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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 10

Death of Mr. Byron

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. H. J. Byron, the dramatist, is dead…

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Death of a Pioneer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1884 · page 2

HAY, Tuesday.—Dr. Thos Lang, pioneer of the Hay district, is dead…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Rev. Dr. Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripen, is dead…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Hon. W. M. Alderson, M.L.C., is dead. Rev. R. E. Bellhouse, Wesleyan Minister at Gunning, has died suddenly…

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Strange Death of a Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1884 · page 4

A RECENT issue of the Cumberland Times says:—On Monday last Mr. J. E. Bowden, District Coroner, held an inquest at Hunter's Hill on the body of James Laing,…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1884 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The hon. Theodotus John Sumner, M.L.C. for the Central Province, Victoria, is dead at the age of 65…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Hardy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1884 · page 2

OUR numerous readers in Newcastle and the mining townships will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Hardy, landlord of the Glasgow Arms, Bullock Island…

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Death of Taglioni

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—Signora Taglioni, the famous danseuse, is dead, at the age of 80…

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Reported Death of Prince King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 April 1884 · page 2

SHANGHAI, Friday.—Advices from Pekin are to the effect that a report is current there that Prince Knug, who was recently degraded, has committed suicide…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Henty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 4

ON the 8th instant on the arrival of the Ringarooma at Auckland information was given to the authorities by Captain Tozer that Mr. John Henty,…

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Intercolonial Telegrams Death of Captain Simpson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1884 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—Captain Henry Simpson, well known in the coal trade died here on Sunday, aged 69. The flags of the several vessels in the harbour were…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—Sir Michael Costa, the musician, aged seventy-four, and Sir Michael Bass, the brewer, aged forty-seven, are dead…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Dr. Tancred, Chancellor of the New Zealand University, is dead…

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Intercolonial Telegrams Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1884 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mr. Khull, gold broker, of Melbourne, is dead…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. Montague Levey, well known for his wealth, died last night…

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Death of a well-known Horse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Andrew Town's champion Clydesdale, Glasgow Maggie, died on Saturday…

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CABLEGRAMS Death of Midhat Pasha

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—Midhat Pasha is dead…

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Death of Mr. Giblin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Giblin, manager of the A.J.S. Bank, died this morning…

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The Late Mr. Giblin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Many of the flags in the city were flying at half-mast to-day as a tribute of respect to the memory of the into Mr. V. W. Giblin, who occupied the…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1884 · page 3

The last act in the above melancholy occurrence took place yesterday. The remains of the deceased Mr. John Cherry were buried in the Sandgate Cemetery…

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