Inquests.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume II, Issue 10, 15 August 1865, Page 43

Inquests.

An Inquest, was held at Kanieri, on the 15th day of July, before C. C. Schaw, Esq., Coroner, on the body of John Bates, miner, aged 27 years. Verdict —Hied of natural causes.

An Inquest was held at Waimea, on the 19th day of June, before W. H. Revell, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Alexander Mitchell, packer, aged 45, who was drowned in the Waimea Creek. Verdict—Accidentally drowned.

An Inquest was held at Rangiora, on the 27th day of July, before T. W. White, Escp, Coroner, on the body of David Kinnebrook, stockowner, aged 45 years. Verdict Died from exposure to cold,

An Inquest was held at Port Grey, on the 29th dav of July, before W. H. Reveil, Esq., Coroner, on the bodies of William Mulhoilan, seaman, and Benjamin Wright, boatman, aged 23 years, who were drowned, with three other men, in attempting to cross the bar at the .mouth of Grey River in a whale boat. Verdict —Accidentally drowned.

An Inquest was held at Hokitika, on the 31st day of July, before W. H. Revell, Esq., Coroner, on the bodies of George Hawkins, miner, aged 33 years, Edward Samson, miner, aged 29 years, Thompson, contractor, aged 32 years, John Mclntosh, miner, Robert Turner, grocer, aged 20 years, Henry Heron, miner, aged 34 years, and Thomas Allen, boatman, aged 45 years, who were drowned by the upsetting of a boat conveying passengers from the s. s. “Lady Darling.” Verdict Accidentally drowned.

An Inquest was held at Port Grey, on the 2nd inst., before W. 11. Revell, Esq., Coroner, on the body of John Sayers, boatman, aged 25 years, who was drowned, with four other men, in attempting to cross the bar at the mouth of the Grey River, in a whale boat. Verdict—Accidentally drowned.

An Inquest was held at Christchurch, on the 10th of August, before J. W. S. Coward, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Chadwick, an unbaptized illegitimate male child. Verdict —Natural causes.