An Aboriginal Funeral
A SIGHT and a fright! And it was so. I experienced the two sensations a few days ago. Wending my way to the ferry on the South side, a curious sight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals
Obituaries & funerals, 1899
30 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Death of Dr. Hedley
THE death on Saturday afternoon last of Dr. Charles Hedley, M.B. Ch.B., after a long and painful illness, removes from our midst one of the best known men on the Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sudden Death of M. Faure, the French Preslucat. Only Four Hours' Ill
M. FAURE, President of the French Republic, was taken ill while in his study at 6 o'clock Thursday night. Assistance was called, and he was helped upon as sofa. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oxley Tragedy. the Death of the Boy Hill
ON Monday we published the boy Claude Wilson's evidence given at the magisterial inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the boy Alfred Stephen Hill, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mr. Geo. Hill's Estate and the A.J.S. Bank
IN our Sydney telegram in "Wednesday's issue there was an item referring to the estate of the late George Hill. In Friday's 'Daily Telegraph.' we find the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Funeral
The funeral took place yesterday, and notwithstanding that rain fell continuously and the streets and roads were in a very sloppy condition, there was a large attendance. Canon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, 13th APRIL, 1899. Death of Canon Ewing
SINCE our last issue a notable man in the person of Canon Ewing of St. Andrew's Church of England has been removed by death, and although his illness for weeks past has in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of an Old Identity
THE 'Tweed Advocate' says: We regret to have to chronicle the death of a very old and respected resident of the Tweed, Mr. Thos. Gray, which took place on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of "Ned" Gregory
" NED " GREGORY, the veteran cricketer, died at his residence at the Sydney Cricket Ground, last Saturday morning. He had been ailing for some time from cancer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Funeral of Mr. R. Stevenson, M. L. A.
THE funeral of Mr. Richard Stevenson, M.L.A. for the Northumberland electorate, who died suddenly at Putty on the 13th. instant, took place on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tweed River J. G. Races. Sad Death of Jockey W. FERNIE
THESE races took place on Wednesday last, the weather being fine and attendance good. A terrible accident occurred in the Club Handicap, which resulted in the death of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of a Diver
A FEARFUL accident is reported from Chemnitz by the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily News." At a well-known circus in that town a, man named Baume…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mr. J.a. Balmer
IT is with the profoundest feelings of sympathy for the afflicted family that we record the death of Mr. John Balmer, eldest son of Mr. R. G. Balmer, pioneer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Dean Selwyn of Newcastle
BY the death of Arthur Edward Selwyn, at the age of 78. there has been removed from the rim ts of Anglican clergymen in Australia one who worthily upheld, during a lengthy career…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of an Old Colonist
MRS. M. HEYWARD, of Leichhardt, whose dentil we recorded a few issues ago, was the relict of the late C. W. H. Heyward, probably one of the oldest of the native born…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mrs. Dobbie
THE Northern COURIR (Fernmount) writes: It is our painful duty this week, to chronicle the death of Mrs. Dobbie, wife of the Rev. W. Dobbie, Presbyterian Clergyman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death of Mrs. Yeager
ON Monday night last the residents of this locality were startled by a rumour that Mrs. W. T. Yeager, of Oakland, bad expired rather suddenly at her residence, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Death of Ingernoll
COL. ROBERT G. INGERSOLI, the agnostic, died on July 23, at his country home, Walston, N. Y., of heart trouble—angina pectoris. He did not die as he would have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ingersoll's Funeral Rites
"WITHOUT a hymn, without a prayer, without a word other than his own words, the friends of Col. Robt. G. Ingersoll, the great agnostic, bide him farewell on July…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Mr. R. G. BALMER
IN the demise of Mr. Robert Gordon Balmer, pioneer Pressman of the Richmond River, which sad event tonic place on Wednesday last at Bullion, the district loses a very…
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