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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1901

305 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 16

The Late Mrs. M'lauchlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 8

At a meeting of St. Patrick's Day Demonstration Committee held last evening in St. John's School, under the presidency of the Rev. M. F. M'Auliffe, Mr. J. F. O'Brien…

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The Queen's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Queen's funeral cost £35,000…

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Death of a French Actor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of Francois. Jules Edmond Got, the French actor. He visited and played in London on two occasions…

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Death of Philip Botha

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—Lord Kitchener. reports that Commandant Philip Botha was killed at Doornberg, and that his two sons were wounded…

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Death of a Shipmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 4

Captain John M'Clemens, well known in Sydney shipping and bowling circles, died after a short illness at his residence, Craignair, Archer-street, Chatswood, on Monday, in his 76th year. The…

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The Plague at Capetown. Death of Three Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Three soldiers have died of the plague at Capetown…

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Death of a Notable Fenian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of James Stephens, the famous Fenian leader. Mr. John Redmond, M.P.,…

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Killingworth. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

The remains of the little girl Maud Plint, aged 10 years, step-daughter of Mr. J. Gauld, who was accidentally burnt to death last Saturday, through her clothes becoming…

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Funeral Customs in Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 9

The possibility of getting an unexpected view of the corpse, which is carried exposed in a shallow coffin, renders a Greek, funeral procession a spectacle which…

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Death of a Hero

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

Captain John Attkins Pickworth, a Military Knight of Windsor, formerly of the 8th Hussars and Cavalry Depot Staff, died recently at his residence in the Lower…

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Death of Mr. Peter Finlayson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 5

The news of the death of Mr. P. J. Finlayson will be received with a considerable amount of regret in Newcastle. For many years Mr. Finlayson was connected with…

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The Late Mr. E. Walker Cooper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

The funeral of the late Mr. E. Walker Cooper took place on Tuesday afternoon last at Sandgate Cemetery. The deceased gentleman, who was for many years local…

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Death of a Noted Randite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

In its obituary notice of the late Mr. T. R. Dodd, one of the leaders of the Rand Uitlanders, ''The Times of Natal'' says few, men on the Rand became so generally…

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The Late Mr. Huddart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 5

The following letter, signed Lois E. I. Huddart, appears, in the London "Times":—"In deference to my husband's memory I hope you will allow me to correct one…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Sir Edward Watkin, Bart., ex-M.P., and a leading railway magnate…

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The Late Mr. Chataway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 6

The funeral of the Hon J. V. Chataway, Minister for Agriculture in the State Ministry (whose death took place at St. Helen's Hospital early on…

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Minmi. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 8

The death is announced of a very old and respected resident of Minmi for the last 20 years, Mr. D. Durie, who leaves a wife and family to mourn the…

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Expenses of the Queen's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3

A revised supplementary estimate for the Civil Services and Revenue departments has been Issued. The only now item it contains is a sum of £35,600 to meet the…

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Death of Sir Henry Norman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Sir Henry Norman, Governor of Chelsea Hospital and ex-Governor of Queensland…

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The Railway Fatality. Funeral of the Victim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 6

The sincere sorrow felt for Mrs. Kane by the death of her son Martin Kane, the shunter who was killed on the railway near the Newcastle Station on Wednesday…

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