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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1885

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1885 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—The Rev. Edwin Paxton Hood, the well known religious author, is dead…

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Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1885 · page 3

YESTERDAY a telegram was received in Newcastle announcing the death of Mr. Simon Davies, builder and contractor, of Leichhardt, near Sydney, and formerly a…

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Death of General M'dowell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1885 · page 6

GENERAL IRVIN M'DOWELL was born in Franklin county, Ohio, on October 15, 1818. He attended for some time a military school in France, graduated…

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Death of a French Admiral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1885 · page 4

PARIS, Monday.—The death is announced of Admiral Courbet…

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CABLEGRAMS Death of Prince Frederick Charles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1885 · page 4

BERLIN, Monday.—The death is announced of Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia, aged 84…

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The Phœnix Park Murders. Death of Joseph Smyth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1885 · page 3

ANOTHER prominent criminal who figured in the assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke in Phœnix Park, Dublin, has just died. Joseph…

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Death of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1885 · page 4

A TELEGRAM which appears elsewhere has been received announcing the death of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, said in the telegram to be the brother of the…

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Death of a Bushranger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Queensland bush-ranger Riley has been shot dead by the police near St. Ann's Station, Bellyands River…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 June 1885 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Duncan, lately Collector of Customs, 75 years of age, died at his residence, Patersham, to-day…

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Funeral of Private Perry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 June 1885 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Private Perry, a member of the Contingent, who died at the quarantine station on Wednesday was accorded a military funeral to-day…

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Death of General Gordon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The diaries kept by the late General Gordon during his residence at Khartoum have been published, and have caused a deep sensation…

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The Late Mrs. T. M. Slattery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 June 1885 · page 3

THE news of the death of the wife of the member for Burrowa will have come as a shock upon the friends of Mr. T. M. Slattery. Although the deceased lady had been…

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The Late Mr. Duncan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 June 1885 · page 2

THE funeral of the late Mr. W. A. Duncan, C.M.G., for many years Collector of Customs in Sydney, took place on Saturday morning. Early mass was celebrated at St. Mary's by…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 5

Dr. Arthur A. West, formerly of Raymond Terrace, died rather suddenly at his residence, near Parramatta, of internal hemorrhage…

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Death of an Explorer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 7

WE have already announced the death of Mr. John Davis, of the South Australian Civil Service, which occurred in his residence, Payneham, last week. The deceased, who…

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A Sensational Affair. Police v. Chinese. Row at a Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 3

A SENSATIONAL affair happened in Bloomfield Gully (Omeo), over the boy of a Chinaman, Con Sin, who met his death on the previous day…

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Death of Hugh Conway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1885 · page 3

THE sad intelligence of the death of Mr. Bred Fargus better known under his literary name of "Hugh Conway," author of Arrowsmith's Christmas Annuals…

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Death of a Naval Veteran

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1885 · page 4

HENRY WESTON TOMKINS entered the navy on the 18th February, 1808, as first class volunteer on board the Tartar, 32 guns, Capt. Edmd. Byron Bellesworth, his cousin,…

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Death of Dr. Gosse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 July 1885 · page 3

Doctor Charles Gosse, who was thrown from his buggy, has died from gangene, which set in after amputation of the injured leg. Seven doctors had been in…

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Death of Mr. Evelyn Jerrold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 11

MR. EVELYN JERROLD, grandson of Douglas, and son of the late Blanchard Jerrold died suddenly of heart disease on Saturday, May 16, in the…

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