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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1885

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Funeral of Dr. Batler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 3

The funeral of the late Dr. Butler, Speaker of the Assembly, took place on Tuesday. The procession was a very large and representative one, and amongst those…

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Sad Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1885 · page 5

A SAD death of a child took place at Darby-street last night. The infant, which was a year and nice months old, was the offspring of a couple named Dougherty, living in the…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Death of Lady Palmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1885 · page 3

Lady Palmer, who has been ailing for the last two years, died at an early hour yesterday morning…

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Funeral of Lady Palmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 3

The funeral of Lady Palmer took place on Tuesday, and was largely attended, the cortege being over half a mile long. A number of members of both Houses of…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1885 · page 3

The Rev. F. Stephenson, Wesleyan Minister, from Victoria, died on Friday…

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The Soudan. CARIO, Monday. Rumoured Death of Osman Dig[?]a

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1885 · page 3

It is again asserted that Osman Digna has been killed by Arab Sheiks…

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Death of Mr. A. L. Elder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 September 1885 · page 3

A cablegram has been received announcing the death of Mr. A. L. Elder the founder of Elder, Smith, Co.'s firm, and brother of Sir Thomas Elder…

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Death of Mr. F. D. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Sporting men will regret to hear of the death of Mr. F. D. Hamilton ("Tout Cela") which took place at his residence. Woolahra, this morning. A subscription list is now…

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Cablegrams London, Thursday. Funeral of the late Mr. Lang Elder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1885 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mr. A. Lang Elder, formerly of South Australia took place to days at Highgate Cementry. It was attendes by 200 gentleman, among whom were Mr…

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Death of Thomas Vost. The Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 September 1885 · page 3

THE unfortunate man Thomas Vost, who attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the left side on the 4th inst., expired at the Newcastle Hospital on…

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The Death of "Tout Cela." (To the Editor)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 2

SIR,—I noticed in yesterday's issue the announcement of the death of "Tout Cela," stating that he left his wife" and children totally improved for. Now, Sir,…

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New Zealand. Auckland, Wednesday. Death of Mr. Blackett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 5

The death of Mr. Blackett, the son of Mr. George Blackett. Engineer-in-Chief New Zealand Public Works Department, is reported…

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The Late Mr. Thomas Vost and Life Assurance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1885 · page 3

THE late Mr. Vest, who recently committed suicide, fortunately for his family was insured in the Australian Mutual Provident Society, and doubts have been freely expressed as to whether the amount…

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Singular Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 7

A SINGULAR funeral took place on June 15th in Paris. A wealthy bourgeois of the Rue St. Jacques, named Begis, tired of life and caring nothing for his relations,…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 5

Captain Alexander Wallace, formerly of the E. and A. Co. and the A.S.N Co., died at his residence at North Shore yesterday…

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Death of an Alleged Murderess in Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 5

Sarah Keep, sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder at Maitland, died in Darlinghurst gao! yesterday of acute inflammation of the lungs, accelerated by…

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DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Death of an Australian Bushranger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 5

Henry Garrett once a notorious bushranger, in Australia, is dead. He was serving a life sentence in this country and had been for many years an inmate of dunedin gaol…

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The Maitland Poisoning Case. Death of the Prisoner Sarah Keep. The Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1885 · page 3

THE latest development of the notorious maitland poisoning case is the death of the younger prisoner, Sarah Yeep, in the Darlinghurst gaol. The horrible details of this atrocious crime will be still…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday. Extraordinary Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1885 · page 3

The body of the girl Mary James, who was missing so mysteriously was found in the Bundidjaree Creek, about one and a half mile from Narrandera, and half a…

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Death of a Jockey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1885 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The well-known jockey, Wm. Huxley, died at Windsor on Friday. [It will be remembered by our re[?]ders that Huxley was injured some time…

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