense Concourse

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 14

Never before in the history of Broken Hill was such a magnificent tribute to the dead paid by the inf abitants as was paid on Good Friday to…

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Obituary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

The death occurred on Wednesday 23rd ult, after an illness of weeks, of Mr. R. R. Richard resident of Haberfield. Deces[?] 43 years of age, and a nature[?]…

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Rouchell Pioneer. Late Mr. Kenneth Kennedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 11

As previously reported in your telegraphic news, Kenneth Kennedy died at his residence on Saturday after-noon (writes our Rouchen…

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Death of Mrs. G. Silcock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

Her many friends in Maitland will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Silcock (nee Miss Jean Sugden), wife of Mr. G. Silcock licensee of the Cross…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Hogan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

The death occurred this morning of Mr. Thomas Hogan, a well-known resident of West Maitland. For some time he had been suffering from heart…

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Riverton Tragedy. Death of Another Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

The death occurred at the Adelaide Hospital on Friday afternoon of Mr. W. H. Crowhurst, who was one of the victims of the Riverton shooting affray…

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Prominent Victorian Death of Sir Henry Weedon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 13

Sir Henry Weedon, at one time Lord Mayor of Melbourne, died on Saturday night, after a few hours' illness. He was on a visit from Melbourne, and…

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Obituary. Tragically Sudden. London, March 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

M. Charles Haddon Chamber, a native of Sydney, the well-known play-wright, has died at the age of 61. He entered the Civil Service, N.S.W., in…

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The Late Mr. T. Hogan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Thomas look place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. The remains were conveyed, from his late…

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Late Mrs. G. Silcock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 4

The funeral of Mrs. Goorge Silcock left John-street, Tighe's Hill, on Sunday, for the Church of England cemetery where the Rev. W. F…

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Late Mr. joseph Cummings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Joseph Ernest Cumminsgs, who was accidently killed in Abermain No. 2 Colliery, took place on Sunday,…

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Obituary

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

The late Mrs. Bell, a relict of the late Dr. Rufus Bell, whose death, at the age of 78, at Murrurundi, was reported in last issue, was born at…

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Death of Nijinsky. Concealed for Twelve Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 5

Nijinsky the famous Russian dancer, died in a sanatorium in Vienna as the result of internment at Eudapest during the war. It is an extraordinary…

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Death of a Redemtorist Missioner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

News has come by cable from Dundalk, Ireland, of the death of Rev. James Hegarty, a member of the Redemptorist community in that town,…

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