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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1888

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Death of Tom King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 3

THE death is announced of the once well-known member of the English prize ring, Tom King, which took place at his residence in Clapham…

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Horrible Death of a Hermit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 6

THE coroner for East Worcestershire held an inquest at Dudley respecting the death of a man named Marsh, aged sixty, who had died under…

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Death of an Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 5

MR. J. SANDFORD, late of Brisbane, was accidentally drowned at Mack's Creek mail stage, half way between Charleville and Cunnamulla, last…

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Death of a Centenarian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1888 · page 6

MRS. M'SHANE, an old resident of Black Brush, Tasmania, died recently at the advanced age of 104. She was much respected in the district, having…

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Death of a Member of the Jungfrau Kapelle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 5

THE death is announced of Mr. Godfrey Seebold, one of the Swiss singers who recently appeared in the Victoria Theatre, Newcastle. He died at the…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1888 · page 7

MR. G. C. MARTIN held an inquest yesterday at Cook's Hill, touching the sudden death of a child named Elspeth Padick, three months old, who…

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Sad Death of Mrs. Scott Russell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 11

HARRIETTE SCOTT RUSSELL, wife of the late John Scott Russell, the well-known engineer, and builder of the Great Eastern, at Mill Wall, London,…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday night. the Death of a Newsboy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1888 · page 5

AN inquest has been held touching the death of a lad named Patrick Lynch, 11 years, who died from injuries received through being run over by a…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1888 · page 5

Mr. A. M. Harbottle, late of Sydney, died at his residence at Worthing…

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Funeral of Mr. William Alt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1888 · page 5

THE remains of Mr. William Alt, sub-overseer for many years of the composing department of this journal, were consigned to their last…

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Death of an Infant at Adamstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1888 · page 6

AT the Royal Standard Hotel, Adamstown, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Martin, J.P., district coroner, hold an inquest touching the death of a baby…

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Death of Mr. A. F. Curnow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

MR. ARTHUR FRANCIS CURNOW died yesterday morning, at his parents residence, Enmore, Sydney. Deceased was the son of Mr. Curnow, the…

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[By Wire From the Sydney Papers.] London, Wednesday. Death of General Melikoff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 5

The death is announced from Nice of the Russian General Loris Melikoff…

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Death of the Great Vance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 5

Alfred Vance, the comic singer, died on the stage while singing at the East End Music Hall…

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[By Wire From the Sydney Papers.] Death of Mr. Muntz

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1888 · page 5

Mr. P. A. Muntz, formerly member for Birmingham, and the originator of Muntz metal, is dead…

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Death of Viscount Eversley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1888 · page 5

The death is announced of Viscount Eversley, better known as the Right Hon. C. Shaw Lefevre, aged 94 years. The following biography of the…

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