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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1866

9 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Death of Tom Sayers

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 24 January 1866 · page 4

We have to announce the death of this well-known pugilist, which took place on November 8, at his house iu Camdentown. He was born at Brighton in May, 1826 ; his…

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New Zealand. a Hau-hau Pa Taken, and Twelve Natives Killed.—death of Captain Hussey

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 31 January 1866 · page 4

Captain Biggs arrived, yesterday, overland from Wairoa, bringing news of hostilities having commenced ; of the first of the enemy's fortifications having been…

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Bushranging. the Late Gold Robbery at the Ironbarks: Death of German Dan

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 28 February 1866 · page 6

An adjourned magisterial inquiry was held on the 8th February, 1866, at Ironbark, in the colony of New South Wales, touching death of one John Garvey, who was fun…

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The Late Mr. Chalmers

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 11 July 1866 · page 2

SIR-I have been requested by Mrs. Chalmers, widow of the late Captain Chalmers who was drowned in the ill-fated Mandarin, to convey through your columns her sincere thanks to…

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Interment of the Bodies. Public Funeral

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 6

Directly it was arranged that the numerous bodies lying at the Hospital should have a public funeral, no time was lost in giving the matter publicity. A large number…

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Sudden Death of Captain Sutton. Coroner's Inquest

The Newcastle Chronicle · Wednesday 15 August 1866 · page 2

Early on Monday morning, it ws rumoured in the city, that Captain Sutton, of the schooner Manukau, now lying in this harbour, had been found dead in his bed that morning. The report…

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Sudden Death of an Infant

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 25 August 1866 · page 2

ON Thursday the Coroner (R.C. Kn[?] Esq.) beldan inquest at the Northu[?] Hotel, Labmton, touching the death of a infant named James Connell. The…

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Death of the Rev. Father Cusse

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 8 September 1866 · page 2

The Rev. John Reni Gustavus Cusse, expired after a long illness, borne with Christian fortitude, at his residence, on Thursday evening last, at eight o'clock…

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Death of Father Cuss[?]

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 22 September 1866 · page 2

On the 8th of the present month, September, it was our painful duty to ch[?]nicle the death, after a long illness, of the Rev. John Reni Gustavus Cusse, Catholic priest of…

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