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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

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Death of Mr. George Mitchell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 4

AT about 7 o'clock on Saturday morning Mr. George Mitchell died at his residence in Watt-street. The deceased gentleman was 76 years of age, and had been suffering from…

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Death of an African Explorer Sir Samuel Baker Gone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced, at the age of 72, of Sir Samuel White Baker, the well-known African explorer…

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Death of Mr. G. B. ROWLEY. Secretary of the Rosehill Racing Club. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

MR. G. B. ROWLEY, the well-known secretary of the Rosehill Racing Club, died this morning at his residence at Parramatta. Last night he was thrown from his buggy…

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District News. Minmi. Death of Mr. L. Anderson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 7

Mr. Lawrence Anderson, the popular and well-known miners' secretary for the Duckenfield Colliery, died on Sunday afternoon at his residence…

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CABLEGRAMS. Death of Mr. Charles Herne. Influenza the Cause

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Charles Herne, the well-known artist, from influenza…

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Death of Canon Simm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

EARLY yesterday morning the Rev. Canon Simm, of Raymond Terrace, died suddenly, owing to the rupture of a blood vessel in his lungs. The news caused profound regret in…

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Death of Lord Sandford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Lord Sandford, who was Assistant Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1868-70, and, moanwhile…

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Death of Commandant Raaf. a Warrior Gone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.—It is reported that Commandant Peter Raaf, C.M.G., who headed the Transvaal troops against the Matabele, has died…

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District News. West Maitland. Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 8

Mr. Anton Bambach, an old and respected resident of Elah, near West Maitland, passed away at his residence yesterday morning at the ripe ago of 73 years Deceased came to…

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Young Wallsend Tragedy Death of the Victim. The Accused Remanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 5

The excitement in connection with the tragedy that took place at Young Wallsend on Tuesday morning was intensified yesterday by the information that the victim had…

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Death of a Millionaire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced of Mr. Orlando Potter, of New York, a millionaire…

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Greta. Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 8

Mr. Jesse Hawkins, a long and respected resident of this town, passed away at his residence at about 9 o'clock on Wednesday evening at the ripe old age of 73 years…

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Death of Commandant Raaf. the News Confirmed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 4

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.—Further details from Palapye confirm the news of the death of Commandant Raaf, the leader of the Transvaal column in…

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Funeral of the Late Canon Simm. Raymond Terrace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

THE funeral of the Rev. Canon Simm took place this afternoon, it being the largest one seen for many years. The church where the deceased had laboured for the past 25 years…

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[From Metropolitan Papers.] Death of Lord Crewe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death of Lord Crowe, at the ago of 82, is announced. Dying unmarried, the title becomes extinct…

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Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 4

ON Thursday night Mrs. James Gwynne, an old resident of the city, died at the residence of her husband, 56 Watt-street. The deceased lady had been ailing but a few days,…

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The Late Mr. W. H. Harris. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

PROBATE duty was paid to-day on the will of the late Mr. William Henry Harris, of Livingstone House, Ultime, who died on October 7 last. The amount of the property…

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Death of Mrs. Thackeray

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 4

Mrs. Thursday.—The death is announced at a very advanced age of Mrs. Thackeray, the widow of William Makepeace Thackeray, the…

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The Outrage on the Ship King Arthur. Death of the Injured Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

EARLY yesterday morning Frank Prosuskia, the sailor who was so dreadfully injured on board the ship King Arthur, on December 27th, died in the hospital. The coroner will…

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Death of Captain Black

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1894 · page 4

CAPTAIN DUNCAN BLACK, who fell from the Market Wharf on Thursday evening and fractured his skull, died at the hospital at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, In the…

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