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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1902

161 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9

District News. Merewether. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 7

The funeral of the wife of Mr. David Johnstone, of Mitchell-street, took place on Sunday, and was largely attended. The interment took place in the Presbyterian…

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Minmi. Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 6

Mr. John Durle, who has lived in Minmi for the last 25 years, died on Saturday night at the residence of Mr. J. Power. The funeral took place on Monday…

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Beaten to Death. Murders of Missionaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—News of another murder of missionaries has been received from China. It is reported that Messrs. Bruce…

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The Hexham Fatality. Funeral of the Victims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 5

Acting under instructions from the Deputy-Coroner, Mr. Charles Hibble, the police on Saturday last had removed and took charge, of certain parts of the gauge…

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Death of Mrs. Hollinshead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 5

The intelligence of the death of Mrs. Martha Hollinshead, licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street, will be learned with regret. The deceased…

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A Sydney Letter. the Tragical Death of a Lunatic.—mr. Quong Tart Is to Be Heartily Testimonialised.—balmain Aldermen Adopt an Extraordinary Resolution in Regard to the Darling-street Tram.—again—why Not City Section Season Tickets on the Trans?—a Little Dialogue on the Cursed Drink. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 3

There are puzzle pictures in which, though a certain figure is apparent at a glance, the one that dominates the design is hidden, and only discernable after…

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Death of Mr. Richard Steward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 2

There are few of the old Australian school of play-goers who did not know the late Mr. "Dick" Steward, who died recently at the ripe age of 75. As far back…

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Death of Professor Virchow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Professor Rudolf Virchow, the famous German pathologist, at the age of 81…

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The Late Mr. D. Cohen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 5

The late Mr. David Cohen, of the firm of Messrs. David Cohen and Company, merchants, of London, Sydney, and Newcastle, who died at Pembridge Square…

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Death of a Shipmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 4

On July 14 the ship Eulomene arrived at San Francisco from Newcastle, and about a fortnight afterwards her master, Captain Thomas Zeal, died in the Marine Hospital at…

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Hetton Accident. Death of a Miner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1902 · page 3

An inquest into the circumstances of the death of John Henry Hewitt, a miner, who met his death in the Hetton Colliery on Tuesday, was held at the Lass o'…

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The Late Mr. J. J. Walsh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 3

In a reference to the death of Mr. James J. Walsh, head-master of the Redfern Public School, which was chronicled by us yesterday, the "Sydney Morning Herald"…

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Funeral Trains

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 7

The deputation from the Wallsend Council asked that the old system of funeral trains from Wallsend should be reverted to leaving at 3 p.m. and getting…

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Death of a Minmi Miner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 5

Robert Peel, of Minmi, aged 53, a miner, while employed with his son. Ralph Peel, in Brown's No. 2 Tunnel, Minmi, met with injuries by a fall of stone and coal from…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Nesbitt Caused by Hemorrage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 5

News of the death of Mr. Charles William Nesbitt, the well-known baker, of Denison and Crompton streets, Hamilton, which occurred early on Saturday…

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Death of Mrs. W. H. Smith

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 4

Throughout Australia yesterday at all the offices and from all the steamers of Messrs. Howard Smith and Co., Limited, flags were flying half-mast, in consequence of the death…

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Death of the Belgian Queen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced from Brussels of the Queen of the Belgians, the wife of King Leopold 11., to whom she was married…

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The Late Queen. Funeral at Brussels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—King Edward intimated to King Leopold that he would send the Duke of Connaught to represent him at the funeral of the…

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A Sydney Letter. Wanted—more Judges !—An Englishman in England on the Drought in Australia.—the Solemnity and Weirdness of a Naval Funeral.—a Chance for Australia for a South African Indemnity.—church Bazaar Raffles, and What the Synod Thinks of Them.—oiling the Streets to Lay the Dust.—mr. Kelly and That Unfortunate Top-hat. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 7

Mr. Justice Cohen has to go on circuit, and the business of the Arbitration Court is to be hung up meanwhile. The Government says it won't occur again, which…

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Death of Zola. the Famous Novelist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of M. Emile Zola, the famous French author. Death was caused by accidental asphyxiation, due to a…

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