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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1894

225 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 12

Correspondence. Captain Robertson's Funeral. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

SIR,—Mr. John Brown is to be thanked for laying bare with microscopic clearness some of the dissimulation which occasionally finds vent in…

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The Burwood Tragedy. Funeral of the Victim. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 5

THE funeral of the late Mr. Paisley, Mayor of Burwood, took place this morning, the remains being interred at the Rookwood Cemetery. At an early hour the coffin was…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning a little boy, six years of age, son of Mr. D. Thompson, of Adamstown died suddenly. On Thursday the child attended school, and appearing unwell was sent…

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Death of Lobengula. Matabele Warriors Surrendering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—Further particulars regarding the death of Lobengula state that the King died of smallpox. Since the king's death…

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Funeral of a Fenian. 2000 Persons Present

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The funeral of Byrne, the noted Fenian, which took place yesterday, was attended by over 2000 persons representative of secret…

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Bourdin's Death. a Public Funeral Requested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The confreres of the anarchist Bourdin, who was killed at Greenwich by the explosion of abomb he was carrying, have…

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Strange Scene at a Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 12

AT the funeral of Mr. Chas. Burton, a county councillor of Whitwick, near Ashby de la Zouche, the vicar, the Rev. A. F. Tollemache caused much…

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Bourdin's Funeral. Any Display Forbidden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Asquith, the Home Secretary, has forbidden a public funeral to the anarchist Bourdin, who was killed at Greenwich, nor…

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CABLEGRAMS. Anarchy in Europe. Funeral of Bourdin. a Threatening Crowd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—The funeral of Martial Bourdin, the anarchist, who was blown to pieces in Greenwich Park, near the Observatory, through…

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Death of the Rev. T. W. GLASSOP. An Aged Minister. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY at the residence of his son, Mr. W. Glassop, Ashfield, the Rev. James John Glassop, for many years a Baptist minister in this colony died. The deceased gentleman,…

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The Pericles.—death of a Seaman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 4

The well-known ship Pericles arrived at Sydney on Saturday night from London. A couple of hours before making port a death occurred on board, one of the seamen, an A.B., John Gores, succumbing to…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Death of a Convict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 5

John West, the Pentridge prisoner, who threw himself off the shelter shed the other day, died to-day. ARRIVAL OF THE DAMASCUS…

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Death of Madame Patey. a Great Singer Gone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Madame Patey, the eminent contralto vocalist, who visted Australia in 1890, died suddenly last night. She fainted at a…

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Buried in a Strange Land. Young Sparshott s Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

THE funeral of Henry Sparshott, the apprentice, who fell down the hold of the barque Swanmore when on a voyage to this port, and who died at the Newcastle Hospital from…

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Shipping Birth and Death Rate of the World

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 8

DURING 1893, according to, Lloyd's returns, exclusive of warships, 536 vessels of 836,[?]83 tons gross (viz., 483 steamers of 718,277 tons and 98…

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The Death of Lobengula. Burial of Remains of Captain Wilson's Party

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 4

CAPETOWN, Monday.—News from Matabeleland states that Mr. Alex Dawson, the Buluwayo trader, has verified the death of Lobengula, the…

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Funeral of Donaldson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, the steamer Rose conveyed the remains of the Donaldson, who was accidentally killed in the Stockton mole on Saturday, to the…

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Death of a Cricketer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced at the age of 46, of John Selby, the well-known Nottinghamshire cricketer…

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Death of an English Judge. Sir James Stephen Gone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Sir Jas. Fitz-James Stephen, late Judge of the High Court of Justice…

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Terrible Disaster at a Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—At a funeral ceremony in Rome a wall of the cemetery overlooking the scene of the burial fell on the mourners, and…

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