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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1921

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The Late Mrs. R. Vial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 5

The funeral of the late Mrs. Reg. Vial, who died at her residence, 737 Hunter-street, Newcastle West, took place on Thursday afternoon. The interment…

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Death of Mr. Brookfield Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 6

Mr. Brookfield died at about 6 o'clock this afternoon…

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The Late Mr. Brookfield Funeral on Thursday. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 5

Widespread public interest was created by the tragedy which occurred at the Riverton railway station yesterday morning. People are wondering what…

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Late Mr. Brookfield. Interment To-day. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 5

The remains of the late Mr. P. J. Brook field, M.P., reached here this morning by express from Adelaide. As the train steamed in to the station the A.M.A. Band…

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Death of Cardinal Gibbons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 7

The death is announced from Baltimore of Cardinal James Gibbons, one of the most highly esteemed and popular prelates in the United States…

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Mr. Brookfield's Death Regrets of Ironworkers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 5

The Ironworkers' Union has adopted a resolution expressing the deepest regret at the death of Mr. P. Brook-field, M.L.A. His loss, it states, is "a…

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Lieutenant M'intosh. His Tragic Death. Fall of His Aeroplane. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 7

An aviation mishap occurred at Pithara, a little township on the Wongan-Mullewa line of railway, in the Murchison district, by which Lieutenant M'Intosh,…

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Death of Mr. F. H. Brooks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. Frederick Herbert Brooks died at Iluka private hospital early yesterday morning, after an illness of fourteen days. Mr. Brooks, who was 49 years of age,…

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Death of Mr. David Hughes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 8

Mr. David Hughes, who died a few days ago at the age of 78 years, was a noted footrunner in his younger days. when 20 years old he settled in…

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Death of Old Residents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 6

The death occurred in Newcastle Hospital yesterday of Mr. William Jones, one of the oldest employees of the Newcastle Gas and Coke…

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Late Mrs. Roberts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 7

The funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah E. Roberts, reliot of the late Captain R. R. Roberts, M.M., of 22 Military-road, Newcastle, left the residence of her daughter,…

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The Irish Troubles. Children in Danger. Death of a Sinn Fein Leader (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 7

A large number of children, picnicking in the mountains southwards of Dublin, were nearly involved in a conflict between the Crown forces and sixty…

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Late Mr. Brookfield, M.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

A representative meeting of unionists was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, last night for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to perpetuate…

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Death of Dr. S. T. Knaggs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 5

Dr. Samuel Thomas Knaggs, whose death occurred in Sydney on Wednesday, was at one time of the best known citizens of Newcastle. He was 79 years of…

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The Last Long Trip Death of Captain Dick

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 7

Captain Andrew W. Jack, a well-known seafarer who has latterly resided at Sydney, died yesterday in a private hospital after a brief illness…

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The Late Mrs. J. R. Wood. Unveiling of Portrait

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

The Australasian Society, in pursuance of its decision to perpetuate the memory of distinguished Australians by hanging their photographs in the rooms of the…

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Edison and "Death." Theory of the After Life

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 6

Without a peer in the field of scientific invention, Thomas Edison has announced his entrance into a new sphere, that of psychic research, and no one to-day has…

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Death of Harold Ryan. Charge of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

Harold Ryan, the young man who was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital on Tuesday night, suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull, died at a…

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Death of a Railway Fettler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, sitting at the Newcastle Court-hourse yesterday, inquired into the death of Edwin Heath (48), railway fettler, which took place at the…

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Funeral of Harold Ryan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. Harold Mortimer Ryan, who died in the Newcastle Hospital on Thursday night, took place on Saturday afternoon, the…

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