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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1913

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Maitland District. Death of Mr. Lipscomb

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

Mr. William G, Lipscomb, one of Maitland's best known sand most esteemed citizens, died last evening, at his residence, Church-street, aged 73 years. The…

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Wickham. Death of Mrs. M. A. Saunders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

Mrs. M. A. Saunders, widow of the late Mr. M. L. Saunders, a former old resident of Wickham, who had been ailing for a considerable time, died on…

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Death of Miss M'lauchlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 6

Miss Susie M'Lauchlin, daughter of the late Mrs. M'Lauchlin, of High-street, West Maitland died at Mosman, Sydney, yesterday, of injuries sustained in a…

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Death of Mr. T. White. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. Thomas White well known in Sydney as an official of this Amalgamated Workers' Union, died suddenly in the train on Thursday while journeying from…

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Late Mr. Whitelaw Reid. the Funeral. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 5

The remains of Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the late American Ambassador to Great Birtain, which were brought from England by the British…

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Death of Mrs. Guy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 6

Mrs. John Guy, who held the unique record of being born on a haystack in the Hunter River flood of 1850, died at her residence, Horseshoe Bend, on…

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Death of Mr. T. Plunkett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 5

A wide circle of railway and other friends in the Northern district will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Plunkett, formerly an engine-driver on the…

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Fatal Driving Accident. Death of Mr. D. Hutchinson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. David Hutchinson, landlord of the Boat Rowers' Hotel, at North Stockton, died at his residence yesterday, as the result of no accident…

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Maitland District. a Bandsman's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 6

The funeral of the late Bandsman Roy Sharpe took place yesterday, and was largely attended, the remains being interred in the Church of England…

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Escape From Death. Rescue of a Sailor. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

The Carradale, a large four-masted barque from Callao, South America, came into Port Jackson this morning under the command of Captain Baxter, a…

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Death of Mr. James Capper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 6

The dead body of Mr. James F. Capper was found hanging by a rope from a rafter In the loft of a building at the rear of Capper's old foundry, in Bulwer-street,…

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Death of Mr. G. H. Varley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

After an acute illness, extending over seven weeks, Mr. George H. Varley died at his late residence, Hamilton, at three o'clock yesterday morning…

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Greta Shooting Case. Death of Wounded Man

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 5

Owen Edward Sharkey, who was shot at Greta on Saturday, died In the Maitland Hospital yesterday morning. Deceased was 20 years of age, and was…

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A Bush Funeral. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 5

At the funeral of Mr. Doran, aged 85, who was drowned in Mallacoota Lake, near the New South Wales bolder, a few days ago, through the overturning of a…

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Hamilton. Funeral of Mr. G. H. Varley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 6

The funeral of Mr. G. H. Varley, who died on Wednesday morning, took place yesterday afternoon, and was of a very large and representative character, which…

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Death of Mrs. H. S. Forsyth. Drowned at Rotorua

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 5

A cable message was received at Newcastle on Saturday conveying, the sad news that Mrs. L S. Forsyth had been drowned at Rotorua. New Zealand…

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Maitland District. the Late Mr. J. F. Capper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of the late James Frederick Capper was concluded at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, before…

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Carrington Death of Mr. Richard Roser

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

An old and esteemed resident of Carrington, Mr. Richard Roser, died at his residence, Young-street, yesterday, after a very short illness, Mr. Roser, some two…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

The funeral of the late Walter Thomas Chadwick, who was fatally injured while working at Messrs. Armstrong and Royse's timber mill,, at Wickham, took…

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Speer's Point. the Late Mr. James Ryan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 11

The remains, of the late Mr. James Ryan, sen., of Speers' Point were on Friday interred in the Roman Catholic portion of Santgate Cemetery. There…

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