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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Death of Captain Patten

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 4

Private advices have been received from London conveying news of the death of Captain John D. Patten, late of the barque, Corrvvrechen, which left Sydney for London on August 28. The captain had…

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Obituary the Rev. Dr. Moulton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of the Rev. W. F. Moulton, D.D., headmaster of the Leys School, Cambridge, and brother of the Rev. J…

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Merewether. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 7

A wire was received on Tuesday conveying the sad news to Mr. S. Hughes and family, of Morgan-street, that their eldest son, Edward, had succumbed to that virulent…

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Death of Mr. Angus M'lean

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 5

RAILWAY employees and residents of the northern district generally will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Angus M'Lean, traffic inspector on the G.N. Railway, which…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Angus M'lean

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 5

THE respect with which the late Mr. Angus M' Lean, traffic inspector on the G. N. Railway, was held by those in the service was shown by the large number that attended his…

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Adamstown. Death of Mrs. Smailes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

Mrs. Smailes, wife of Mr. W. Smailes, s[?]n., an old and highly respected resident, died at her residence, Glebe-road, on Friday, after a lengthy illness. The deceased lady…

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Merewether. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

The funeral of the wife of Mr. B. Bagloo took place on Sunday afternoon. The remains were convoyed from here by special tram to the Mortuary, Honeysuokle Point,…

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Death of Count Kalnoky

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Count Kalnoky, late Minister for Foreign Affairs for Austria, who resigned in 1895 on account…

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Death of Mr. T. G. Alcock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 4

A VERY old resident of this district in the person of Mr. T. G. Alcock passed over to the majority at his residence, Dudley, yesterday. The deceased gentleman, who is…

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Hinton. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 8

The death is announced of Mrs. Charles M'Donah, daughter of Mr. Alexander M'Pherson, of Glenavon, Hinton. The deceased lady has been suffering for the last…

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Death of a Shipmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4

Captain Macrorie, of the Loch Ranza—the ship with the sulphur cargo that caught fire at Algoa Bay recently and which we duly reported-while out boating with two other, gentlemen at Capetown on…

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The Disaster to the Maine. Public Funeral. Spain's "Effusive" Sympathy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—The victims of the disastrous explosion on board the United States cruiser Maine were accorded a public funeral at Havana…

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District News. Carrington. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 5

The funeral of the remains of the lad Frank Vero, who met his death by a fall from a cart on Sunday last, was very largely attended yesterday, and indeed not a few…

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Death of Captain Anderson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 5

GENERAL regret was expressed in shipping circles yesterday when it became known that Captain John Anderson, commander of the Union Co.'s steamer Walkare, had passed…

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Broadmeadow. Funeral Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 February 1898 · page 3

Last evening the Saints' Chapel, Gosford-road, was crowded to excess, the occasion being the preaching of the funeral sermon the late William H. Heslop, who met his…

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The Death of Mr. Leonard Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 7

AN inquest was held yesterday at Mr. J. M. Johnson's Terminus Hotel, Wallsend, before Mr. Martin, district coroner, touching the death of James Leonard, who met with a…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Death of Mr. G. Darbyshire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

Mr. G. Darbysbire, late Engineer-in-Chief of the Victorian Railways, died yesterday, aged 80. STEEL BAILS FROM AMERICA…

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District News. Adamstown. Death of an Old [?]Dent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 5

YESTERDAY Mrs. Blakemore, the wife of ex-Alderman John Blakemore, died at her residence, Victoria-street. Mrs. Blakemore has been ailing for a long time, and for the past…

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Death of a Fine Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 4

By the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Haughton (writes the London Daily Telegraph), who was killed on the Indian frontier, the army it our Eastern dependency has lost,…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Sir Richard Quain, the well-known surgeon, at the age of 82…

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