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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1879

54 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 3

Death of a Somnambulist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 3

MR. CHANDLER held an inquest on Monday, the 26th instant (says the Age) upon the body of Jane Paterson, nineteen years of age, whose body was…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Sudden Death of the Hon. E. Butler. Q.C. Monday, noon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1879 · page 2

THE Hon. Edward Butler, Q. C., dropped dead in the Supreme Court at eleven o'clock this morning. 1 p.m…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Funeral of the Hon. E. Butler, Q C. Recd. Wednesday, 1. 35 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1879 · page 2

THE funeral services in connection with the death of the Hon. Edward Butler, took place this morning at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Archbishop Vaughan officiating, assisted…

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Death of a Journalist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1879 · page 2

OUR telegraphic messages yesterday contained the announcement of the death of Mr. John Stanley-Lowe, a gentleman who has had a rather chequered career in the colonies…

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Death of an Old Resident of Goulburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1879 · page 4

ONE of Goulburn's oldest and most sterling inhabitants (says the Southern Argus) has passed away. For the past two mon[?]hs or so Mr. Dignem, who had…

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Death of Two Young Girls at the Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1879 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident, by which two girls in the bloom of youth were deprived of their lives, occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the Ladies' Baths, Woolloomooloo. From the caretaker…

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Death of Lord Lawrence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1879 · page 2

BY our cable messages it will be seen that this eminent statesman has breathed his last. He was born in Ireland in 1811, and went to India in 1829 as a writer. He continued in…

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Suspicious Death of Mr. F. M. Bates, and Robbing of the Body

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1879 · page 2

ON Thursday morning (says the Melbourne Age), the body of a man was found lying off the roadway, in a gully, near the Royal Park, by a carpenter named Dunn. He at once…

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Death of the Prince Imperial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1879 · page 2

The body of the Prince Imperial when found was not mu[?]ilated, but there were several [?]gai wounds in it. The clothing had certainly been removed,…

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The Late Mr. F. M. Bates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of theatrical managers and the profession was held at Garton's Hotel, on Thursday last, for the object of arranging for a benefit for Mrs. F. M. Bates and two…

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Death of the Prince Imperial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1879 · page 2

Captain Carey, who accompanied the Prince Imperial when killed, is to be court-martialled. The remains of the Prince were left at Simon's Bay for transport per Orontes…

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Death of Mr. John Johnson, J.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 July 1879 · page 2

THIS gentleman was one of the oldest and most respected residents, having been one of the pioneer settlers of the district of Patrick's Plains. Fr many years the deceased…

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Death of the Hon. Sir E. Deas-thomson, C.b., K.c.m.g

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 July 1879 · page 3

IT is our painful duty (says the S. M. Herald) to record, this morning, the death of one of the oldest and best of our public men, the Hon. Sir E. Deas-Thomson, C.B.,…

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The Late Mrs. Marian Moody

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1879 · page 4

WE learn with deep regret of the decease of Mrs. Manan Moody, the respected wife of a well known colonist, Mr. R. W. Moody, late manager of the Waratah Coal Company,…

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The Late Mr. F. M. Bates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1879 · page 2

THE inquest on the late F. M. Bates was finished to-day at the morgue (says the Herald, July 16). Eliza Lucy Bates deposed: The deceased was my husband, arid…

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Captain Moonlite and the Late Mr. F. M. Bates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1879 · page 3

SCOTT, alias Moonlite (for whom a warrant was issued for a breach of the gaol regulations), having given himself up to the police at Clunes, will be brought to Melbourne…

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Death of Omar Kingsley. History of a Remarkable Female Impersonator

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 3

THE death of Omar Kingsley closes the career of one who gained a widespread reputation as Ella Zoyara. For years he appeared as an equestrienne under…

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Death of Mr. G. Alderton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1879 · page 8

WE regret to announce the death of another old, and well respected citizen, Mr. George Alderton. During a residence of something like twenty years in this district, the deceased…

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Funeral of the late Mr. G. Alderton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1879 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mr. George Alderton were placed in their last resting place at Christ Church cemetery yesterday afternoon. Probably never before in the annals of…

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Funeral of Mrs. Lister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1879 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mrs. Lister, of Newcastle, were interred at Lake Macquarie on Tuesday last. The deceased was only thirty-one years of age at the time of her decease,…

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