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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1880

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Death of Old Yattendon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 5

As mentioned in our telegraphic columns, old "Yattendon" has at last returned to the turf on which he had scored so many victories. The old horse died at Penrith…

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The Late Mrs. E. Chapman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1880 · page 2

MANY of our citizens will regret to hear of the decease of Mrs. H. Chapman, mother of our respected Mayor, S. Chapman, Esq. The deceased had reached the ripe old…

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Death of Captain George Skinner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1880 · page 2

ON the arrival of the steamer Kembla yesterday afternoon we noticed her flags at half-mast, and on inquiry learned that Captain Skinner's father-in-law had died…

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Death of an Old Pioneer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1880 · page 2

THE Singleton Argus contains an obituary notice of Mr. Andrew M'Dougall, J.P., one of the oldest pioneers in New South Wales. He was born in 1793, and reached…

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Sad Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1880 · page 4

ON Tuesday last, (says the Melbourne Age of the 28th ult.,) a girl about 7 years old, daughter of Mr. James Sime, Collingwood, was playing in the back yard,…

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Death of an old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1880 · page 4

IT is with very great regret we have to draw attention to an advertisement in another column announcing the death of an old and greatly respected resident of…

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Death of the Empress of Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1880 · page 5

BY reference to our telegraphic intelligence, it will be seen that Maria Alexandrovna, Czarina of all the Russias, died on Thursday last, at the comparatively…

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Death of an old Pioneer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1880 · page 2

ANOTHER of the old landmarks and historical personages of New South Wales went the way of all flesh at Singleton on Friday morning. The deceased…

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[From the Sydney Papers.] Death of Nine More New Ireland Colonists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.—The steamer Alice has arrived at Cooktown from the Duke of York Island, and confirms the reports of privations among the New…

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Military Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon, an impressive military funeral service was conducted at the Roman Catholic cemetery, Cottage Bridge, by the Revs. Fathers O'Hearne and…

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TELEGRAMS. Death of Mr. Justice Lutwyche

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. — His Honor Mr. Justice Lutwyche, who has for some time been in failing health, died at his residence, Kedron Lodge, Village of Lutwyche,…

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Death of a Child in the Bush

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1880 · page 2

IN our last issue says the (Narrabri Herald) we recorded the loss of a child 6 years of age a son of Mr. Henry Perrott, Manager for Messrs. Glass and Corrigan at the…

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Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1880 · page 2

ANOTHER Of the too few links of the past that remain in Newcastle, succumbed to the fate of all, yesterday, in the person of Mrs. John Grieves, who died at her…

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Death of a Tall Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 June 1880 · page 3

ABOUT the beginning of this month (says the Illawarra Mercury). Mr. Edward Spinks, the tallest man in the district during the last half century,…

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Death of Mr. George Grant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 8

ON the afternoon of Saturday last (says the Rothesay Express of March 17) there passed over to the majority a gentleman whose demise must occasion the most sincere regret in the…

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Sudden Death of a Compositor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 5

AN awfully sudden death occurred last Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr. J. B. Stormer, the legal manager of the Dubbo Express. Mr. Thomas Browne, his…

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The Late Mr. Farley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 8

THE case of the late Mr. Farley, whose sad end at the Sydney Infirmary has been one of the principal topics of conversation during the past week, was…

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The Late Mr. Farley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the enquiry at the hospital as to the cause of the death of Mr. Farley, several witnessess were examined. The evidence showed that…

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The Late Mr. H. C. Farley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1880 · page 2

THE inquiry by the sub-committee appointed says, the Daily Telegraph, to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Mr. H. C. Farley in the…

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Death of Hon. Bourne Russell, M.L.C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1880 · page 2

The Hon. Bourne Russell, M.L.C. died yesterday, aged 85…

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