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Inquests 1881-1890
Surnames beginning with H

Inquests in Western and some of Central New South Wales

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Name of Deceased Year of Inquest Age - Yrs Place of Birth Place Died Cause of Death Value of Property
HABERMANN Herbert 1882 14 Coleraine, Victoria Benduck Station, Murrumbidgee River Accidentally drowned Nil.
HACKETT Bridget 1889 50 Ireland Albury Accidental 9/2
HADE John 1885 ? ? Cootamundra Railway accident, Cootamundra Not known.
HAGGARTY William 1881 50 England Balranald Apoplexy from intemperance. About £2.
HAINES Johanna 1885 60 Ireland Nyngan Natural causes Nil.
HAISER Henry 1882 34 Germany Wami Street, Wellington Natural causes, rupture of blood vessel. £3-12-6 Cash; Some clothing; bedding, cooking utensils and a silver watch; value abt £7.
HALE Henry 1889 Abt 42 England Near Cootamundra Accidental Nil
HALL Isabella 1887 … … Broken Hill District Gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by Robert Gurney. …
HALL John 1885 78 ? Balowara Station, Nymagee District. Natural causes Nil.
HALL Samuel Avery 1888 25 Victoria Hay Hemorrhage in stomach. Nil.
HALL William 1883 45 ? Balranald Chlorodyne taken in ignorance. £17
HALL William 1889 Not stated Not stated Near Bourke Accidental Not known.
HALLINAN Thomas 1888 62 Sydney Dandaloo, Dubbo District Accidental £6
HALLOWES Frederick 1890 14 New South Wales Bourke Accidentally shot by Ernest MAYNE …
HAM Sing or Tong 1887 ? China Deniliquin Asphyxia by drowning Nil.
HAMILTON James 1887 50 Not known Cargo, Molong District Injuries to skull; overpowered by foul air in a shaft. …
HAMILTON Margaret 1882 50 … Ilabo Found drowned. …
HAMMERSLEY Michael 1888 55 Ireland Narrabri Natural causes Nil.
HAMPTON Richard 1885 4yrs 6mths Nyngan Nyngan Suffocated accidentally. Nil.
HANCOCK Elizabeth 1881 60 Ireland Dubbo Intemperance. About £70
HANCOCK William 1885 64 England Wagga Wagga Strychnine poisoning Nil
HANCOCK William 1888 45 England Hay Gaol Uremic poisoning. Nil.
HANDERMAN Dennis 1890 60 Ireland Bourke Apoplexy £54-2-10
HANELL Julia 1888 73 Germany Near Albury Dropsy About £10
HANIFIN Daniel 1885 56 Ireland Carcoar Drink and Natural causes Nil
HANNA Elizabeth J.B. 1889 5 New South Wales Nyngan Enteritis and dysentery Nil.
HANNAN Daniel 1888 23 Victoria Wilcannia Accidentally drowned Nil.
HANNON John 1889 ? Ireland Culgoa River Found drowned Nil.
HAPPY JOE (known as) 1889 60 England Dubbo Apoplexy Nil
HARDY William alias W.H.SCOTT 1884 34 Scotland Cootamundra Injuries received at Chearemis Circus. …
HARKNESS Henry 1884 50 ? Albury No direct evidence to cause of death Nil.
HARLAND Henry 1886 53 England Nymagee Suicide; Asphyxia, result of poisoning Not known.
HARMAN George 1882 51 England Merool Creek Nervous prostration induced by heavy drinking Public House, Inandary Station and personal property.
HARPER James Henry 1887 7 Balranald Balranald Accidental drowning Nil.
HARPER Robert Ainsworth 1881 4 mths Balranald Balranald Suffocation accident. …
HARRIDAN Maria 1888 70 London Hay Opium poisoning accidentally self administered. Nil
HARRIOTT William 1883 51 Scotland Carrathool Heart disease. Considerable property; Disposed of by will.
HARRIS George 1882 78 Staffordshire, England Wagga Wagga Supposed to be blood poisoning from alcoholic drink. Nil
HARRIS James 1882 Abt 50 Wales Wilcannia Found dead £0-2-9
HARRIS Joseph 1887 52 Leeds, England Broken Hill Natural causes - heart disease Nil.
HARRIS Margaret 1890 31 New South Wales Near Narrandera Injuries accidentally received Nil
HARRIS Walter J. 1888 34 ? Balranald Natural causes Nil.
