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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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Death of Archdeacon Pritt. Townsville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 5

The death is announced this morning of Archdeacon Pritt, from pneumonia. The rev. gentleman had been in feeble health for some time past. The intelligence has…

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Death of David Johnson. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 6

The circumstances attendant upon the death of David Charles Johnson, of Lambton, which occurred at the Sydney Hospital yesterday, as reported in the…

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Sergeant Johnson's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 5

The remains of the late Sergeant David Charles Johnson, who served in South Africa with the 3rd Regiment of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, were…

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Death of Sir John Simmons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The death is announced of Field Marshal Sir John Lintorn Simmons, in his 82nd year…

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Stockton Death of Mr. Gunderson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 6

It became known in Stockton yesterday that Mr. Thorvold Gunderson, an old resident of the town, had died from the effects of an operation, performed on him at the…

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Maitland District Death of Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 6

Mrs. Ethel Maude Chamberlain, wife of Mr. W. E. Chamberlain, of Messrs. Chamberlain Bros., died yesterday morning at her husband's residence, High-street,…

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Death of a Pioneer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

The death is announced from Christchurch of the Hon. Wm. Rolleston, after a long and honoured private and public career. He was a man of great nobility of…

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Death of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 3

Word went round the lobbies on Tuesday night that a cable message had been received conveying the news of the death of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, who for so…

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Death of Kate Vaughan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Kate Vaughan, the famous English actress…

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Wallsend the Late Mr. J. L. Routledge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 6

Many residents in the Newcastle district will remember Mr. Routledge, who was at one time manager of the Lambton collieries, Durham, England. His son Joseph,…

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Adamstown. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 6

The funeral of Mrs. Bellamy, the late wife of Mr. W. Bellamy, took place on Tuesday. There was a large gathering of Orangemen and women. The lady…

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A Sydney Letter. the Pathetic Death of a Man Who Once Had £20,000.—Shall We Blot Out the All-red Pacific Mail Route?—room for the Leper.—the Dragging Drought Fund and the Remedy.—the Men Who Make Errors in Passing Customs Entries.—dying Depositions and Confessions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 7

The death of Mr. W. C. Read, at the unripe age of forty-five, points a moral, if it does not adorn a tale, points a moral, if membered, he was found in the Sydney…

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Death of Gatling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the famous revolving battery gun, which bears its…

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An Octogenarian. Death of Mr. Hollinshead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

Another old resident of the Newcastle district, in the person of Mr. Joseph Hollinshead, passed away peacefully at the residence of his son, Mr. A. C. Hollinshead,…

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Adamstown. Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 6

The funeral of Miss. Frances Siedenkamp, who died on Friday, after a short illness, took place yesterday, when a very large gathering of friends and…

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Death of J. Shorthouse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Mr. Joseph Henry Short-house, the author of "John Inglesant," etc., in his 70th year…

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Death of Colonel Henderson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. R. Henderson, formerly Director of Military Intelligence in South Africa,…

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Sir Gavan Duffy's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

LONDON, Monday.—The funeral of Sir Gavan Duffy, at Dublin, was a striking demonstration. The streets were full of spectators, and the procession was over a…

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Lambton. Death of an Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

Mrs. Mary Williams an old and respected and the widow of the late Mr. J. D. Williams, died at her residence. Dowlais Cottage. Lambton, at an early…

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Death of Mr. Frank Cummins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 6

A telegram was received last evening from Coonamble announcing the death of Mr. Franck Cummins, assistant C.P.S., in that town, and a former resident of West…

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