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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1891

269 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14

Death of a Shipmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 4

Captain Sivertsen, of the barque Don Nicholas, died at the Prince Alfred Hospital. Sydney, on Wednesday. Captain Sivertsen, it will be remembered, was Imded in Sydney last week suffering…

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Death of a War Historian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Mr. A. W. Kinglake, the historian of the Crimean War. [Mr. Alexander William Kinglake was born in…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Keene, Punch humourist…

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Victoria. Death of an Artist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 6

Mr. George Frederick Folingsby, director of the National Gallery, died at noon on Sunday in Dr. Fitzgerald's hospital, whither he had been…

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The Funeral of Lady Rosebery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 6

RARELY has such a gathering been seen at a funeral as that drawn to Berkeley Square on November 25, on the occasion of the carrying to her last…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Death of a Ship Captain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

Captain Adam Drysdale, for many years in the employ of the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company, died this morning, aged 60. Mr. Drysdale, at the time of his death, was…

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Death of a Shipmaster. The Schooner Buster. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 5

MR. J. J. WILLIAMS, shipowner, received a cable from Mr. Shaw, chief officer of the three-masted schooner Buster, this morning, stating that the vessel had put into Gibraltar…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Baron Haussman, French Senator and Administrator, aged 82…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Death of Hon. W. BATES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

The Hon. W. Bates, formerly Minister for Public Works of Victoria, died this morning. GONE MAD. Edward Whelan, one of the men tried for…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of the Duke of Somerset, aged 80 years. [Archibald Henry Algernon St. Maur was the…

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The Late Mr. R. A. Proctor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3

THE London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes:—It will be of interest to the admirers of the late Mr. Richard A. Proctor to know…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of the Duke of Bedford, aged 72. [Francis Charles Hastings Russell was the 9th Duke of Bedford. He was born in 1819, and…

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Death of an Old Police Officer. Once in Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 5

NEWS has come to the Police Department, Sydney, recording the death of Inspector Harrison, which event took place at Wagga this morning. Inspector Harrison was…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Dr. George Bancroft, the famous American historian. [George Bancroft, Ph.D., LL.D., D.C.L., was…

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Sudden Death of an Infant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 5

IT was the intention of the coroner to hold an inquest yesterday on the body of the infant which died suddenly on the previous evening at the residence of its grandfather,…

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Death of King Kalakaua

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON. Wednesday.—King Kalakaua, the ruler of the Hawanan Islands, is dead, [David Kalakaua was born at Honolulu in 1836. He was thoroughly educated in the Royal school,…

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The Late Mr. Henry Clack

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

AT 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening Mr. Henry Clack, the father of Messrs. Thomas and Frederick Clack, well-known in this city, died at the latter gentleman's residence,…

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Death of George Cruikshank's Widow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 8

MRS GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, the widow of the distinguished artist, has just passed away at her residence, 202 Marylebone-road, London. The deceased lady, whose maiden…

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Death of a Prince. Sinister Rumours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 5

BRUSSELS, Friday.—Prince Baldwin, son of the Count of Flanders, and brother of King Leopold of Belgium, died suddenly yesterday. His death is ascribed to a chill…

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Death of the Monte Carlo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1891 · page 5

"GALIGNANI'S MESSENGER" published on December 5 the following despatch from Nice:—A shocking incident occurred last night at the Monte Carlo gaming-tables. A…

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