Inquiry Into Death Of Siamese King
BANGKOK, Tuesday.—The Siamese Government is contemplating appointing a seven-man inquiry commission into the death of King…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1946
315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 16
Obituary Mrs. Martha Cragg
Mrs. Martha Cragg, who died recently at the age of 70 years, after a brief illness, was born in Merewether and lived practically all her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary Mrs. J. Simpson
Mrs. J. Simpson died after a short illness at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Stanger, Dawson-street, Cook's Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coroner Probes Death Of Man Found Unconscious On Road
Found lying unconscious on Memorial Drive, Bar Beach, on the night of June 1, Alexander McDonald, 48, of Coogee, was rushed to Newcastle Hospital, but died early next morning. TODAY the District Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Queen's Sister-in-Law
LONDON, June 19. A.A.P.—Owing to the death of the Queen's sister-in-law, the Countess of Strathmore, the King and Queen and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Obituary Mrs. M. A. Hilton
Mrs. Margaret Ann Hilton, wife of Mr. Matthew Hilton, of Thalaba-road, New Lambton, died in the Wallsend Hospital, on June 14, at the age of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Obituary Mrs. E. E. Edgar
Born on the sailing ship Ramilies off the Cape of Good Hope, Mrs. E. E. Edgar, of Teralba-road, Broadmeadow, died last Tuesday. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Obituary Mrs. F. M. Dodds
Mrs. Florence Maude Dodds, who died in the Lithgow District Hospital, was a member of a family for merly well-known in the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Screen's First Cowboy Hero
LOS ANGELES, June 21. A.A.P —The death is announced of William S. Hart, the silent screen's first two-gun Western hero after a brief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. W. E. Firth
Mr. William Edgar Firth, who died at the Mater Miserieordiae Hospital, Waratah, was 84. Engaged in the bicycle business under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obituary Mr. Donald Gow
Mr. Donald Gow, who lived in Windsor-street, Merewether for 15 years died in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital after having been ill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dead Man "Speaks" at His Own Funeral
PARIS, Thursday.—As Alphonse Marchais, 64-year-old bachelor schoolmaster of Valet (a village near Nantes), was being buried loud speakers relayed his merry voice through the village, inviting the mourners to drink 500 bottles of wine in his cellar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of "Tote" Inventor
SYDNEY, Friday.—Sir George Julius, 73, inventor of the automatic totalisator, died at his Killara home to-day after a three-month illness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obituary Mr. F. W. Newman
Mr. Frederick William Newman died at the age of 84 at Manly. He left England in 1883, in the sailing ship Otago, and arrived in Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Obituary Miss L. McKENZIE
After a long illness, Miss Laura McKenzie died at her home at Samdon-street, Hamilton. She was 58. She was born at Salt Ash, and moved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Birth and Death of Star" Observers' Views Of Atom Burst
BIKINI, July 1. A.A.P.—Tremendous energy, equivalent to about 20,000 tons of T.N.T., was released in the infinitesimally short time of one-tenth of one-millionth of a second when the atom bomb was dropped on the "guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. C. J. Davis
Mr. Charles John Davis died suddenly at his home, 46 Platt-street, Waratah on June 23. Mr. Davis was au member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wild Scene At Funeral
LONDON, Thurs.—Graves were trampled flat and flower vases kicked over and broken when a crowd of 2000 broke the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Obituary Mr. H. Herd
Mr. Henry Herd, who died recently at his home in Bousfield-street, Wallsend, was employed for many years in the old Wallsend collieries,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Obituary Mr. H. C. Thurlow
Representatives of Port Hunter and Port Stephens waterside organisations and Returned Soldiers associations attended the funeral of…
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