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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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Obituary. Mr. James Hannell, J.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1877 · page 2

YESTERDAY (Sunday), the inhabitants of this city and district learned with deep regret that the above esteemed gentleman had…

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The late Mr. James Hannell, J.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1877 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon the remains of the above gentleman were solemnly consigned [?] resting place in the Church [?] Cemetery, Newcastle. For…

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Incident of the Death of Nelson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1877 · page 2

A Curious anecdote has just turned up relative to the history of the picture of the "Death of Nelson,' painted by West. Just before Nelson went to sea…

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The Late Mr. Birch. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1877 · page 3

SIR,—Your correspondent in to-day's paper, in the paragraph in memoriam of Mr. Joseph Birch, casts a severe slur on the Minmi miners, which I think is…

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The Inquest Upon the Late Mr. Taylor's Body. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1877 · page 3

SIR,—Having seen in a late issue of the Newcastle Pilot an article respecting the above matter, I thought that it was altogether unadvisable and uncalled for,…

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Amy Fawsitt's Funeral. Eath and Burial of a Distinguished Actress—sorrow, Loneliness and Neglect

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1877 · page 3

The ostentatious funeral which the dramatic profession accorded a few weeks ago to the two young actors who lost their lives in the burning of the…

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Death of a Journalist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 8

FREDERICK LAWRENCE, on Monday last, passed over to the great majority, and there are many who will join with us in saying, "Adien! and take thy praise…

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Death of Another Racehorse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 5

We learn from the Bathurst Times that a race horse named Clifton, belonging to Mr. Road, died on Tuesday. The horse had been "under…

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Obituary. His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 8

HIS GRACE the Most Reverend John Bede, Count Polding, O.S.B., Archbishop of Sydney, and Metropolitan of Australia and Tasmania, departed this life at…

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(From Our Sydney Correspondent.) Sydney. Friday, 9.30. Death of the Roman Catholic Archbishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 4

HIS Grace, Archbishop Polding died this morning at seven o'clock. 10. p.m. Great interest is felt in Archbishop…

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Archbishop Polding's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 2

Archbishop Polding's funeral was a spectacle of great pomp, and was witnessed by thousands lining the streets on both sides almost on the whole line of…

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Funeral of Archbishop Polding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1877 · page 3

THIS day there has taken place the funeral of the Venerable Archbishop Polding. His death has been regretted by religionists of all denominations; and the large…

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The late Mr. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 2

OUR Waratah correspondent writes as follows:—Mrs. Wood, widow of the above gentleman, has, during the last day or two, received several letters of condolence…

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The Late Mr. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1877 · page 2

A MEETING of the friends and sympathisers with the widows and orphans of the late Mr. John Wood was held last evening, at the Council Chambers, and…

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Death of Mr. James Osborne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 3

IT is with much regret (says the E. News), we announce the death of Mr. James Osborne, which occurred to-day, between 11 and 12 o'clock, at the Club…

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Death of the Commissioner for Customs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 4

Mr. Cohen, Commissioner for Customs at Melbourne, died to-day…

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Death of Mr. Nicholls, of Stockton the Effects of Diving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1877 · page 2

WE take the following account of the death of a diver from the H. T. Mercury of the 9th inst:—It will be remembered that Mr. P. Oldham, the owner of the…

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Death of and old Resident of Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1877 · page 2

A VERY old resident of Maitland, Mr. W. T. Mitchell, died last Saturday morning, after a lingering illness of two years. He was seventy years of age, and has…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 3

Lord George Gordon, Major F. W. Davis, Madras M.S.A.; Lyon, B.C.S.; Hon. R. Hely Hutchinson, the Dowager Viscountess Mountmorres, the…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 8

Mr. George Odger, the well known English democrat and working man's advocate, died at his residence in comparative poverty on the 5th of March. He was one of the most…

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