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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1926

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Funeral of Mr. J. F. Grahame

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 10

The funeral of the late Mr. James Frier Grahame took place yesterday from St. Philip's Presbyterian Church, Watt-street. There was a large gathering in the church…

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Redhead Disaster Another Death Condition of Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 6

Norman Godfrey Berriman, who was among those injured on the occasion of the explosion in Redhead Colliery on Thursday, died in Newcastle Hospital…

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Death of Cardinal Mercier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 5

The death has occurred of Cardinal Mercier. Realising that the end was approaching, he summoned his servants, and joined them in prayers for the dying…

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Death of Mr. W. H. Burns

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 5

The death of Mr. William H. Burns, of Everton-street, Hamilton, which occurred in Newcastle Hospital on Saturday, has removed a well-known…

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Scene at Funeral Baroness's Bad Taste Lip Stick and Powder

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 1

A scone which would have been quite in order in the reign of Louis XIV., of France, wat coined by the morganatic wife of the notorious…

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Funeral Trains

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 3

Sir,—After attending the funeral of the unfortunate victims of the Redhead colliery disaster, and paying to them a last tribute, I was surprised to see that, with…

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Railway and Tramway Funeral Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Accounts in connection with the Wallsend Railway and Tramway Employees' Funeral Fund show that for the half-year ended December 31 there was a surplus of…

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Jesmond. Late Mrs. Rowley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

The funeral of the late Isabella Rowley, who died from injuries received in the motor car accident, which happened on he Tarro-road on Sunday evening,…

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76 Years in District Death of Mr W. H. Saunders

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday, at his late residence, 21 Lawson-street, Hamilton, of Mr. William Henry launders, at the ago of 76 years, after…

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Hamilton Funerals Late Mrs. L. Fordham

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

The funeral of Mrs. Lydla Fordham wife of Mr. W. M. Fordham which moved from her late residence, 39 Hudson-street, Hamilton,…

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Late Mr. Butterworth Lifetime in New Lambton Funeral Service

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

The esteem in which Mr. Arthur Butterworth, one of the victims of the Redhead explosion, was held, and the sympathy felt for his widow and…

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Redhead Explosion Death of Mr. Butterworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 7

Mr. A. Butterworth, the fifth victim of the disaster at Redhead Colliery, died in the Wallsend Hospital at a quarter to five o'clock yesterday morning…

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Late Mrs. Alder

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

The death took place on Thursday night, in Newcastle hospital, of Mrs. Jane Alder, wife of Mr. George Alder, of Ceriette-street, Cook's Hill…

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Late Mr. John Cush Former Trainer's Death

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

Much regret was expressed in racing circles to-day when it was learned that a former Newcastle trainer. Mr. John Cush, had died…

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Knelt in Fields Cardinal Mercier's Funeral LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

Thousands of people knelt in the fields, praying, as the train bearing the Body of the late Cardinal Mercier towards Brussels for the Requiem Mass…

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Impaled on Spikes Death of Boy SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 4

Cecil Wyman, 10, who had his neck gushed and his lung pierced by the spikes on which he fell while climbing the fence at the Tennyson baths…

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Late Mr. C. G. ALFORD Well-known Banker's Death SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

Charles' George Alford, one of Sydney's bent known bankers, died to-day in his 78th year. As chief inspector and for a time acting-general…

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Maitland District Death of Mr. Michael Murray

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

Mr. Michael Murray, formerly a resident of Maitland for seventy years, died in Sydney on Tuesday, aged 87 years. He left Maitland to reside in Sydney a…

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Late Mr. H. TAFT Singleton Man's Death SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

A well-known resident of Singleton Mr. Harvey Tatt, a retired hotelkeeper, died suddenly at Dangar Cottage Hospital late yesterday…

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The Late Mr. Murray

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

The funeral of the late Mr. Michael Murray moved from St. John's Cathedral on Thursday morning for Campbell's Hill Cemetery. The Rev. J. J. Coady,…

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