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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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The Late Mr. Frank Cummins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 6

Before the business at the West Maitland Police Court was entered upon yesterday, Mr. J. H. F. Waller, on behalf of the legal profession, expressed sincere…

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Lambton. Funeral of Mrs. Williams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Wiliams took place on Tuesday, when a large number followed the remains to Waratah, and thence to Sandgate Cemetery. The…

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Death of Frank Kuhn. the Well-known Jockey. Sydney

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

Frank Kuhn, the well-known lightweight Jockey, residing at Doncaster Avenue. Kensington, was mixing up some bran for a horse after returning from a drive with…

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The Late Mr. Cummins' Funeral

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

The funeral of the late Mr. Frank Cummins took place yesterday afternoon the remains arriving from Coonamble, via Sydney, by the 2 p.m. train. There was a…

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Waratah. Funeral of Mrs. Huxley

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

The funeral of Mrs. J. R. Huxley, who died from injuries received at Hamilton Railway Station, took place yesterday afternoon, when there was a large attendance…

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Death of Dr. Bradley. Late Dean of Westminster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of the Very Rev. George Granville Bradley, D.D., late Dean of Westminster, who retired from his…

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Belmont. Death of Mr. Cobbin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 6

One of the oldest identities of this township has passed away in the person of the late Mr. Matthew M. Cobbin. His remains were interred in the Methodist Cemetery,…

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Death of Mr. W. S. Caine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of Mr. William Sproston Caine, M.P. for Camborne Division of Cornwall at the age of 61…

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Death of Charles Leland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Charles Godfrey Leland, the famous American author, and the composer, among other works, of…

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Death of a Young Woman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 7

A magisterial inquiry concerning the death of the young woman, Mary Laverick. was, held by Mr. Martin, Coroner, at the Lemongrove Hotel, Plattsburg, on…

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Death of Dean Farrar. a Great Churchman

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

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of the Very Rev. Frederic William Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, in the seventy-second year of…

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Maitland District Death of Mr. Michael Scobie

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

Mr. Michael Scobie, one of the pioneer agriculturalists of the Hunter River district, passed away yesterday morning, after a brief illness, at the patrlarcha;…

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Death of a Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 6

At about five o'clock yesterday morning, Thomas Creamer, an employee of the City Council, found the dead body of an infant In a cart which he was…

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Death of a Child. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 7

At the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. Martin, District Coroner, on the body of an infant fund dead in a sanitary waggon…

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Death of Rev. C. Clark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death has occurred at Bristol of the Rev. Charles Clark, formerly of Victoria, and one of the most distinguished and capable…

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Sir Hector Macdonald. the Funeral Ceremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—It was a spring-like morning when the train conveying the remains of Sir Hector Macdonald reached Edinburgh…

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District News. Islington the Late Mrs. Bunting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 6

The funeral of the late Mrs. G. Bunting, wife of Mr. George Bunting, of Redman-street, Islington, took place yesterday, when the remains were interred in the…

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Death of Dr. Joseph Parry. the Composer of "Aberystwyth."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 3

We deeply regret (writes the "Welsh Gazette," of February 10th, 1903) to have to record the death of Dr. Joseph Parry, the distinguished Welsh composer, which…

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Islington. Death of a Pioneer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 6

Mr. Samuel Quintrell, who died on the 26th March, at his residence, Islington, was connected for many years with the coal interest of Newcastle district. He…

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Death of Sir Hector Macdonald

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

The cabled news of the suicide in Paris of Sir Hector MacDonald came as a great shock to the community on Friday morning. On all sides one heard expressions…

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