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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 10

Death of Mr. Cunninghame

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1884 · page 4

MR. FRANCIS CUNNINGHAME, the well-known printer, of Sydney, died on Wednesday, at his residence, the Poplars, Globe Point, Sydney, aged 70…

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Death of Mr. V. W. Giblin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1884 · page 4

YESTERDAY we announced the death of Mr. Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin, the general manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank in Sydney, who…

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Death of a Famous Pugilist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1884 · page 4

''Jem Ward,'' the once famous pugilist, has died in the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, at the age of 84. Like his profession, ''Jem'' had long since…

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Death of a Noted Cricketer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1884 · page 4

The death of the Hon. Robert Grimston removes one of the best known patrons of the English game of cricket. Mr. Grimston was…

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The Funeral of the Duke of Albany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1884 · page 4

On April 5, at half-past 11 a.m., the first minute gun was fired from the Long Walk, the boom being distinctly heard at the Castle. A body…

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Death of Dr. Bansanti

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The. Rev. Dr. Bansanti (R.C.) died suddenly at St. Vincent's Hospital to-day…

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Death of Lottie Wilmot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 2

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Saturday.—A woman remarkable in her way (says the New Zealand Times) passed away on May 9. We allude to Mrs. Lottie Wilmot,…

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Death of Gustav Richter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 7

Another great man has just died in Berlin in the person of Gustav Richter, the painter, whose wonderfully beautiful portraits were always one of the chief…

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Death of Sir Bartle Frere

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 4

LONDON, May 29.—Sir Bartle Frere, late Governor of Bombay, is dead; aged sixty. nine…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 June 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Claud Hamilton, aged 71, is dead…

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Funeral of Sir Bartle Frere

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The funeral of Sir Bartle Free took Place at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday…

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Death of Mrs. Fred. Marshall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mrs. Fred. Marshall, the wife of the comedian, has died of typhoid fever…

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The Late Mr. Gainsford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A marble tablet to the memory of the late Rev. Thomas Gainsford, erected in the Mariners' Church, will be unveiled on Tuesday…

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Death of a Sailor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

LYTTELTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—Alfred Hawes, as sailor on the ship City of Sparta, from Newcastle to Lyttelton, was lost overboard during the passage…

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Death of Mrs. W. C. Ashe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 5

WE regret exceedingly to have to announce the decease last evening, of the wife of our highly respected townsman. Dr. W. C. Ashe, L.R.S.I. Mrs. Ashe had been u[?]ing for some months past of an…

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Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1884 · page 2

YESTERDAY a very old resident passed away, after a comparatively short illness, viz., Mrs. Hackworthy, landlady of the Black Diamond Hotel, Blane-street. For…

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The Late Mr. Dixon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council, the subscriptions received for the widow of their late president, Mr. Dixen, were as follows:—Glebeland miners, £5 Tighe's Hill, £3…

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Death of Mr. John Eckford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 7

THE Mercury has the following notice of the death of probably the oldest living Maitlander:—"One of the oldest residents of the Hunter district died at his house at the…

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CABLEGRAMS Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1884 · page 2

LONDON, June 21.—Prince Orange, heir apparent to the throne of the Netherlands, aged thirty-three, is dead…

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The late Mr. J. B. Hogg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1884 · page 3

THROUGH getting astray in transmission, we regret that several advertisements connected with the late Mr. J. B. Hogg's funeral never reached this office on Monday…

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