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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1924

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Peanut King. Death of Percy Brunton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

The District Coroner held on ineuiry into the death of Percy Brunton, know as peanut king," whose body was found washed up on…

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Fatal Collision. Death of Leslie Herd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

James Leslie Herd, who was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital on 26th nit, suffering from severe ahdominal [?]ries, sustained as a…

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Obituary. London, Dec 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 2

The death is announced of the Earl of Jersey and of Sir Ernest Paget…

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Aboriginal Murder. Death of Native Doctor. Four Prisoners Released

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Four aboriginals who, at Kingaroy (Q.), on May 8, were sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of another aboriginal at…

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Obituary. Death of Lord Masham. London, Jan. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

The death is announced of Lord Masham, in his 57th year. There is no heir to the title, which was conferred on the founder of the famous…

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Late Mr. Joseph Garratt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

The funeral of the late Joseph Garratt, who died at the residence of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cameroux, of Cessnock,…

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Death of Miss Grossman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

Miss Janette Grace Grossman, M.A., formerly principal of the Maitland Girls' High School, who retired from the Education Department in…

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Death of Mr. Lichfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

News has been received of the death of Mr. Albert George Lichfield, a former resident of Cessnock, who passed away on Saturday in a…

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Death of Miss P. Maher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

The death is reported from Sydney of Miss Prudence Maher. She was a daughter of the late Mr. Daniel Maher, of Morpeth, of which town…

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Death of Mr. J. Sim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. James Sim, a well-known resident of Morpeth, died at his residence in Close-street this morning. He had been away on holidays, but…

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Cessnock Pioneer. Death of Mr. James Hamilton. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. James Hamilton, a pioneer of the Wollombi and Cessnock districts, has died. He was one of the best known men in the district, and…

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Late Mr. James Cantwell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

Quite a gloom was east over Lochinvar when news of the deaths of Mr. James Cantwell, son of Mr. Thos. Cantwell, of Lochinvar, at the age…

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Death of Mr. J. M. Hungerford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

The death occurred at Telarah on Monday afternoon of Mr. John Moore Hungerford, after only a few hours' illness. He was a son of one of the…

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Local & General News Obituary

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

Mr James Cantwell, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cantwell, of Loehinvar, died in a private-hospital at Maitland on Friday afternoon, after a short…

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Obituary Mrs. Albert Burrage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

A very sad death occurred on Thursday night when the wife of Mr. Albert Burrage, hairdresser and tobacconist, Dungog, passed to the…

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Obituary Mr. A. G. Litchfield

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

It vas a shock to the average Cessnock resident when he learned last Saturday that Mr. A. G. Litchfield, a former resident of Cessnock,…

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A Stationmaster's Death Opening of Inquest. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of William Hegarty, stationmaster at Geriunbol, who was found unconscious in a lane at…

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The Late Mrs. Meyer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mrs. Amy [?] Meyer, of "The Trocadero," West Maitland, left her late residence for St. John's Cathedral, thence to the…

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Death of Infants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

Eisie Carroll, the infant daughter of Mrs. Joseph Carroll, Park-road, West Maitland, and one of twins, died in the Maitland Hospital on…

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Death of Miss Martha Proctor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday at her residence, "Winscombe," 75 Shirley-road, Woolstonecraft, at the age of 76 years, of Miss Martha Proctor, third…

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