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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1893

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Strange Death of an Infant. The Mother Acquitted. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1893 · page 5

THE adjourned inquest into the death of the child that was taken to the Benevolent Asylum by a young woman named Annie Evans was resumed to-day. The inquest, it…

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Death of a German Sailor. Trial of Accused. Found Guilty of Manslaughter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 8

AT the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Foster, the German seaman, Paul Stonzell, was placed upon his trial for the murder of Carl Reimann in Sydney, on…

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Ville De La Ciotat.—death of a Passenger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 4

The French steamer Ville de la Ciotat, on the run from Melbourne to Adelaide, had heavy south-west gale and high sea. On Sunday one of the passengers named Louis A. Brau died of senile decay…

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Funeral at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 5

THE remains of the late Mr. Francis Craig were yesterday interred in the Wallsend Cemetery, and were followed to the grave by an immense concourse of local residents and…

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Death of an Artist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced, at the age of 72, of Ferdinadon Brown, the well-known artist…

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Sudden Death of an Infant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 5

DR. HARRIS reported at the Police Station yesterday morning that a child 14 days old had died that morning at the residence of Mr. Miribitto, fruiterer, of Hunter-street. The…

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(From Metropolitan Papers.) Death of a Colonist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Mr. Albert L[?]ahy, of Sydney, who was in England in connection with the flotation of a…

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Death of an English Scholar. Sir William Smith Gone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced in his 81st year of Sir William Smith, the well-known classical scholar, and editor of the…

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Funeral of the Late Dr. Steel. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1893 · page 5

A SOLEMN and impressive funeral service for the late Rev. Robert Steel, D.D., was held in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, this morning. Long before the hour named the…

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Death of a Dandenong Su[?]vivor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 5

THE founding of the steamer Dandenong, that occurred off Jarvis Bay on September 11th, 1876, by which Mr. Winship of this city, and many others lost their lives, will…

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Adamstown. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon the funeral of Mr. W. M. Edmond moved from the residence of his parents, and was one of the largest ever seen in the…

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Another Celebrity Gone. Death of Gounod

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced of Gounod, the famous composer. [Charles Francois Gounod, composer, was…

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Death of a Sculptor. Charles Birch, A.R.A., No More

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced, in his 62nd year, of Charles Bell Birch, A.R.A., the well-known sculptor…

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The Guyra Tragedy. Death of Miss Wrightson. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 5

MISS WRIGHTSON, who was shot at the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Guyra, by the manager, Mr. Earle, who mistook her for a burglar, died at midnight last night. She…

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Death of Lord Vivian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Lord Vivian, the British Ambassador at Rome…

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The Matabele War. Death of a British Officer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Telegrams from Capetown state that Captain Campbell, who was shot in the leg during an engagement between the British and the…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. a Funeral Date

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 5

Benjamin Stevens, undertaker, of Richmond, charged with making a false statement relative to the date of burial of a child, was discharged with a caution to-day…

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Death of an Archbishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of the Most Rev. Robert Knox, D.D., Church of Ireland (Protestant), Archbishop of Armagh…

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Death of an Indian Prince

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, son of the famous Runjeet Singh, the Rajah of Punjaub, in his…

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Death of Mr. E. C. Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1893 · page 5

AT 9 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. E. C. Merewether died at his residence, Castlefield, Bondi, after a protracted illness. The deceased gentleman was well known in this district,…

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