HARRISON Catherine 1882 45 Ireland Albury Accidental burning. Nil
HARRISON Isiah 1882 5 Moorwatha Moorwatha Found drowned Nil
HARRISON Rebecca 1887 12 Tocumwal Tocumwal Accidentally drowned in Murray River Nil.
HARRISON Robert 1887 26 England Darlington Injuries accidentally received Nil
HARRISON Robert John 1889 36 O'Connell Plains Warren Accidentally drowned 200 acres of land - value not known.
Harry - man so named 1883 53 ? District of Dubbo Drowning; no evidence to show Nil
HARRY Ellen 1889 39 ? Deniliquin Syncope Nil.
HART Jane 1884 72 Ireland Wombat Natural Causes Part owner of selection worth £400
HART Robert 1883 40 ? Cobar Gunshot wound (Murder against Bryan Dowkes) Nil.
HART Samuel 1884 77 ? Wilcannia Old age and effects of a fall About £35
HART Thomas 1881 75 ? Near Albury Old age and destitution Nil
HART William 1888 5 Richmond River Forbes Not known Nil
HARTIGAN Annie 1884 21 England Lakes Camp, Silverton District Suicide by hanging. Nil.
HARTIGAN Michael 1889 65 Ireland Cowra Apoplexy £120
HARTLEY Israel 1888 23 New Zealand Near Wilcannia Natural causes £3-6-10 cash; silver watch; &c.
HARTMAN Edward Ford 1884 7 mths Cobar Nymagee Exhaustion from want of nourishment. Nil.
HARTMAN Frederick 1883 9 Queensland Cobar Accidentally drowned Nil.
HASSALL Macquarie H. 1885 26 or 29 New South Wales Oliver Downs Station, Albert District Accident while down a well. Nil.
HASSETT George 1881 45 to 50 England Near Urana Natural causes £150
HASSING Charles alias John URILSON 1883 35 England Lake Victoria Station. Inquest on 4 May 1883 Death by drowning while endeavouring to escape from police in crossing Murray River Gold nugget and 10s in hands of police
HASTON Phoebe Jane 1890 13 Cudgellico Near Hay Death by drowning …
HATTON Joseph 1889 68 ? Near Pooncaria Suicide by drowning Nil.
HAWKE Ellen 1889 49 Victoria Dubbo Poison accidentally self administered Nil
HAWKES Arthur 1885 36 England Canally Run, Balranald District Exhaustion and want of food Nil
HAWKINS Joseph 1887 50 ? North Bourke Natural causes £1-13-6
HAY Alfred A. 1886 2 Victoria Near Canowindra Suffocation by drowning Nil.
HAYDON Andrew 1886 ? ? Inquest at Wilcannia Accidentally drowned while bathing. …
HAYDON John 1882 40 Ireland Wilcannia Gaol Exhaustion caused by fever and ague. Nil.
HAYES John 1883 24 Ireland Narrandera Suicide - temporary insanity £5-2-6; Silver watch.
HAYES Lawrence 1886 21 Yass Byrock Disease of lungs Horse and some wages due.
HAYES Robert 1887 ? ? Near Louth; Inquest at Dunlop. Natural causes Nil.
HAYLES Frederick 1889 30 Australia Near Tibooburra Effects of thirst £23-14-0
HAYLOCK - 1886 54 ? Narrandera Disease of heart Not known.
HAYNES Cornelius 1887 50 England Cuthero Station, near Wentworth Asphyxia by drowning - his own act. £140
HAYNES James or James IRONS 1882 38 Halifax Hay, McLaggan's Yard Congestion of brain accelerated by drinking £3 or £4
HAZELWOOD Mary 1883 18 Moulamein Euston Station Accidentally drowned …
HAZEN Alexander 1887 60 America Eight-mile Creek, Albury District. Natural Causes. 8d.
HEALY Michael 1887 65 Ireland Near Narrabri Accidentally drowned Nil.
HEARMAN John 1889 60 England Gaol at Dubbo Heart disease. £18-12-0
HEIDTMAN Rudolf [not in BDM] 1881 Abt 6 ? On Wellington road between Molong and Wellington. Run over by a dray. Nil
HELY William Henry [HEALY in BDM] 1881 7yr 11mths Near Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Accidentally drowned. Nil
HENDERSON George 1884 60 Scotland Tapaulin, Euston District Rupture of one of intestines About £6-1-0
HENDERSON George G. 1884 62 Scotland Tapaulin, Euston District Rupture of intestine. About £6-1-0
HENESSEY John 32 32 Not stated Wambar Strangulated hernia 19s.
