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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1890

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Death of Captain W. R. Williams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 4

The many friends of Captain D. R. Williams, agent for the Union Steamship Company, Newcastle, will learn with regret that he received a cablegram yesterday from Wellington, New…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 4

Mr. M. J. Dawson, the local manager for Messrs. William Howard Smith and Sons, received a wire on Saturday announcing the death of Captain Wm. Howard Smith, of Melbourne, of the firm of Wm…

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Death of the Duke of Manchester

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of the Duke of Manchester. [The deceased peer, William Drogo Montagu, was born in 1823, and succeeded to the title in 1855…

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Death of a Shipping Pioneer. Captain William Howard Smith. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 5

CAPTAIN WILLIAM HOWARD SMITH, the head of the well-known firm of W. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited, who was ailing for some weeks past, died shortly before noon…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1890 · page 4

The many friends of Captain Patterson, of the ship Aldergrove, will regret to hear of his death by drowning. It seems that one of the ship's boats left the ship at Tchio (New Caledonia) to catch the…

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Merewether. OBITUARY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 3

The funeral of Mr. Walter Cook, who was killed by the waggons on the Burwood line whilst returning home from his work, was largely attended yesterday by sympathetic…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. J. A. Philips

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 5

A LARGE number of the relatives of the late Mr. J. A. Philips, and of the general body of citizens, assembled at his late residence yesterday, to take part in the last sad…

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Death of Captain W. B. Brown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 4

The death is announced at Brisbane of Captain W. B. Brown, an old identity in shipping circles there. He was seized with an apopletic fit on Thursday last, and after remaining in a state of…

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Death of the Marquis of Normanby

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of the Marquis of Normanby, at Brighton, yesterday. [George Augustus Constantine Phipps, only son…

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Sad Death of a Lady

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 6

A PAINFUL sensation has been caused in Oakham, England, by the sad death of Mrs. Charles Newton, a lady well known in London society. Mrs. Newton had never…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

ROME, Friday.—Aurelia Saffi Trenmoir, the Roman Republican, aged 49, is dead…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Rev. Edward Parry, D.D., Archdeacon of Canterbury and late Suffragan Bishop of Dover, died this morning…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of General Sir John Henry Lefroy, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S., formerly Administrator of the Government of Tasmania…

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District News. Plattsburg. Death of Mr. John Linsley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 3

We have to record the removal from our midst by death of an old and respected citizen, Mr. John Linsley, of Devon-street, at the early ago of 55 years, having departed…

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Death of Mr. John Thompson. a Much respected Sport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 3

Sporting men throughout the colonies will learn with regret that Mr. John Thompson, who has been a prominent figure in the colonial turf during the last quarter of a…

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Funeral of the Late John Thompson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 3

On Monday afternoon the remains of the late Mr. John Thompson were interred in the Waverley cemetery, in the presence of a large concourse of people. The body was…

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Death of a Noted Cricketer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

A CRICKETER who filled a conspicuous place in his day has passed away, in the person of Roger Iddison, of Yorkshire. He was one of a noted band of professional players, who,…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 7

The funeral of John Summerville, whose dead body was found floating in the harbour on Saturday morning, took place yesterday, and was largely attended. The remains,…

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Death of James Nasmyth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced to-day of James Nasmyth, the famous engineer, and the inventor of the celebrated steam-hammer which bears his…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday Night. Death of a Well Known Pressman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1890 · page 5

Thaddeus O'Kane, editor of the Northern. Miner, Charters Towers, died of asthma at Brisbane yesterday. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS…

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