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New England · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

146 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 8

Military Funeral of a Nurse

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 2

A DALZIEL mail letter from Gibraltar says: "Full military funeral honours were accorded to Sister Meheux of the station (military) hospital on November 6. The…

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Death of a Bishop

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 2

Mgr. d'Hulst, who has died from nephritis in Paris at the age of fiftyfire, was one of the best-known clerics of the capita1. Born at Paris in…

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Death of Sub-Inspector Smith

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 5

A GLOOM was cast over the town yesterday morning (says Friday's Age), shortly after 8 o'clock, when it was reported that SubInspector Smith, in charge of the Narrabri…

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Death of Mr. T. T. Ward. (From the Herlad.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 7

ON Saturday morning Mr. Thomas Thomson Ward, for many years a member of the editorial staff of the SYDNEY MORNING Herald, died at his residence, Sainsbury,…

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Notes from the Antipodes. Death of Cardinal Vonhohenlohe

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 2

Cardinal Gustave Adolphe von Hobenlobe, a younger brother of Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, died unexpectedly in Rome…

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Death of Mr. H. W. King

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 3

General regret was expressed in Armidale on Saturday morning last when the news became known that Mr. Herbert W. King, tobacconist, of…

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Death of a Railway Official

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

Mr. Frost, railway locomotive superintendent, Newcastle, died this morning…

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Japan. Death of Dowager Empress

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 4

The death is announced of the Dowager impress of Japan. The Japanese Court has gone in mourning for 14 days…

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Death of an Infant. a Case of Suffocation

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

Early on Thursday morning a child, four months old, named Beyrl Taggart, daughter of Charlotte Taggart, an unmarried woman, died at…

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Obituary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 3

Captain Eldred, well known in city commercial life, died yesterday, aged 78…

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Obituary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 3

The death is announced of Sir Travers Twiss, the eminent authority and writer…

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Death of a Police Officer. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 5

SERGEANT J. BENNETT for many years a well-known and popular police officer died yesterday from phthisis…

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Death of Sir Teavees Twiss. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 5

SIR TRAVERS TWISS, the eminent author and writer is dead…

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Obituary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

The Hon. Mr. Lefroy, a former; Colonial Treasurer, died at Perth on Saturday, aged eighty-one…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 4.16 P.m. Obituary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1897 · page 3

John Lonford, for many years First Warder in Darlinghurst gaol, died in the Hospital yesterday. He was retired some years, ago, and afterwards published a book of his…

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Death of a Centenarian

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 8

Mine. Marie Ravano has just died it Liret-et-Garet, bear Grenoble, at the age of 118. For many years Mine. Ravano had lived than isolated…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.1 Sydney. Monday, 10,40 a.m. OBITUARY

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 3

Mr. William Laidley, M.L C., a well-known merchant, died at Woollahra yesterday, aged 58…

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The FUNERAL

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 2

The funeral, which took place on Monday afternoon, was an impressive spectacle, and was with out doubt the largeet fmoeral procession that has…

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Obituary. Dr. William Murray

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 2

In our last issue we gave particulars of the very serious condition of Dr. Murray, who was then lying ill at Herbert Park, the victim of…

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The Funeral

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 3

The funeral, which look place on Monday afternoon, was an impressive spectacle and was without doubt the largest funeral procession that has…

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