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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

262 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14

Death of an ex-Governor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday:—The death is announced of Sir Charles Du Cane, who was formerly Governor of Tasmania…

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Sudden Death of a "Chow." Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 5

MR. G. C. MARTIN, coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon at the Clarendon Hotel, Blane-street, on the body of a Chinaman named Chay Gee Kee, who was found dead…

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The Death of Gordon. Knocked Down and Stabbed. Refused to Fly. ADELAIDE, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 5

The latest advices from London states that Demetric Georgie, the Greek who escaped from Khartoum to Suakim, after stating that General Gordon refused to fly, even when he had the…

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Latest Telegrams. Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday Night. Death of a Leading Lawyer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

MR. W. T. BROWNE, a leading solicitor, and a member of the firm of Messrs. Wilson. Wilson, and Browne, died suddenly at midnight last night from apoplexy…

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Death of an English M.P.

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

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Richard Peacock, member for the Gorton Division, Lancashire. [Mr. Peacock was the head of the great…

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Death of U.S.A. Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.— The death is announced of Senator Palmer, the American Minister of Agriculture…

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Death of M. Rochereau

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—It has now been conclusively proved that Senfert Rocherau, chief manager of the Comptoir d'Escompte, did not commit suicide, as at first believed,…

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The Late Mr. John Rushford. Funeral: Imposing Procession

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

THE funeral of the late John Rushford took place yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended. The coffin was mounted on the Honeysuckle Brigade's engine "Invincible,"…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death in announced of Mr. Maturin, a director of the Bank of South Australia…

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Death of Duval

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Charles Duval, the actor, committed suicide on board the Oceana, in the Red Sea…

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Death Warrant of the Dibbs Ministry

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

THE following item of news was despatched to a country town on Thursday, says last night's Evening News :—The death warrant of the Dibbs Ministry was signed early this…

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Death of a Scientist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday.—The death is announced of Mr. John Griesson, the eminent scientist and inventor…

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Shooting Fatality. The Recent Revolver Accident. Death of Townsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 8

THE youth Henry Townsend, who was on Friday last accidentally shot in the abdomen by a Customs officer, and who Was conveyed to the Newcastle Hospital, expired in that…

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New Zealand. Death of a Chief

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 6

Wetere, the famous Makau chief, is dead. He fought against the British during the Waikato war. He was suspected of complicity in the White Cliff massacre. Until…

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The Macquarie-street Mystery. Suspicious Death of a Female. Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Wilful Murder. SYDNEY, Monday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 6

THE inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of the young woman Kate Reilley, whose dead body was found in the yard of an unoccupied house,…

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Anvil Creek. Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 5

We are sorry to have to record the death of Mrs. John Griffiths, who departed this life on Monday morning, at Allandale, after a long and painful illness of over two years'…

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Death of Tamberlik

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Tamberlik, the famous Italian tenor singer. [Henri Tamberlik was born at Rome in 1820. He…

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Peculiar Death of a Girl. Inquest and Verdict. A Doctor and His Assistant Cen[?]red

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 8

THE coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, held an inquest on Saturday afternoon, at James Butler's Hotel, Wickham, touching the death of a girl named Minnie Eveline…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 8

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Lady Arnold, wife of Sir Edwin Arnold, of the Daily, Telegraph. The Rev. J. L. Porter, president of Queen's College, Belfast,…

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Correspondence Peculiar Death of a Girl. a Correction. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

SIR,—The report of the inquest hold on the body of Minnie Harmer, at Wickham on Saturday, makes me speak of "enlargement of the lung."…

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