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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1890

217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11

The Late Mr. James Gillan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 5

WE regret to have to announce the death, after a protracted and distressing illness, of Mr. James Gillan, well known in Newcastle shipping and commercial circles. The…

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Death of Mr. Justice Mein. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 5

THE Hon. Charles Mein, one of the Supreme Court judges of Queensland, died at his mother's residence, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, this morning. He was born at Maitland in…

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Death of the Rev. J. H. Fletcher. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 5

THE death is announced this morning of the Rev. Joseph H. Fletcher, the well-known clergyman of the Wesleyan denomination. Mr. Fletcher dame from England to New…

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Death of the Rev. A. Wilson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 8

It is with much regret that we have to announce the sudden death of the above rev. gentleman, which took place at the residence of Mr. R. Smith, Beaumont-street, Hamilton,…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Mr. William Crawford, member of Parliament for Mid Durham. [Mr. Crawford was the son of, and was…

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FUNERALS. The Late Mr. James Gillan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 8

THE remains of the late Mr. James Gillan were yesterday afternoon interred at the Sandgate Cemetery. The funeral procession was a very large one, all classes of the…

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The Late Mr. John Wood's Estate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

IN the course of the ecclesiastical proceedings to-day, before Mr. Justice Manning, an application was made by Mr. Moriarty to pass accounts and for commission in the…

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Funeral of Earl of Carnarvon

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

LONDON, Thursday.—The funeral of the Earl of Carnarvon took place at Highclere to-day. Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, on behalf of Canada and…

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Death of a Noted Racehorse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 8

THE Dowager Duchess of Montrese and her husband have suffered a very severe lose by the fatal accident which happened to Riviera, who fell while at exercise on May 25, and…

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Killed by a Horse. Death of Mr. Redburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 4

MR REDBURN, manager for Messrs. Johnson and Billings, contractors, who was injured on Tuesday night on the Globe Hill by his horse falling on him, died on Saturday at…

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Stockton. FUNERAL

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

The first interment in the Congregational portion of the new cemetery took place on Saturday. Between two and three hundred people followed the remains of the late Miss…

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Above the Speaker. the Death of Mr. T. G. G. DANGAR

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

WHO for several years represented the Namoi in the Assembly, was reported by Mr. Speaker when the House met on Tuesday, and the announcement was received with…

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Funeral Sermon

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

IN Hunter street Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, the Rev. W. Bain preached in relation to the late Mr. James Gilian, shipowner, Newcastle, also in relation to the painfully…

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Death of Mr. Poulsen. Sydney

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

ABOUT half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Harry Paulsen, who, it will be remembered, was so frightfully injured on Friday last by being impaled on the shaft of a cart…

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Death of the Hon. James White. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 4

THE announcement of the demise of the Hon. James White, which took place at his residence Cranbrook, Double Bay , on Sunday afternoon , will be read…

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Death of a Hero

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

A TELEGRAM from Fort Worth, Texas, states that Walter Hayne is the hero of the Spring Palace fire, and the only victim. He personally saved 100 women and children,…

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Death of Mr. Matthew Willis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 5

FOLLOWING up in close succession to the death of the late pastor of the Presbyterian Church, it is our painful duty to announce another death of a well known personage, and…

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Death of a Parachutist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 8

A YOUNG man, Victor Rolla, a professional aeronaut, has lost his life near Stockholm, while attempting a parachute feat. The balloon rose rapidly, and carried the aeronaut…

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Death of a Worthy Scot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1890 · page 8

SIR GEORGE BURNS, Bart., one of the founders of the Cunard Steamship Company, and a man who occupied a foremost rant among the pioneers of steam navigation, died…

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A Funeral. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 7

Sir,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable columns to bring before the public the scandalous way in which Mr. W. Heaton was b[?] in the Church of England [?]…

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