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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

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Death of Mrs. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 7

ON Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock there passed away, at Jesmond House, Newcastle, Mrs. John Wood, wife of Mr. John Wood (of Messrs…

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Funeral of Mrs. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1887 · page 5

THE funeral of Mrs. John Wood took place yesterday, and was one of the largest that has taken place in his city. The remains of the deceased lady were enclosed in a leaden coffin,…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Death of Superintendent Morrissett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 5

MR. E. V. Morrissett, Superintendent of Police, died at Goulburn to-day. INSOLVENTS. A meeting of the creditors of…

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The Late Mr. John Cooper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 4

The late Mr. John Cooper, chief officer of the barque Altcar, who died on board that vessel on Tuesday night, was well-known at Newcastle, and had been identified with the port for many years,…

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Death of the Great Parsee Tiger-slayer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 9

MR. HORMUSJEE EDULJI KOTWAL, the well-known tiger-slayer, died a short time ago at the Sir Jamsetji Jecjcebhoy Hospital. He was severely wounded in the arm in an…

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Death of Mr. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1887 · page 5

MR. JOHN WOOD is dead, and by his death Newcastle loses one of its most prominent and patriotic citizens. It is not that a man of wealth has gone over to the great, silent…

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The Late Mr. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 4

OWING to the lateness of the hour on Tuesday night when the report of the death of Mr. John Wood received verification, our obituary notice was necessarily brief. We…

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Funeral of Mr. John Wood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 5

ONE of the most largely attended funerals of any which have ever taken place in Newcastle eventuated yesterday, when the last sad rites over the earthly remains of the…

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Death of the First Editor of "Punch."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 3

MR. HENRY MAYHEM, died at his London residence. He was born in 1812, and commenced adistinguished literary carreer by bringing out the farce of…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Death of a Steeplechaser

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

Intrepid, the well-known steeplechaser, is dead…

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Death of Captain Walker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 5

THERE passed away at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, at his residence, Wolfe-street, probably one of the oldest shipmasters in the Australian colonies, and certainly the oldest…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 5

The death is announced of Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Senator of the United States, and formerly United States Minister to France, aged 71…

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The Late Mr. John Boyd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1887 · page 5

A VERY large number of our readers will regret to lea[?]n that Mr. John Boyd, late landlord of the Victoria Theatre Hotel, passed over to the great majority at half-past…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 5

Mr. John Carter, Registrar of Titles for Victoria on a visit to England, has died suddenly…

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Death of a Daring Climber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 10

ONE of the noted characters of Cincinnatti, the 'steeple-climber,' died recently at his home, 79, Bank-street. His name was Joseph Rodriguez…

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Death of Mrs. John Eales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 October 1887 · page 4

THE Maitland Mercury contains the following and news of the illness and death of a lady who was widely known and much esteemed throughout the colony:—"We record…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 5

John Finch, the head of the Good Templar Order, has died in America…

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Death of Mr. Butters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 5

Mr. Butters, late Mayor of Melbourne, has died in London…

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A Fireman's Funeral

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

ON Saturday afternoon the remains of the late Mr. W. Harman, who had been a permanent member of the City Fire Brigade, were interred in Sandgate Cemetery. He…

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The Late Mrs. Lloyd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 6

THE S. M. Herald of yesterday states: —After an illness extending over a period of six weeks, Mrs. Mary Lloyd, wife of the Hon. G. A. Lloyd, M.L.C.,…

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