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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

262 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 14

The Late Mr. Westgarth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—At an inquest held on the body of the late Mr. William Westgarth, the well-known Anglo-Australian financier, who died from injuries received…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1889 · page 2

AN old and respected resident, Mrs. Martin, wife of Mr. W. Martin, of Martin's Wharf, passed away recently, at Miller's Forest, at the ripe old age of 90 years. The deceased…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of Viscount Falmouth, aged 70…

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Death of an old Waratah Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 8

THE many friends of Mr. John Taylor will regret to learn of his death. The deceased was a very old resident, and was for a number of years respected as a prominent…

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A Peculiar Position. Reading his own Obituary Notice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

THAT "truth is stranger than fiction" was once more exemplified on Wednesday, when quite a dramatic denouement took place where one would least expect it—at the meeting of…

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Death of the Mother of Mr. Santley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of the mother of Mr. Santley, the singer…

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Death of a Noted Welshman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 8

THE death took place at Bethesda, Bangor, on October 2, of Mr. R. J. Price, known as Gweirydd ap Rhys, a celebrated Welsh historian. Mr. Price was the author of a…

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Monument to the Late Mr. A. Hordern

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 2

A PETERHEAD firm have just finished a magnificent granite obelisk, twenty-eight feet high, to be erected by the people of Western Australia in memory of the late Mr. Anthony…

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Tighe's Hill. the Late Mr. Dixon Procter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 7

General regret is felt at the death of Mr. Dixon Procter, from heart disease, on Mon. day last. The deceased gentleman had been a sufferer from this malady for the past two…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of Sir Morton Peto…

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Rumoured Death of Searle. No Truth in It. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 5

THERE was a rumour in Sydney this afternoon that news had been received that Henry Searle, the champion sculler, had died. Upon inquiring at Messrs. Spencers' it…

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Death of a Well-known Shipmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 8

A WIDE circle will hear with reg[?]et of the death of Captain Dalgarno—one of the beat known of Aberdeen shipmasters—which occurred on October…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 3

The bodies of the four men were buried at Sandgate yesterday afternoon. The funeral procession, consisting of three hearses, left Charlestown at about a quarter to two…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Baron Blachford, formerly Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies…

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Miners' Risks. Death of White

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 8

JOHN WHITE, who was severely crushed in the Stockton Pit on Wednesday last by a skip running over him, died in Newcastle Hospital at 11.45 yesterday morning. He…

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Death of a Well-known Missionary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 3

THE Rev. Dr. John Kilner, a well known missionary of the Wesleyan body, died on October 12, after a short illness, at his residence in Ella-road, Crouch Hill. After…

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Latest District News. Wallsend. Masonic Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 8

THE officers and members of Lodge St. James paid their last tribute of respect to their deceased brother Edward Young, whose remains were conveyed to their last resting…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1889 · page 6

The funeral of Frederick Fletcher, the miner who was killed by a fall of coal in Stockton pit on Tuesday, took place yesterday afternoon, about 200 persons attended,…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Captain Plunkett, the well known Irish magistrate…

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Death of Jeff. Davis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday.—The death of Jefferson Davis has caused widespread regret throughout the Southern States, where the mourning is universal…

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