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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1909

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The Late Mr Clarence Hannell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 5

At the meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Hospital yesterday, Mr. W. Lyne, the vice-president, who was in the chair, said that before proceeding with…

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Death of Mr. E. Hackett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. Ernest Lloyd Hackett, engineer in charge of the Walka Pumping Station, near Maitland, died suddenly at his residence on Tuesday evening at about 9.30…

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The Late Mr. Hackett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 6

The funeral of the late Mr. E. L. Hackett, engineer in charge of the Walka Waterworks, took place yesterday morning, the Rev. A. Killworth officiating at…

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Death of Miss Viola Clarke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Monday—The death has occurred of Miss Viola Clarke, the only daughter or Sir George Sydenham Clarke, formerly Governor of Victoria,…

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Death of Crimean Veterans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 6

There recently died at Worthing (Eng.), at the age of eighty-one, one of the few survivors of the Crimean War and of the Indian Mutiny—Mr. Hicks Withers (says…

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A Soldier's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 6

Private Frederick W. Blewert of B Company Cycling Corps, 4th Infantry Regiment, who died in the Maitland Hospital on Thursday of typhoid fever, was…

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Death of a Famous Forger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The death is reported of William Roupell, who figured in a celebrated forgery case which caused a sensation in 1862…

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The Late Mr. R. Maddison. Funeral Cremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1909 · page 5

By the death of Mr. Robert Maddison, Wallsend loses one its oldest and most respected citizens. He first came to Victoria fifty years ago, and for a short…

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Death of General Clements. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 5

Major-General Ralph Clements, commanding the Fourth Division in Quetta, India, who had been suffering from appendicitis, died yesterday…

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Death of Lord Gwydyr

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced, at the age of 99, of Lord Gwydyr, "Father" of the House of Lords…

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Late Mr. C. W. Teece. Funeral Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Charles W Teece took place yesterday afternoon. The remains were removed from his late residence to Christ Church Cathedral at…

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Death of Mr. Marion Crawford. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 5

Mr. F. Marion Crawford, the well-known novelist and historian, died yesterday in his 55th year. He was the author of many popular…

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Death of Sub-inspector Miller Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 5

The death took place, at his residence, Wlgram-road, Globe Point, this morning, of Sub-inspector Miller, of the No. 1 Metropolitan Police Division…

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"Black Hand" Crime. Funeral of the Victim. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 5

The body of the New York detective Petrosini, who was murdered in Palermo while investigating the connection of the Mafia with the assassination…

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Death of Sir Donald Currie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced of Sir Donald Currie, the head of the firm of Donald Currie and Company, of London, Liverpool, and…

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Death of Mr. Henry Asser

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1909 · page 5

The Victim of the railway accident at the Lewisham railway station on Friday evening last was Mr. Henry Asser, formerly of Newcastle. It appears that Mr…

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Death of Dr. Saumarez-smith Archbishop of Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1909 · page 5

The Most Rev. William Saumarez-Smith D.D., Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia, died to-night. He passed a restless night last night,…

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Death of Captain Adams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 4

Captain William Adams, who was for many years engaged in the trade between Sydney and Newcastle, died at Ashfield on Sunday. Captain Adams was a native of Ripon,…

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Death of Mr. Keys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 6

The intelligence of the death of Mr. R. T. Keys, of Benalin, Muswellbrook, at Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, will be received with regret throughout the Upper…

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Death of Mr. C. Czarnikow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The death is announced of Mr. Caesar Czarnikow, sugar merchant and colonial broker, of Mincing-lane, City, Eaton-square,…

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