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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14

Death of Mr. Fred Colman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 7

General regret was expressed in Maitland yesterday on receipt of news of the death of Mr. Fred Colman, who had by his kind and genial manner won a host of friends in…

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District News. Williamtown Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

Death's bereaving hand has been laid heavily on two families of Williamtown quite recently. Mr. Hector M'Lean was taken from his family and a large circle of…

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Mr. Fred Colman's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 8

The remains of the late Mr. Fred Colman were brought to Maitland by the 10.15 a.m. train yesterday, and were immediately moved to his late residence at Lorn. At…

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Death of a Son of Marshal Niel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 12

The "Daily News" Paris correspondent says that Baron de Reille, a veteran of 1870, and Deputy of the Tarn, dropped down dead on Monday evening on his way home…

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The Death of Mr. Colman. the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 6

An inquest touching the death of Mr. Fred. Colman, of West Maitland, who died at Hamilton last Wednesday, was held at the Clarendon Hotel…

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Death of Geo. Durston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 4

The well-known and popular lightweight jockey Geo. Durston breathed his last in the Newcastle Hospital shortly after 7 o'clock last evening. Durston, it will be…

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The Death of Geo. Durston. How It Occurred. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 7

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Jockey Geo. Durston was held at Ralph's Family Hotel yesterday afternoon, before Mr. G. G…

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The Late Miss Hammond's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 8

The funeral of the late Miss Grace Mary Hammond took place yesterday morning, at half-past 9 o'clock, and was largely attended. The cortege moved from her…

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Death of Mr. F. Y. Wolseley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Mr. Frederick York Wolseley, brother of Lord Wolseley, and the inventor of the Wolseley…

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Merewether. Death of Miss Dixon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

It came as a great shock to many of the residents here when it became known that death had removed a daughter of Mr. Jont. Dixon to the silent world. The young…

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Death of Mr. T. P. Lynch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 4

The death is announced of Mr. Thomas P. Lynch, eldest son of Inspector Lynch, of the Newcastle police. The deceased gentlemen who was in his 38th year,…

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Greta. the Death of Miss Annie Dixon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 3

The sad and unexpected death of Miss Annie Dixon, second daughter of Mr. Jonathan Dixon, Greta Colliery manager, on Tuesday has occasioned widespread grief and…

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Death of Nubar Pasha

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Nubar Pasha, the famous Egyptian statesman, who was born at Smyrna in 1825, and is therefore in…

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Death of Colonel Rowe. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 4

At 4 o'clock yesterday morning Colonel Rowe died at his late residence "Mona," Darling Point. Deceased was a native of Penzance, Cornwall, and was born in July,…

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A Sydney Letter. Is Sir Julian to Have an Assistant? Rumours of Appointing Mr. S. Smith. a Page From the Past—the Bertrand Case. the Enfield and Other Missing Young Ladies. Funeral of the Late Colonel Rowe. Tampering with Money Orders. the Case of Eliza Jane. Ruining the George-street Markets. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 7

It is stated that Sir Julian Salomons, the new Agent-General, conscious of his many shortcomings in matters affecting the commercial interests of the colony, will shortly…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Father Chiniquy, lecturer and preacher, and an ex-priest…

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A Sydney Letter. the Agent-generalship and the Presidency of the Water and Sewerage Board. a Threat of Many Libel Actions. Two Mild Sensations in Sydney. the Licensed Victuallers' Association. a Promised M.P. and Wife Scandal. Cigarettes From Tamworth. Calling for Tenders for 10,000 Tons of Rails. Death of a Sydney Millionaire. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 7

There is a great difference between the Agent-Generalship and the Presidency of the Water and Sewerage Board, but not as the people were went to think—a…

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Why West Painted "The Death of Nelson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 11

That was a very fine compliment which Nelsen paid Benjamin West, the painter Nelson was at a public dinner given in his honour, and happening to sit next to…

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Death of Mr. B. J. Coleman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 5

On Saturday evening last Mr. Bernard Joseph Coleman succumbed to peritonitis, after four weeks' illness, in the Prince Alfred Hospital. The deceased, who was 42…

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Death of Mr. Henry Webb, Senr

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 5

After an illness extending over nine months, borne with Christian patience and resignation, Mr. Henry Webb, sen., a citizen of over 50 years' standing breathed…

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