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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1881

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Funeral of the late Captain Collins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon, in the Church of England Cathedral cemetery, the remains of the late Captain Alexander Collins, Deputy Harbour Master, were interred…

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The Late Mr. Marcus Clarke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 2

WE gather from the Sydney Press that the above popular writer was the only son of the late William Hislop Clarke, barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, London,…

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Death of an old Colonist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 2

ON Tuesday, one of the most notable residents of Lithgow, passed away in the person of Mrs. J. Cox. The old lady was 76 years of age, and was one of the…

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Death of Bishop O'Quinn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1881 · page 2

Wednesday.—Bishop O'Quinn is so dangerously ill that there is no chance of his recovery. He received the last sacrament yesterday. A consultation of…

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Death of Mrs. John Brown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1881 · page 4

IT is with feelings of deep regret that we record the decease of the young wife of Mr. John H. Brown, of the firm of J. and A Brown, of this city. After a lingering and…

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Death of an Old Actress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 2

IT is with regret that we have to announce the death on Monday evening of Mrs. Charles Jones, the actress, whose connection with the Australian…

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Death of Mr. Bryan Hodgson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1881 · page 2

MANY of our readers, and visitors to Maitland especially, will regret to learn of the death of one of the most popular residents of that district—Mr. Bryan Hodgson,…

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Death of Mr. John Chilman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1881 · page 8

WE extract the following from the Auckland Weekly News, of July 23.—Mr. John Chillan, an old resident in the province, an enthusiastic teacher under the…

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Death of the Rev. B. Chapman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1881 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Rev. B. Chapman, General Secretary of the Wesleyan Society, died on Saturday, at his residence, at Windsor, aged sixty one years…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Death of an old Identity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1881 · page 2

JAMES LAMBERT, or as better known "old Jimmy," for thirty odd years a well- known resident of the Folly, Waratah, died at the Parramatta Benevolent Asylum…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Funeral of the late Mr. Innes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1881 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mr. Thomas Innes were yesterday afternoon removed, by train, for burial, at the new General Cemetery, Waratah. At the railway…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1881 · page 2

THE District Coroner yesterday received intimation that an infant child, named George Vernon Raynor, aged two months, had died somewhat suddenly at its…

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Death of General Airey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 4

LONDON, September 15.—The death of General Airey, G.C.B., is announced…

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The Death of Hume, the Explorer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 3

SOME fresh and interesting light (says the D. Telegraph) has just been thrown upon the mystery enshrouding the death of the explorer, Andrew Hume…

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Death of President Garfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1881 · page 2

LONDON, September 20.—President Garfield relapsed into a critical condition on Saturday, and on Sunday his medical attendants held out but little hopes of his…

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The Death of General Garfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1881 · page 2

THE intelligence of the death of the late President of America has been received in this colony with unmistakeable signs of regret. Never, since the…

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CABLEGRAMS. Funeral of President Garfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1881 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday.—The funeral of the murdered President, General Garfield, took place at Cleveland, Ohio, to-day. The occasion was made on of national…

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Death of Sir John Karslake, Q.C.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1881 · page 2

LONDON, October 6.—The death is announced of Sir John Karslake, Q.C., formerly Attorney-General…

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Death of a "Hansard" Reporter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1881 · page 2

WE regret to learn that Mr. Byfield, one of the sessional reporters on the Hansard staff, is dead of consumption. Mr. Byfield came up from Sydney at the beginning of…

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Death of a Centenarian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1881 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Thomas Scott, founder of the sugar industry in Australia, died at Gosford yesterday, aged 105…

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