HENLEY John 1890 65 Ireland Near Burrowa Suicide by hanging About £150
HENNESSEY Patrick Vincent 1890 7yr 6mths Cowra Cowra Accidentally drowned Nil
HENNESSY Thomas 1881 50 ? Near Warren Natural causes £1-8-0
HENRY Alexander 1885 38 Melbourne Near Pooncaira Natural causes £18-19-3
HENRY Colin 1881 60 Montrose, Scotland Mandurama Disease of heart through drink. Over £300
HENRY Robert 1888 25 ? Bourke Rupture of blood vessel. Nil.
HENRY Walter James 1890 9yrs 6mths Pericoota Moama Inflammation of the lungs …
HERBERT William Joseph 1889 23 Castlereagh Near Forbes Accidental Abt £82
HERRARA Francis T. 1887 31 South Australia Broken Hill Burns accident Nil.
HERRING William 1890 68 England Forbes Heat apoplexy About £35
HEWAT James C. 1885 30 ? Yanga, Balranald District. Dead when found. £2-2-6
HEWEN Herbert 1887 14yrs 7mths Grenfell Grenfell Injuries accidentally received Nil.
HEWER John 1883 86 Supposed from England Murrumbidgee; Inquest at Hay. … £1-4-6
HEWETT William 1882 15 Albury Albury Railway truck passed over his abdomen. Nil
HEWLEY Thomas alias Crankey Tom 1882 Abt 65 America Ironbarks Want of nourishment Nil
HEY William 1883 37 England Hay Accidental Nil.
HEYNE Frederick 1888 36 Germany Near Dubbo Gunshot wound self inflicted Nil
HIBBARD George 1888 58 England Near Carcoar Accidental Nil
HIBBERT James 1890 Abt 30 England Thackaringa Apoplexy £0-5-6
HIGGINS Anastasia 1887 41 New South Wales Bourke Lung disease Insured for £1,000
HIGGINS James 1888 46 Scotland Near Corowa Accidentally drowned About £200
HIGGINS Jane 1888 57 Scotland Near Wentworth Syncope Not known.
HIGHATT Henry S. 1885 59 England Forbes Compression of brain Nil
HILDING Charles 1886 65 Sweden Cobar Road Suicide by cutting throat Nil.
HILL Robert 1887 49 High Ham near Taunton, Somershire, England Yankobilla Creek, near Wentworth Accidental £2,200
HILLE Henry Richard 1889 18 Not known Near Gerogery Suicide by shooting £5-16 Cash; 2 horses, saddle and swag.
HINCH George 1881 41 Germany Near Albury Suicide by hanging. Nil
HINES Hugh 1882 35 Yass Willandra near Hillston. Natural causes Not known.
HIRCOT Constance Elizabeth 1890 8 mths Bathurst Bogan River Convulsions. Nil.
HISLOP David 1890 30 Victoria Broken Hill Accidental Watch and chain.
HITCHCOCK Daniel 1883 10 Melbourne Balranald Asphyxia by drowning Nil.
HITCHCOCK George 1890 Not stated England Near Condobolin Suicide by drowning Nil
HITE James 1882 40 Near Tasmania Wilgaroon Station, Bourke road, Cobar Cramps Abt £50
HO TIN 1890 47 China Narrandera Suicide by hanging Between £20 and £30
HOADLEY Ivy Enid 1890 8yr 6mths Near Carcoar Near Carcoar Accidentally drowned Nil
HOBAN John 1889 67 Ireland Cowra Natural Causes £2,500
HOBSON William 1890 … … … See Unknown Man. …
HODGES Sarah Ann 1887 25 Near Narrandera 25 miles from Forbes Disease of heart. Nil.
HODSON Francis Octavius 1886 27 England Walgett Accidentally shot himself £250
HODSON Mrs 1885 ? ? Cootamundra Railway accident, Cootamundra Not known.
HOEHLE William 1889 28 Germany Near Hay Accidental £8-16-6
HOGAN John 1881 Abt 40 Ireland Bokhira, near Goodooga, NSW. Natural causes Cash £0-10-6; old silver watch and steel chain.
