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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 10

Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 September 1884 · page 3

WE regret to have to announce the death of Mr. John Goodsir (late of the firm of Brooks and Goodsir). A telegram was received yesterday about 3 o'clock by Mr…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Levesey the founder of teetotalism is dead. Mr. Livesey was the last of 'the seven men of Preston" who founded the…

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Death of Mr. John Goodsir

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 5

YESTERDAY we reported with deep regret the death of Mr. John Goodsir, formerly of the well-known contracting firm of Brooks and Goodsir, of this city. It was rumoured that he had been drowned, but we…

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Death of Mr. George McNaughton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 2

ON Friday night an old resident, Mr. George McNaughton, succumbed to the effects of a terribly severe surgical operation which he lately underwent at the…

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(From Our Own Correspondent.) The Funeral of Sir R. R. Torrens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—The funeral of Sir R. B. Torrens took place at Luesdon on Thursday. Sir Arthur Blyth, C.M.G., Agent-General for South Australia, Mr. C. B…

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The Assault in Darlinghurst Gaol. Death of the Victim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Warder Elliott, who was assaulted by a prisoner named Quinlan, in Darlinghurst gaol on the 20th June last, is dead…

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Death of Mr. Surveyor Beaumont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1884 · page 2

ANOTHER well-known identity of the Murrurundi district (says the M. Times) has passed over to the silent majority. Mr. Frank Beaumont, who has been in these…

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Death of Frere Irelide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1884 · page 4

The Superior of the Order of Christian Brothers died on the 20th inst. (July). The deceased, Jean Pierre Cazenure, Frere Irlide, Was born, on the 25th March,…

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Death of an Inventor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Colonel Hoe, inventor of the celebrated "Hoe" printing presses…

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Mysterious Death of a Lady at Woolahra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1884 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE public interest has been excited by the sudden and mysterious death of Mrs. Payne, a lady of good position, residing at "Como House," Ocean-street,…

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The Monument to the late Mr. Dixon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The monument to the late Mr. Harris Dixon, formerly President of the Trades and Labour Council, will be unveiled on Saturday…

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Death of a Botanist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Mr. George Bentham, F.L.S., the eminent botanist, at an advanced age…

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Death of Mrs. W. Lashmore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1884 · page 3

ON Saturday evening a well-known old resident rather suddenly passed over to the great majority, in the person of Mrs. W. Lashmore, wife of the proprietor of the…

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The Late Mr. Robert Blair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1884 · page 2

THE Maitland Mercury says:—"One who was at one time among the most energetic and enterprising of Maitland business men died on Wednesday night. Mr. Robert…

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Death of Captain Crowley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 1

MR George Frederick Pardon, widely known as "Captain Crawley," died suddenly of heart disease in his bed at the Fleur de Lie Hotel, Canterbury,…

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Unveiling the Memorial to the late Mr. F. B. Dixon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 2

ON the death of Mr. Francis B. Dixon, on the 7th of April last, the members of the various trades organisations in New South Wales lost one of their most prominent…

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Death of Hon. G. R. C. Leigh, M.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Hon. G. H. C. Leigh, Liberal representative of the southern division of Warwickshire, has met with his death by falling down a…

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Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1884 · page 4

WE regret to have to record the death of Mfrs. Maso0n, who died at her son's residence, Tyrrell-street, on Thursday, the 18th September, aged 82. She had been a resident of this city for more than thirty…

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The Prahran Double Tragedy. Death of the Girl Irwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1884 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The girl Margaret Irwin, who was shot by her lover, Gustave Beyer, who committed suicide, died at the Melbourne Hospital yesterday…

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Death of Mrs. Challis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—A cablegram was received in Sydney on Saturday morning stating that Mrs. Challis, widow of the late J. H. Challis had died. By the…

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