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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1888

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Death of Robertson, the Jockey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 5

ROBERTSON, the jockey of Silvermine, died in St. Vincent's Hospital this morning. THE PADDINGTON ELECTION…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Captain Charles Fitzgerald, who was Governor of Western Australia from August, 1848, to June, 1855…

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Death of Captain Snadden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

INFORMATION was received in town yesterday through Messrs. H. Simpson and Sons, stating that Captain Snadden, of the barque Otago, had died at Haiphong, and great regret…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. William Ross, formerly Colonial Secretary of South Australia…

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Suspicious Death of M'neil, the Journalist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

Later advices from Boulogne report that M'Neil's pockets were rifled, and marks of throttling are apparent…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Professor Doramy Price, Professor of Political Economy at Oxford…

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Colonel Robert Sutherland, C.B., an Indian veteran…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] LONDON, Monday. OBITUARY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Alderman Sir John Staples, former Lord Mayor of London…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Horrible Death of a Young Lady

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 5

A horrible death occurred at Snowtown, Adelaide. Two young ladies, named Garvey, were driving a pair of horses in a buggy, when the animals…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday night. Death of a Clergyman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

REV. E. R. GRANT, Unitarian minister, Liverpool-street, died to-day, aged 50. A YEAR OLD MINISTRY. The Parkes Ministry is twelve months old…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Sir Robert Carden, Lord Mayor of London in 1885, who died suddenly, aged 87…

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Hector Maclean, the captain of the Oxford crew…

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mrs. Garfield, mother of the late President Garfield…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 5

Mr. Walter Gibson, Premier of the Hawaiian Islands, has died in San Francisco…

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The Late Mr. James Spicer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1888 · page 6

THE S. M. Herald of yesterday has the following:—We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. James Spicer, sen., the head of the well-known firm…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Jas. Caird, the well-known engineer…

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Dr. Asa Gray, the celebrated botanist…

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Death of Lady Parkes. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 5

LADY PARKES died at six o'clock this morning at her residence at Balmain. The deceased lady was a daughter of Mr. Robert Varney, of Birmingham…

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Death of Mary Howitt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mary Howitt, the well-known authoress…

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Scene at a Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1888 · page 6

THE Daily Telegraph states: A disgraceful scene occurred at the funeral of Mrs. Neil, at Kiama on Thursday. Mrs. Neil is a Protestant, but married…

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