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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1870

23 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2

Sudden Death of Captain Malcolm

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1870 · page 2

It is with regret we have to record the sudden death of Captain Malcolm, Marine Surveyor, of Sydney, which mournful event took place on board the steamer Morpeth, on…

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The Late Mr. Dalgleish

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1870 · page 4

The public will learn with regret the death, this morning, of Mr. Dalgleish, the Surveying Engineer and Inspector to the Steam Navigation Board. Mr. Dalgleish was very generally…

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Death of a Wealthy Miser in America

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1870 · page 3

On Wednesday evening (November 25), Lyman Allyn, a boarder ut Taylor's Hotel, in Jersey City, was found dead sitting in a chair his room. His death was reported in the…

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Melancholy Death of Mr. Thomas Dulling

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1870 · page 2

It is our painful duty to record the death of Mr. Thomas Dulling, managing clerk to Messrs. Thompson and Pigou, and formerly Town Clerk of this city, which event took…

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Death of a Child by Overlying

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1870 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday, by H. Scott, Esq., P.M., at the parent's residence, Borehole Commonage, on the body of an infant child, named Ellen, the daughter…

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Death of the Hero of the Redan

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1870 · page 4

We have to record the death of another of the heroes of the Russian war and of the Indian mutiny—Major-General Sir Charles Ashe Windham, K.C.B., whose name was so…

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Death of the Bushranger Thunderbolt

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1870 · page 2

The notorious bushranger Ward, alias Thunderbolt, has; at last been shot dead, and the country has, consequently, been freed of this marauding villain. It is now nearly…

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The Funeral

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 31 May 1870 · page 4

The funeral of the deceased Mrs. Moss was announced by circular, on Sunday morning, the time appointed for the departure of the funeral procession from Mr. Moss's residence…

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Death of the Bushranger Ward Alias Thunderbolt

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 31 May 1870 · page 3

By the courtesy of the Inspector-General of Police, we are enabled to publish the following telegram from Armidale, giving an account of the inquest held upon the body of the…

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Obituary

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 7 June 1870 · page 4

The Duchess de Berrie ; Cardinal Gonella, at Rome ; Lord Hennekir, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton ; General Thomas, from apoplexy, at San Francisco ; Lady Lopez, of Frome ;…

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The Inquest on the Late Mr. Clifton

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 2

An inquest was held at Mr. Milthorp's, the Terminus. Hotel, on Sunday afternoon, 20th May, before C. B. Ranclaud, Esq., coroner, and a jury of twelve, on the body of Thomas Clifton,…

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Inquest on the Late Mr. Archibald Rodgers

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1870 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, the district coroner, C. B. Rancland, Esq., held an inquest at the Post-oflice Hotel, Blane-street, touching the death of the, late Mr. Archibald Rodgers, of…

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Death of Mr. Archibald Rodgers

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 16 June 1870 · page 3

[Although we have printed a large number of extra copies of Tuesday's Chronicle, yet the demand for that issue was so great, on account of its containing a notice of Mr. Archibald…

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The Late Mr. Archibald Rodgers

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 28 June 1870 · page 2

On Sabbath last, the Rev. William Bain preached the late Mr. Rodgers's funeral sermon, in the Hunter-street Presbyterian Church. There was a very large attendance, the edifice…

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Death of the Author of 'Beautiful Snow'

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 1

A lew years ago mere appealed in an American paper, published in one of the Western States, an exquisite poem entitled "Beautiful Snow." The beauty of the composition secured its republication in numerous…

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The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the Death of Dickens

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 4

Henry Ward Beecher, in an address on the death of Dickens, pays this beautiful tribute to the memory of the great novelist:— Compare him with such writers as B[?]lwer…

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Voyage of the Ship Patriarch From Sydney to London—death of the Rev. W. Purves

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 2

We have been favoured by the Rev. J. Coutts, of this city, with a perusal of a letter received by him, yesterday morning, from his nephew, Mr. John Coutts, who, with his mother—Mrs…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Henry Hopkins, the Tasmanin Peabody

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 13 October 1870 · page 4

The funeral of the late lamented Henry Hopkins, Esq., senior, took place last Saturday afternoon, the 1st October, and was attended by members of the Executive…

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Death of the Hon. D. Egan Postmaster-general

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1870 · page 3

Considerable sensation was created in the city yesterday evening, by the announcement that the Hon. Daniel Egan had died in the afternoon at the Gap Hotel, Watson's Bay…

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Death of Mr. A. Windeyer of Kinross

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1870 · page 2

It is with regret we have to record the demise of a very old and universally respected resident of the Hunter River District, namely, Mr. Archibald Windeyer, of Kinross,…

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