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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 8

The remains of the late Mr. Patrick Ward, who for many years past has been connected with cathedral and convent functions, were removed from the Nurses' Home yesterday…

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Mr. Gladstone's Funeral. Programme of Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The arrangements for the funeral of Mr. Gladstone have been published. The body will be preceded to Westminster…

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The Funeral of Mr. Gladstone. the Body Lying in State

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Gladstone's body is lying in state in the study at Hawarden Castle. It is attired in evening dress, and is covered with the…

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The Late Mr. Gladstone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Gladstone's body was conveyed from Hawarden yesterday to Westminster Hall, London. The railway stations…

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Mr. Gladstone's Funeral. Magnificent Demonstration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Prior to the funeral of the remains of Mr. Gladstone on Friday 100,000 persons visited the body as it lay in State…

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Death of Prince Kung

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Prince Kung, the brother of the Emperor of China, who was reported to have died early…

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Death of Lord Playfair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Lord Playfair, the well-known scientist…

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Death of Captain Agutter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 5

This morning the steamer Mount Kembla, from German and English New Guinea, anchored at Watson's Bay for medical inspection. The report was received that…

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Stockton. Death of Mrs. Hewitt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 8

The death of Mrs. Hewitt, of Douglas-street, which occurred on Tuesday, the 31st May, removes from the community the well-known figure of one who has been a resident…

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Nelson's Bay. Death of Mrs Lambourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 3

A sad death occurred here on Wednesday, the wife of Mr. H. Lambourne, light-keeper at Nelson's Head, dying at 3 o'colock. She had only been confined of at daughter the…

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Death of a Disgraced "Brave."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 5

A Peking despatch (says the "North China Herald ") reports the death, in the prisons of the Board of Punishments, of another of the generals confined there on the charge…

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The Late Mrs. Fraser

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1898 · page 5

The Rev. J. Downey, M.A., preached an impressive sermon at the Hunter-street Presbyterian Church last evening in memoriam of the late Mrs James Fraser,…

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A Military Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1898 · page 8

Mr. W. Difford, a private of the 4th Infantry Regiment, died at his father's residence, South Maitland, on Saturday morning, after a long…

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Death of Mr. Plimsoll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Mr. Samuel Plimsoll, ex-M.P., the "Seamen's Friend."…

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The Late Mr. Plimsoll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 5

Next to the sweet little cherub that site up aloft to watch o'er the life of poor Jack must be placed the late Mr. Samuel Plimsoll, who for so long watched o'er his safety from the…

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Death of an American Commander

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Captain Gridley, the commander of the Olympia, the flagship of Admiral Dewey in Manilla Bay, has died from a wound received…

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District News. Minmi. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1898 · page 3

The death is announced of an old and respected resident in the person of the wife of Mr. John Earl. Mrs. Earl, who was not at all times in the best of health, was seized…

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Teralba. the Late Mr. Robert Brown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 3

On Sunday last the remains of the late Mr. Robert Brown, of Teralba, were removed from the Newcastle Hospital to the railway station, thence to Sandgate…

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Death of Captain Fortune

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 5

General regret was felt in Newcastle yesterday when the news spread round that Captain William Fortune, who for 10 years was the assistant berthing master at this…

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Funeral of a Gipsy Prince in Glasgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 5

A Gipsy funeral took place recently in Glasgow. The deceased was Ernest Smith, son of the "King" of the Gipsies of Epping Forest. The ceremonial was of a very…

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