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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 10

(From Reuter's Telegram Co.) Death of Morley, the Bowler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Frederick Morley, the well-known Nottingham bowler, at the age of thirty-three years…

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Death of Mrs. Buxton, Senr

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1884 · page 3

ON Saturday evening, about 6.30 o'clock, one of the oldest, and few remaining original Newcastle residents, passed away to the majority, in the person of Mrs…

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Affairs in the Soudan. Accident on the Nile. Rumoured Death of Colonel Stewart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1884 · page 2

CAIRO, Monday.—Lord Wolseley continues to push forward to the front, and telegrams have been received reporting his arrival at Wady Halfa…

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Death of the Rev. James Coutts, M.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1884 · page 2

WE regret to have to record the death of our old and greatly esteemed townsman the Rev. James Coutts, M.A., who departed from amongst us yesterday morning shortly…

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A Gorgeous Chinese Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A funeral of Chinaman to-day was headed, by at drum and fife band. The hearse was drawn by four horses, and there were four mourning coaches and sixty cabs in the…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1884 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Mr. Abraham Lincolne, of Victoria, who was one of the first to prove that hops can be grown successfully in New South Wales, is dead…

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Death of a Maitland Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A sudden death occurred here early this morning. A man named Charles Lawson arrived in Newcastle on Friday by the 9.30 p.m. train…

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The Late Rev. Mr. Coutts, M.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1884 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr. Naismith briefly referred to the life and career of the late Rev. James Coutts, M.A. He…

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Death of r. Charles Lawson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 2

THE late Mr. Charles Lawson, whose sudden death we chronicled yesterday, was a resident of Newcastle, and not of West Maitland as our telegram stated. There…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced to-day of Mr. T. D. Sullivan, M.P., for Westmeath, and for many years a prominent supporte: of the Home Rule…

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Funeral of Mrs. Isaac Winn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1884 · page 2

ANOTHER of Newcastle's best known and universally esteemed residents paid the last debt of nature, after a rather short illness, on Saturday afternoon, and was interred…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced, at the age of thirty-nine years, of H.R.H. the Duke of Brunswick, who is also the Duke of Cumberland and…

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Death of the Hon. John Frazer, M.L.O.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—This gentleman passed away at his residence, Wallabra, this morning. He had been very unwell for some days past, and took a turn for the…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—Sir Valentine Fleming, formerly Chief Justice of Tasmania, is dead…

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Funeral of Hon. John Frazer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Hon. John Frazer's funeral was attended by a large number of members of both Houses of Parliament…

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Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 2

ON Friday (says the Mercury) there passed away another old resident of Maitland, in the person of Mr. Phillip Mullard, who had been ailing for…

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The Omnibus Driver and the Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Michael Hickey, an omnibus driver, was fined £3 to-day for wantonly breaking the line several times with his omnibus while a funeral…

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TELEGRAMS. Death of Mr. A. Lynch, M.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Andrew Lynch, M.L.A., died at Carcoar yesterday, aged sixty-five. He was struck down by paralysis and pleurisy a day or two ago…

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Funeral of the late Mr. A. Lynch, M.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 2

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—The late Mr. Andrew Lynch, M.P., was buried yesterday. From the Royal Hotel Carcoar, the funeral procession was about a mile long…

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Death of a Favourite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1884 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The race-mare Virtue dropped dead from heart disease on the Grafton course yesterday. She was favourite for the Grafton Gold Cup…

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