His Own Funeral
We hear now and then of a man reading his own obituary in the papers, but it is a rare thing for a dead man to sing at his own funeral. Pietro Ficco,…
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Mid North Coast · Obituaries & funerals
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We hear now and then of a man reading his own obituary in the papers, but it is a rare thing for a dead man to sing at his own funeral. Pietro Ficco,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A number of navvies working on the Moree-Mungindi railway have been hoist on their own petard. It was stated some time ago that the men,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANOTHER of the old pioneers of the Bellinger has crossed the Great Divide, in the person of Mrs. Bridget Martin, relict of the late James Martin, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Catherine McHugh, who died at West Kempsey on Monday after a painful illness, was buried in Fred-erickton cemetery yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After an illness, extending over several years, Mr. Reuben Piggot, died at Bellingen at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The death took place at her residence, 19 Royal Circus, Edinburgh, oil March 11, of Lady Macdonald, the union of the late Major-General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is with regret that we record the death of Mr Reuben Piggott which look place at South. Bellingen on Wednesday of last week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are in receipt of authentic information recording the death of Mr George Writing, a former resident of Port Macuarie. In February last he was compelled to enter one of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There passed away at Five Dock, Sydney, last Friday, a gentleman who was fairly well-known on the Manning, in the person of Mr. W. H. Barlow. Mr. Barlow was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The death is announced of Sir. W. S. Gilbert, dramatist, from heart failure, while bathing, Sir William Gilbert spent the day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The bugler of Malakhoff, Alexandra Badot, died reoantly in Paris. He was 78 years old. Badot was a young man at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Making Kempseyward on Monday in the best of spirits, Mr. Boyter, though an epileptic seizrure it is surmised, lost control of the horse he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Sunday evening lat Mrs. Charles [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death has been busy in our midst during the past few days; and there passed away on Tuesday last Miss Marion Beaton, aped 35, daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Donald Ross of Berrico. He passed away suddenly on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE grim Reaper has been very busy in our river community during the past week. Last Wednesday Mr. Jack Boyter, accidentally killed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A dreadful tragedy was enacted at Fitzroy on Monday evening, when a woman, Rose Russell, poisoned her sister Matilda Ford, and then ended…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Eliza Smith, who passed away at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, at Enmore, at the residence of her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another old resident in the person of Mrs. Margaret Kennedy has gone to her long home. The deceased lady, whose husband died about three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. H. J. HALLIDAY, one of the pioneers of Rollands Plains, passed to his eternal rest on Thursday last, at the age of 71 years. At the beginning of last week he was about as usual, in apparently good…
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