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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1890

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Mr. Neville Blyth…

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Death of Earl Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Earl Sydney, formerly Lord Steward of the Queen's Household, at the age of 85. [John Robert Townsend, G.C.B., P.C., Earl…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Lord Lamington. [The Right Hon. Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Baillie Cochrane, first Baron Lamington,…

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Death of a Famous Sculler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 8

AFTER a lingering illness the veteran ex-champion sculler, Joe Sadler, died in Richmond Hospital, England, on January 1, in his fiftieth year. Sadler won the sculling…

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Death of a Son of Dr. Livingstone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 8

THE death is announced of Mr. Oswell Livingstone, the last surviving son of Dr. Livingstone. Mr. Oswell Livingstone was born in South Africa in the early missionary…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Sir Louis Mallet. [Sir Louis Mallet, who was 67 years of age, is best known for the prominent part he took in the…

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Death of an Old Shipmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 2

THE death is announced of another very old China hand, Mr. James Killick, best known in the East (says the Chinese Times) as a successful shipmaster and a man of most…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Death of a Mining Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 5

Mr. C. J. Winterbottom, one of the managers of the English and Australian Copper Company, died to-day at Semaphore. OBJECTIONABLE LITERATURE…

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The Terrible Fire at Broken Hill. Death of Mrs. Cantlon. Four Victims in All. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 5

MRS. CANTLON, who was severely injured by the fire which occurred on Sunday night, died to-day. Cantlon has thus lost his wife, three children, and everthing belonging to…

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CABLEGRAMS. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Count Andrassy, the famous Hungarian statesman. [Andrassy, born 1823, Count, Hungarian…

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Sudden Death of the Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

THE news of the death of Mr. John Lovett, the Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol, will be received with considerable surprise and universally regretted. Darling the past 12 months…

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CABLEGRAMS. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced of Mr. Joseph Charles Biggar, M.P. for West Cavan, and Irish Nationalist. He died very suddenly, heart disease being the…

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[Our Special Messages.] Death of Mr. Biggar, M.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Biggar, M.P., who died this morning, was in the House of Commons last evening, and acted as teller in the division on Mr. Parnell's amendment…

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Mark Twain's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 7

SOME time ago Mr. W. D. Meares, of Christchurch, New Zealand, wrote to a friend in America, asking him to write to Mark Twain (Mr. S. L. Clemens) and suggest to him that…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The death is announced of the eldest son of Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln, the well-known United States Minister…

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Horrible Affair in Melbourne. Mysterious Death of a Woman. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 5

THE body of a young woman was discovered in the rear of the Victoria Brewery, East Melbourne, early this morning. The remains, which have not yet been identified, are those…

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GRETA. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 5

THE funeral of the unfortunate man, John Aitchison, who was killed by a fall of tops in the Greta mine, on Wednesday, took place yesterday afternoon. The procession was a…

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Dispute Over a Corpse. The Funeral Stopped. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 5

A CURIOUS mistake has occurred in the identity of a drowned man at Port Melbourne. His widow swore distinctly that the body was that of her husband, and it was on…

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Burwood. OBITUARY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 7

It is with regret that we record the death of Mrs. Thompson, wife of Mr. George Thompson, who has boon living here for the last 30 years. The deceased lady expired at…

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[Our Special Messages.] Death of Judge Dowse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The eminent Irish Judge Dowse fell dead yesterday…

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