Select Poetry. the Death of a Day
The day is dying, and the night doth cast Its sable self o'er all the silent scene; The last faint ray of twilight fadeth fast, And, as it fades, deep shadows intervene…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1884
181 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
Death of the Right Hon. Henry Fawcett
LONDON, Friday.—The Right Hon. Henry Fawcett, Postmaster-General, is dangerously ill, suffering from an attack of acute pneumonia. Later.—The Right Hon. Henry Fawcett died…
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WE have to record, with great regret, the death of Mrs. Naismith, wife of Rev. Chhs. Naismith, minister of Sr. Andrew's Church, Watt-street. The deceased lady had been…
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The Times gives the following description of the funeral of a Chinaman:âA novelty in the way of funerals took place in Wellington the other afternoon, the occasion…
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CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z., Thursday—The Rev. James Buller, for many years Wesleyan missionary in New Zealand, has died at Christchurch; aged, seventy-three…
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SYNDEY, Tuesday—Mr. Edward Lord, for forty years City Treasurer, and chairman of the A.J.S. Bank, died to-day, aged 70…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The adjourned inquest on the body of Mrs. Bell, who died at the Glebe, on the 10th instant, was continued to-day. The jury returned a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Death of Mr. J. Eckford
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. Joseph Eckford, publican, ex-M.P. for Wollombi, and long identified with the affairs of the Tichborne claimant, died this morning,…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — The late Mr. Joseph Eckford's funeral to-day was largely attended. Several members of Parliament, and also prominent members…
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THE London Argus, of September 20, says: —An inquest was held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening, by Mr. W. G. Penman, borough coroner, upon the body of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Sir William Henry Fancourt Mitchell, K.B., President of the Victorian Legislative Council, died rather suddenly yesterday, at the age…
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CAIRO, Wednesday.—Advices are to hand from the Mudir of Dongola, stating that he has received information of the death of the Mahdi. The statement,…
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CAIRO, Friday.—The intelligence recently brought to the Mudir of Dongola, announcing the death of El Mahdi, is believed to be unfounded…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Hon. Joseph Docker, Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council, died to-day, as the ripe age of eighty-three…
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YESTERDAY afternoon the remains of the late Mrs. James Hannell, relict of a former most widely known citizen, the late Mr. James Hannell, J.P., M.L.A, were consigned to their last resting place,…
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Our Wallsend correspondent writes:—Several horses were out doing their exercise yesterday morning on the course, and the racehorse Sailor had done a mile in good time when, just after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS. Smallpox in Sydney. Death of a Patient
SYDNEY, Monday.âThe smallpox patient, John Casey, a butcher from Ultimo, died on board the Faraway…
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MORUYA, Tuesday.—The Rev. Father Pollard dropped dead, whilst administering the mass at Moruya, on Sunday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—William Waterson, commander of the Sea Nymph, barque, has been found dead in a waterhole at Ultimo…
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ALBURY, Saturday.—Wynn, the keeper of the gate on the railway line near the Everton Station, was killed by a train from Beechworth on Friday night. He was…
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