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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1885

220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11

Frank Calvary; a Semi Nautical Novel Chapter Xl. The Bertholds—Helen—Death of our hero's grandfather—Bereavement of Helen and her grandmother—Helen learns her brother's situation—Its effect upon her—Death of Mrs Berthold, and Helen's desolation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 10

FOR the first three years and a half after our hero's departure from home everything went on smoothly enough with his sister and grand-parents—…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 July 1885 · page 3

Mr. Wm Oldham, an old colonist, and formerly manager of the Kapunda mines, has died at the age of 75 years…

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Death of a Miner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1885 · page 3

A fall of earth took place at the New Discovery No. 3 mine, Beaufort, on Friday night, which resulted in the death of a young man named Alexander…

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Death of a Brisbane Identity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1885 · page 3

Mr. Samuel Sneyd, who had been in Brisbane for a number of years, and was in the receipt of a Government pension, expired suddenly in his residence,…

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Death of a Valuable Horse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1885 · page 3

A LITTLE before two o'clock yesterday afternoon some [?]srernation was caused opposite Mr. Smith's drapery establishment, [?] Hunter-street, by a horse belong-…

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Death of Admiral Wilson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Rear Admiral John Crawford Wilson, who was for some years Commodore on the Australian station…

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Death of the Bishop of Salisbury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of the Right Rev. George Moberly, D.O.L, Bishop of Salisbury…

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Reported Death of the Mahdi. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 5

General Brackenbury has sent a telegram to the Secretary of War stating that a report had reached him that the Mahdi was dead. No particulars are…

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Death of Another Soudan Correspondent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1885 · page 3

Mr. Roberts, Reuter's special correspondent in the Soudan, died from the effects of the great heat, after his departure for England…

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Death of a Special Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 3

Mr. J. B. Buttfield, who has been a special magistrate in the Blinman district during the past 20 years, died to-day…

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The Reported Death of the Mahdi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 3

In the House of Commons last night the Right W. H. Smith, Secretary of State for War, was interrogated with regard to the reported death of the Mahdi…

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Death of Another Press Correspondent in the Soudan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 3

NEWS has reached Sydney by the mail that Mr. Roberts, the special correspondent, who represented Reuter's Telegram Company with Sir Gerald…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1885 · page 3

Mr. Smith, one of the leading vignerons of Albury, died at Brisbane to-day…

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Death of Sir Wigram Allen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1885 · page 3

Sir Wigram Allen is dangerously ill. The members of his family have been called together. Later.—Sir Wigram Allen died this…

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Death of Sir George Wigram Allen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1885 · page 3

OUR telegrams from Sydney which appear in this morning's issue record the death of Sir George Wigramn Allen. It seems that the deceased gentleman was taken…

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CAIRO, Wednesday. The Death of the Mahdi Confirmed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1885 · page 3

Messengers arrived at Assouan from Galera bring confirmation that the Mahdi is dead. He died from small-pox on June 29th…

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Death of General Grant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 4

GENERAL GRANT, twice President of the United States, is no more. He died in Washington on Thursday. His death was long expected—indeed he was reported to…

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(Reuter's Telegraph Company.) Washington, Thursday. Death of General and Ex-President Grant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 5

General Ulysses Grant, late President, of the United States, died to-day, aged 63 years…

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Death of Mr. John Taaffe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 4

OUR Pelican Flat correspondent telegraphs the death of Mr. John Taaffe, of Pelican Flat, Lake Macquarie, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a painful illness of six weeks, at the age of 58. He…

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Funeral of Sir G. W. Allen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 7

THE funeral of Sir George Wigram Allen took place on Saturday afternoon. Among those who followed the remains of the deceased were:—The…

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