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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1892

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Legislative Council. Address of Condolence with the Royal Family. The Death of Sir John Hay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1892 · page 5

As soon as the Legislative Council met this afternoon, Mr. O'CONNOR, acting Vice-President, moved an address of condolence with the Royal Family in the death of…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Duke of Clarence. the Funeral Obsequies. How the Day Was Observed in London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The funeral of the Duke of Clarence took place this afternoon. The Prince of Wales walked to Wolverton behind the coffin. The Princess of Wales,…

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Parliament. Thursday, January 21. Legislative Assembly. Death of the Duke of Clarence. Bill Dealing with Financial Institutions. Reduction of Railway Employees. Customs Duties Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE…

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The Funeral of the Future

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 12

THE time is coming (says an undertaker) when people will cease to go to funerals in troops, and when the friends of the deceased will take…

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CABLEGRAMS. Death of an Astronomer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of Mr. John Couch Adams, M.A., F.A.S., the celebrated astronomer, who discovered the planet Neptune…

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Funeral of Sir John Hay. His Successor Not Known Yet. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

THE funeral of Sir John Hay, the late President of the Legislative Council, took place this afternoon, and was very largely attended. The Governor sent his carriage…

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Death of a Child. Drowned in a Tank. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 5

A LITTLE boy named Sydney Powell, aged 3¼ years, son of Thomas Powell, residing at 319 Sussex-street, was found drowned in a water tank containing 5ft of water in the basement…

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Queensland. Death of Mr F R. Murphy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 6

Mr. F. R. Murphy, M.P., for Barcoo, whose health of late has been causing his friends much anxiety, died at Rockhampton early on Sunday…

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(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) Death of the Khedive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Sultan of Turkey has advised the new Khedive of Egypt to institute a full inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the late Khedive…

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Death of the Grand Duke Constantine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of the Grand Duke Constantine, of Russia, in his 65th year…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death of Sir Oscar Clayton, surgeon to the Prince of Wales, is announced…

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Death of a Pilot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 4

Captain E. Thurnall, a member of the Victorian pilot service, died at this residence, Whittlesford, Queenscliff, shortly after 9 o'clock on Sunday evening. The event, when it become known to the…

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M.e. Watson—death of the Captain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 4

The British ship M. E Watson arrived from Melbourne yesterday afternoon in charge of the chief officer (Captain Mitchell), her former commander having died on the passage round, the…

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Sudden Death of a Captain. Buried at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon the British ship M. E. Watson arrived in port with the ensign half-mast high. As this denoted a death on board many inquiries were made, which…

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Death of Sir John Lambert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir John Lambert, K.O.B., P. O. [Sir John Lambert was born at Bridzor, Wilts,…

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Death of an Eminent Physician

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Sir George Paget, the eminent physician, aged 82. The deceased was the author of sevearl books on medicine…

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Death of a Shipmaster. Inquest to be Held

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

LAST evening, at about 6 o'clock, Captain Richard Conolly, master of the British barque Evelyn, died in the Newcastle Hospital. From inquiries made, it appears…

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Death of Sir G. Paget

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Sir George Edward Paget, K.C.B., M .B., in his 83rd year…

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CABLEGRAMS. Death of the Rev. Chas. Spurgeon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 4

PARIS, Monday.—The Rev. Chas. Spurgeon, who has been rapidly sinking for some days, died at Mentone at 11 o'clock last night. Spurgeon, Rev. Charles Haddon, was born in…

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The Late Mr. Spurgeon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Prince and Princess of Wales have telegraphed a message of condolence with Mrs. Spurgeon. The remains of the Rev. C. Spurgeon will lie in…

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