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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1878

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Death of Mr. Thomas Oswald

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1878 · page 2

WE regret (says the Illawarra Mercury) very much having to record the death of Mr. Thomas Oswald late underground manager of the Coal-Cliff Colliery. As notices in our…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1878 · page 4

IT is with the deepest regret that we have to announce the death of one of the ablest and most painstaking journalists in the colony, the Rev. WILLIAM…

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Death of Mr. William Andrews

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1878 · page 2

WE have to announce, with feelings of regret and sympathy for a bereaved family, the death of the genial and well-known actor, Mr. William Andrews, which occurred early…

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Funeral of the late Rev. W. Ridley, M.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1878 · page 2

THE remains of the late Rev. W. Ridley, M.A. (says the S. M. Herald) were interred, at the Devonshire-street Cemetery, on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a large…

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Death of Two Children by Drowning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1878 · page 2

AN inquest was held by the District Coroner (Mr. J. E. Bowden) on Friday, touching the death of two children, named respectively Jacob Morgan Cantwell, aged two years…

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Death of Judge Keegh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1878 · page 5

OUR telegrams report the death of this well-known Irish Judge. The Right Hon. William Keogh, son of the late William M. Keogh, of Corkip, county Roscommon, clerk…

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Death of Mr. Watkins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 4

IN our last issue our readers were informed by telegram of the death of Mr. William Watkins, the well-known railway contractor. This gentleman was widely known…

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The late Mr. W. Andrews

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1878 · page 2

A MEETING of those interested in the fund for the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr. Andrews, comedian (says the S. M. Herald), was held on Thursday afternoon, at…

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The Late Mrs. Bowker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1878 · page 2

YESTURDAY morning the body of this deceased lady was conveyed to Newcastle from Sydney by the steamship Maitland. Dr. Bowker, his two sons, Messrs. Dangar, Leawis,…

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Death of a Jockey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1878 · page 2

A JOCKEY named Albert Arthur, aged 16 years (says the E. News), was thrown from Foreman's racehorse Wanderer, while galloping on Sunday on the North Deniliquin…

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Death of Mr. Simpson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1878 · page 2

WE regret to announce the decease of Mrs. Simpson, wife of Mr. R. L. Simpson, M.E., manager of Ferndale Colliery, and sister of the Rev. John Dixon, of this city. Mrs…

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The Late Mr. Quo[?]ling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1878 · page 2

MURRURUNDI, Wednesday.—An inquiry into the cause of the death of the late Mr. Quodling, engineer of the Railway Extension Works, was held yesterday before the coroner…

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Death of the Celebrated Horse Panic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 December 1878 · page 2

The celebrated stud horse Panic died on Tuesday, at Bryan O'Lynne (Victoria), the estate of its owner, Mr. Henry Phillips. He was foaled in 1858, and imported to…

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Death of Mr. Percy Gibson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1878 · page 2

GOOD Templary has sustained a great loss by the death of Mr. Percy Gibson, who has so long been identified with the movement, and who had sustained the principal offices in the…

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The Late Mr. Thomas Oswald

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1878 · page 2

THE proprietors of the Coal Cliff Colliery generously presented £50 to the widow of Thomas Oswald, the late underground manager who was recently killed in the shaft. The…

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