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Obituaries & funerals, 1869

14 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Funeral of the Late Mr. Lewis Jones

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 11 March 1869 · page 2

The funeral of the young man whose melancholy and premature death was recorded in our last impression, took place on Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of an unusually…

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The Late Mr. John Wisdom

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1869 · page 3

Our readers will have noticed in a recent issue of this journal a paragraph, in which the propriety of placing on record the high opinion entertained of the above late lamented…

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Death of Mr. Ernest Jones

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 25 March 1869 · page 4

It was but the other day that the liberal electors of Manchester, by way of testing the ballot, made choice of Mr. Ernest Jones as their candidate at the next election; and now…

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The Late Volunteer Funeral. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 13 April 1869 · page 2

SIR— I desire, through the columns of your invaluable journal, to publish the following information, which, I trust, may hereafter prove of great benefit to bandmasters, who, together…

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Letters to the Editor. the Chronicles Last Obituary of Great Little Men. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 20 April 1869 · page 3

SIR— Your London news acquaints us with the decease of this small pillow of Whiggery. His career ought to bo a warning to public men in these times of profession and treachery,…

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The Late Mr. Mitchell's Will. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 27 April 1869 · page 2

SIR-In your paper of the 22nd just., there appeared a paragraph headed "A Chancery Suit," in reference to the estate of the Honorable James Mitchell, M.L.A. The words in it, " He had a perfect and undoubted…

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Letters to the Editor. Death of Alexander Mitchell, Esq., Inventor of the Screw Pile. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 29 April 1869 · page 4

SIR—As the now world-famed screw-pile principle has been brought into use in the flourishing City of Newcastle, I beg to to subjoin a biographical sketch of its inventor from…

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Death of Don Eduardo San Just. Shocking Occurrence

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 1 June 1869 · page 3

We regret to announce the death of Don Eduardo San Just, who, for many years, has filled the position of Consul-General for Spain in this city. The deceased had been…

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The Death of the Kooti Confirmed

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 24 June 1869 · page 4

The schooner Success brings later news from the East Coast. The schooner Moudewai, from Napier, had arrived at Poverty Bay. On the same day…

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Original Poetry. Lines on the Death of Constance Fen. Wick—written by Her Father

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 20 July 1869 · page 4

She's dead—or that's what said A beloy'd one, Bat there's more than that— The kind embrace of her that's dead— The achings of a parent's heart…

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The Late Outrage in Castlereagh-street. Death of Mrs. Clark—inquest on the Body

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 10 August 1869 · page 4

As briefly mentioned in our last impression, the unfortunate woman named above, died from the effects of the injuries inflicted, on Thursday last An inquest was commenced…

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Death of an Eccentric Charac- Tee, Leaving About Ten Thousand Pounds Worth of Property

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 12 August 1869 · page 4

On the 15th July last, there died, at her residence, in Hutchinson-street, Sydney, Surry Hills, Mrs. Sarah Sollitt, an old lady, whose age is stated in the obituary notice to…

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Original Poetry. Lines suggested on the Death of the late John ADAMSON, to suddenly called to has rest

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 9 October 1869 · page 3

How uncertain and short is the space Which mortals below have to tread; To-day sees health's glow on the face, which, to-morrow, for ever hath fled…

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Original Poetry. Links Addressed to a Friend on Hear-ing of the Death of His Beloved Father

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 21 December 1869 · page 2

Thy fairs were then Henry ; and to thee There is no father now -the very name is but a mockery. His kind look of love, His manly speech, his soft, paternal grasp,…

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