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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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The Late Mr. Duncan F. Mackay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 3

THE death is announced of Mr. Duncan F. Mackay, of Dulcalmah, Singleton, which took place on Thursday. The deceased was one of the keenest business men in the Northern…

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Secular Funeral of a Priest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1887 · page 6

A PARISH priest, living at Dole, named the Abbe Beliard, lately died, having left injunctions in his last will and testament that he was to be buried…

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Death of the Mayor of Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 3

AN inquest on the body of Mr. William Knapton, Mayor of Inverell, was held on Wednesday before the Coroner. From the evidence adduced, it appears that deceased…

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Death of Admiral Erskine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Admiral Erskine. Admiral Erskine was formerly Commodore on the Australian Station, preceding Admiral Tryon, and…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Lionel Louis Cohen, M.P. for North Paddington…

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Death of Boyd, the Sculler

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

The death is announced of Boycd, the well-known English sculler…

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The Late Mr. W. E. Horder, of Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 7

REGARDING the late Mr. Horder, of Singleton, who died so suddenly, the Argus says:—Possibly, there were few men in the town better known—not…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 5

Mr. Charles Rowe, squatter, Barcoo, Queensland, has died suddenly…

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New York, Wednesday. Death of a Mormon Leader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 4

The death is announced of John Taylor, who was appointed head of the Mormon Church in succession to Brigham Young. Taylor was in…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 5

Sir Stephen Walcott, connected with the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission, is dead…

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ROME, Saturday. OBITUARY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 5

The death is announced, at the age 76, of Augustin Depretis, the Italian Premier…

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The Death of the Italian Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 5

IN our cablegrams will be seen the intelligence of the death of Signor Augustin Depretis, the Italian Premier—a veteran whose name will ever be associated with that…

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Death of an Old Tasmanian Identity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 5

THE Hobart Mercury states:—A well-known character, known in the flesh as Knocklofty Jimmy, has passed over to the great majority. The old fellow, whose real name was James…

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Moscow, Monday. Death of M. KATKOFF

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 5

M. Katkoff, the editor of the Moscow Gazette, who has been ill some time, died to-day…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. William Hall, the founder of the Aberdeen line of traders…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. OBITUARY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 5

THE deaths are announced of Mr. William Cordell, of Melbourne, and Mr. William Virgoe, of Adelaide. CRICKETING TEAM…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. James Croyle, of Ballarat, who had been residing in London for some years past…

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Death of Judge Lawson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of the Right Hon. James Anthony Lawson, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday. Death of a Trainer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1887 · page 4

The well-known trainer, Mr. M. Fennelly, who has been in poor health for some time past, died last evening. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE…

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Funeral of a Chartist Leader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 11

THE remains of Mr. Joseph Linney, who died at Wolverhampton, at the age of seventy-eight, and who took a prominent part in the Chartist…

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