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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Lake Macquarie. Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1887 · page 7

AMONG the deaths which it has been our painful duty to record during the past year must be included that of Mr. James Warner, one of the oldest…

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Death of Sir W W. Hughes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 5

Sir William Watson Hughes, of South Australia, died on Saturday and was buried yesterday…

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The Will of the Late Mr. Samuel Morley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 6

THE details of the will of the late Mr. Samuel Morley have just been made known. The personality was sworn, on Nov. 20, as of the value of £467,474…

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Funeral of Sir W. W. Hughes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 5

The funeral of the late Sir Walter "Watson Hughes, formerly of South Australia, took place to-day, and was very largely attended. There were…

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The Funeral Arrangements of the Earl of Iddesleigh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1887 · page 5

It has been arranged that the interment of the remains of the late Lord Iddesleigh shall take place in the churchyard adjacent to his private seat…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1887 · page 5

The death of Admiral Pullen is announced…

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Death of Alderman Chapman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1887 · page 5

IT is with profound regret we have to record the death of Alderman Samuel Chapman, which took place at an early hour yesterday morning at his residence, Waratah. Mr…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

The death is announced in his 86th year of Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart, well known in the manufacture of ordnance. [Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart., and a Fellow of…

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Death of Serjeant Sleigh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Serjeant Sleigh, a well-known member of the English Bar, who visited the Australian colonies a few years ago…

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Death of Mr. Horatio Ross

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 6

MR. HORATIO Ross, of Rossie Logde, who during the greater part of the past half-century has been known as the "King of Sportsmen," died at his…

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Funeral of Dr. Vaughan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1887 · page 5

The remains of the late Archbishop Veughan, of Sydney, wore privately buried at Hereford on Tuesday…

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Death of Mr. Peter Rylands, M P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Peter Rylands, M.P. for Burnley, for many years member of the House of Commons…

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Death of Captain Blake

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1887 · page 4

ANOTHER old identity of the port of Newcastle, Captain Thomas Blake, has passed over to the great majority, that gentleman having expired yesterday morning about 9…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Mrs. Henry Wood, the well-known authoress, at the age of 65…

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Death of Frederick Pitman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 10

A COPY of the Phonetic Journal for December contains an announcement of Mr. F. Pitman's death, brother of Mr. Isaac Pitman, inventor of the…

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Death of a Heroine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 10

BY the death of Mrs. Lesslie, whose interment took place recently in the Eastern Necropolis, Dundee, has lost one of its heroines. Though unknown…

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The Funeral of the Late Capt. Thomas Blake

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 4

THE funeral of the above much-lamented gentleman took place yesterday afternoon from his residence in Darby-street. These was a large gathering of the Maso[?]…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of the Duke of Leinster, in the 68th year of his age…

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Death of Mr. Geo. Donald, J.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 5

IT is with regret that I have to chronicle the death of our much-respected townsman and Justice of the Peace, Mr. George Donald. As mentioned yesterday he was in…

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Death of Sir George Strahan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Sir George Strahan, late Governor of Tasmania…

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