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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. — The death is announced of Mr. Geo. Kynoch, M.P. for Aston Manor. [Mr. George Kynoch, who was born in 1834, was…

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Death of Barratt, the Cricketer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Edward Barratt, the well-known cricketer…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. OBITUARY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 5

The death of Mr. Hickman, Mayor of Ballarat, is deeply regretted. HOT WEATHER. The weather yesterday and to day has been…

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Merewether. Funeral Sermon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 3

On Sunday evening last the Primitive Methodist Church was crowded by a most appreciative congregation to hear the Rev. John Penman, pastor of the church, preach…

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Shocking Death of an Artist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 11

A PARIS correspondent writes:—The tenants of a house in the Rue St. Jacques were greatly alarmed on Wednesday by a strong smell of burning, mingled with what seemed…

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Death of Herr Windhorst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Herr Ludwig Windhorst, the leader of the Roman Catholic party in Prussia…

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Death of a Prospector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

THE Townsville Bulletin of February 27 is indebted to a Daintree correspondent for the following information:— "Two men named James Fife and…

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Death of Prince Napoleon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

ROME, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Prince Napoleon, head of the House of Bonaparte, aged 69 years. He was recently reported to be suffering from a slight attack…

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Tasmania. Hobart, Thursday. Death of a Legislator

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

News has just been received of the accidental death of Mr. W. Hodgson, M.P., for Pembroke, who was thrown from his buggy while returning home last night…

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Death of Mr. James Fletcher, M.P. Apoplexy the Cause. Deep Regret in the District His Past Career. Sympathy for his Widow and Family

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

THE intelligence of the death of Mr. James Fletcher, the senior member for this city, has caused the most profound regret throughout the entire district. The sad news was wired…

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Death of Mr. James Fletcher, M.P. the Funeral Arrangements. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 5

IT has been decided that the remains of the late Mr. Fletcher will be laid to rest in the Wallsend Cemetery on Sunday. To-morrow afternoon the body will be brought to…

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Death of Mr. David Proudfoot. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 5

MR. DAVID PROUDFOOT, the railway contractor, died suddenly shortly before 9 o'clock this morning at St. Kilda Private Hospital, Woolloomooloo. The deceased was suffering…

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The Death of Mr. James Fletcher, M.P. an Impressive Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 5

THE remains of the late Mr. James Fletcher, M.P., were buried with Masonic honours in the Wallsend Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the funeral being the largest and most…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 5

The remains of the deceased gentleman were conveyed to his late residence, Phillip-street, prior to interment at Waverley. The body was encased in a polished cedar coffis,…

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Death of Mr. Proudfoot. the Inquest. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 5

AN inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue this morning, regarding the sudden demise of Mr. David Proudfoot, which took place at the St. Kilda Hospital,…

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Memorial Funeral Service at Flatsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 7

ON Sunday evening a memorial funeral service for the late Mr. James Fletcher was given in the Primitive Methodist Church by the Rev. Mr. John Penman, a personal…

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Death of Mr. Street, M.P. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 5

MR. JOHN RENDALL STREET, one of the members for East Sydney, died at his residence Elizabeth Bay, this afternoon, after a long and painful illness. The deceased…

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Death of Mr. Proudfoot. The Inquest. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 5

THE inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. David Proudfoot was continued this morning at the South Sydney Morgue, before the city coroner and…

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The Late Mr. Fletcher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes as follows:—"I was astonished to hear the news of the death of James Fletcher. The working men has lost in him their greatest friend. If…

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Death of Colonial Secretary for Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. J. D. LANGRIDGE, the Colonial Secretary, and Acting Premier during the absence of Mr. J. Munro at the Federal Conference in Sydney, died suddenly of heart disease…

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