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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1916

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Maitland District. Death of Mr. Baker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 6

Mr. Frederick Baker, a resident of East Maitland for 62 years, died at is residence, Victoria-street, yesterday, aged 74 years. He was born at Southam,…

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Boolaroo. the Late Mr. J. W. Finlay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 5

By the accidental death of the late Mr. J. W. Finlay, which occurred at Redfern station on the night of the 20th instant, when he inadvertently alighted from the…

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Death of Roy Rundle. Power Acquitted. Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 8

At the Grafton Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Hamilton, Albert Power, locomotive engine driver, was charged with the manslaughter of Roy Rundle,…

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Maitland District. a Soldier's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 6

The funeral of the late Private Harold Piper of the 33rd Battalion took place yesterday morning, from the Maitland Hospital. It was headed by a firing…

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Maitland District. Lieut, Tait's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 6

The funeral of the late Lieut. A. S. B. Tait, of the Dental Corps, took place on Saturday morning, moving from Maitland Hospital for the Church of England…

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Death of Donald Dinnie. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 5

The death has occurred in London of Donald Dinnie, the famous Scottish athlete, who won eleven thousand contests. He toured Australasia in the early…

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Death of Sir John Gorst. Former New Zealand Commissioner. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 5

The death has occurred of Sir John Eldon Gorst, who has held positions in the Ministry, and was at one time Civil Commissioner of Waikato, in Now Zealand…

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Death of Captain Tyler. Newcastle Shipping Master

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5

Captain William Charles Tyler, shipping master at Newcastle, died at his late residence, Telford-street, Newcastle, yesterday. For some years pest Captain Tyler…

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Funeral of Captain Tyler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 5

The funeral of the late Captain William Charles Tyler, shipping master of the port of Newcastle, took place from his late residence, "Belmore." Telford-street,…

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Toronto. Death of Mr. F. Hewson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 6

Mr. Frederick Hewson died at his residence, Toronto, on Friday morning, at the age of 62 years, from the effects of a paralyptic stroke, received a few weeks…

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Late Mr. John Norton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 5

The death of Mr. John Norton, which occurred in a private hospital in Melbourne, on Sunday evening, removes a remarkable able personality from the public life of…

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Death of Mr. R. H. Davis. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 4

Mr. Richard Harding Davis, the noted American novelist and war correspondent, has died from heart trouble…

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Death of Lord Clanricarde. Best Hated Irishman. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 5

The death has occurred of the Marquis of Clanricarde, who was known as "the best hated Irishman." Lord Clanricarde, who was born in 1832,…

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Mexican Revolt. Death of Villa Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 5

Advices from E1 Paso, on the American-Mexican frontier, state that Villa's dead body was disinterred some days after burial, and is in possession of…

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District News. Wickham Death of Mr. William Bond

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 5

Mr. William Bond, who had been a resisident of Wickham for over forty years, died yesterday, aged 54. The deceased was standing at the corner of Hunter and…

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Death of Dr. W. G. Peel. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 5

The death has occurred of the Right Rev. William George Peel, D.D., Bishop of Mombasa. His death recalls the Kikuyu controversy of a few years ago,…

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Death of "Maori" Browne. a Remarkable Adventurer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 6

There has just died in Jamaico (says the London "Evening News") Colonel G. Hamilton Brown, known all over the world as "Maori" Browne. He was a…

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Death of Captain E. Hannell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 8

The death occurred at live minutes past five o'clock yesterday afternoon of Captain Edwin Hannell, at his late residence. Young-street, Carrington…

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Death of Canon Diggens. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 7

The death is announced of Canon Diggens, formerly of Queensland. He took an active part in building the cathedral at Rockhampton…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg. Death of Mr. W. Turner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 9

News was received in Wallsend yesterday of the death of Mr. William Turner, who was well and popularly known in the political and industrial life of the…

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