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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1888

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Funeral Ceremonies of the Late Emperor of Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5

THE body of the late Emperor of Germany was removed from the Cathedral in Berlin to-day to the Mausoleum at Charlottenburg, where the…

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Death of the Father of President Carnot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of M. Lazare Hippolyte Carnot, politician and author, and the father of M. Sadi-Carnot, President of the French…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Prince Hassan…

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Death of the Sultan of Zanzibar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 8

THE Sultan of Zanzibar, Bargash ben Said, is dead. He succeeded to the rule of the fertile island of Zanzibar, and its great coast dependencies, in 1870. Said Bargash was…

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LONDON, Wednesday. Death of Mr. Gray, M.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Dwyer Gray, M.P. for St. Stephen's Green division of Dublin, formerly Lord Mayor of Dublin…

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Death of Said Bargash. The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead. LONDON, Tuesday. an Important Announcement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 5

In connection with Mr. Goschen's Conversion of Consols Bill it is announce that holders of new 3 per cents, who decline to avail themselves…

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Death of an Old Identity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 2

DEATH has removed an old familiar spirit from the streets of Sydney by taking, during the thunderstorm of Monday, Mr. Levy, or Levvy as he was wont to be addressed. Mr…

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The Death of "Stonehenge."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1888 · page 3

THE death is announced of Mr. J. H. Walsh ("Stonehenge"), editor of the Field, which occurred on Sunday evening, Feb. 12. Mr. Walsh, who…

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Obituary

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

The death is announced of Mr. James Gibbon of Queensland…

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[By Wire From the Sydney Papers.] London, Friday. the Late Mr. E. S. PARKES

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

The directors of the Bank of Australasia have granted the family of the late Mr. Parkes, killed in the recent railway accident near…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. James Gibbon, a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, who was on a visit to England…

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The Late Mr. William Robson, J.p., of Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 3

IN a recent issue we made mention of the death of Mr. William Robson, J.P., of Wollongong, who was for long a resident of the Newcastle…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] LONDON, Monday. Death of Matthew Arnold

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

The death is announced of Matthew Arnold, author and poet, suddenly, of disease of the heart…

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Death of Mr. Edward Lee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1888 · page 8

Intelligence has been received of the death of Mr. Edward Lee on Monday night in Melbourne, whither the deceased gentleman had gone on account of his failing health…

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The Death of the Emperor William

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 8

THE following passage is extracted from an account of the late Emperor's last moments, which appeared in the Times:—At 4 o'clock on Friday…

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The Late Mrs. Dawson

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

THE mortal remains of the late Mrs. Dawson (wife of Mr. M. J. Dawson, local agent for Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited), whose sadly sudden death we…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday Night. Death of a Comedian

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

MR. WILLIAM WALSH, late of Walsh and King, the well-known comedian and dancer, died yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital of English cholera…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. OBITUARY

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

Professor Hearn, of Melbourne, is dead…

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The Late Mr. Francis Tait

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 8

WHEN a young man, Mr. Francis Tait, recently deceased, was one of the Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji, and took a very active part in public affairs there when the…

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