HOGAN Michael 1888 32 New South Wales Near Dubbo Accidentally drowned About £16
HOGES John 1883 60 ? Bourke Suicide by poisoning …
HOLDEN William 1882 11 Queanbeyan Reedy Creek, Molong District. Horse fell on him. Nil
HOLDER George 1886 62 England Wentworth Natural causes Bank Deposit £50; boat; &c.
HOLDER William Henry 1890 33 South Australia Sth Broken Hill Accidental £11-0-0
HOLDING John 1883 ? ? Nyngan Blood on brain from accident Nil.
HOLLAND Ellen 1882 5 wks Gunnedah Hay Feeble constitution and want of natural food. Nil.
HOLLAND Henry Duncan 1884 39 Ireland Darling River; Inquest at Polia Station Disease of heart Nil.
HOLLAND Mark Francis 1882 20 … Ten-mile Point near Coonamble Natural causes. …
HOLLAND Michael 1885 66 England Tichborne Lead Fall down shaft …
HOLLINGSWORTH James 1888 … … … See Unknown Man …
HOLMES Elizabeth 1882 38 England Wilcannia Exhaustion caused by excessive alcohol Nil.
HOLMES Henry 1885 ? ? Cootamundra Railway accident, Cootamundra Not known.
HOLMES James Edward 1883 42 At sea Bourke Effects of drink Not known.
HOLMES Mary Elizabeth 1888 20 mths Howlong Near Howlong Accidentally drowned Nil
HOMAN Henry Frederick 1884 60 Ireland Moama Natural causes Nil.
HONG Johnny 1890 71 China Hay gaol Suicide by cutting throat £2-0-0
HONG Nam 1885 53 China Euabalong Natural Causes A few shillings.
HONG TONG 1888 33 China Near Young Accidental £70
HOODLE Frank 1885 40 Lower Lachlan River Oxley Natural Causes Nil
HOOLE Alice Ann 1883 ? ? Court at Kirribee Station near Bourke Natural causes …
HOOPER Gregory 1889 28 South Australia Broken Hill Accidentally drowned Nil.
HOOPER Nicholas J. 1889 31 South Australia Broken Hill Accidentally drowned Nil.
HOPKINS Samuel 1883 86 England Mangoplan Station, Wagga District Natural causes and old age. £1000
HOPWOOD Matthew 1890 72 England Moree Bronchitis £170-0-0
HORAN Frank 1889 44 Ireland Silverton Gaol Inflammation of brain Nil.
HORAN Thomas 1883 65 Ireland Albury Natural Causes About £400
HORE Francis 1890 1 Wagga Wagga Near Junee Accidentally drowned Nil
HORNE Elizabeth 1888 8 Near Hay Near Hay Diphtheria Nil.
HORSEFIELD William 1881 78 England Warren Natural causes About £200
HOSKINS Amy 1885 55 England Silverton Murdered by being stabbed. £8-0-5
HOUGH Adelaide 1883 3 Near Hargraves Walgett Accidentally drowned in Namoi River Nil.
HOUGH Catherine 1883 24 Near Mudgee Walgett Accidentally drowned in Namoi River Nil.
HOUGHTON George 1884 50 England Parkes Self inflicted wounds, being insane Several hundred pounds
HOWARD Charles 1881 50 ? Kearnie Station, Warrego River. Natural causes About £75.
HOWARD Henry 1885 65 England Dubbo Natural Causes Nil
HOWARD James 1887 30 ? Wentworth Found drowned £2-13-6
HOWARD John 1890 70 England Near Cobar Fatty degeneration of the heart £0-2-0
HOWE William 1889 50 New South Wales Coolac Fatty degeneration of heart Not known.
HOWELL George 1889 34 Richmond Near Molong Accidental 2 houses and £14-10-0 cash.
HOY Fanny Mon 1888 32 ? Albury Burns accident. Nil
HOYT Othello 1881 45 to 50 USA 2 mls from Temora on Junee road. Self inflicted wounds across throat with razor. Estmated worth £20; hard to realize in present depressed condition of gold field.
HOYTE John 1888 65 Ireland Urana. Accidentally choked by piece of meat Nil
HUBBARD George 1889 44 England Near Dubbo Accidental £1
HUBBARD John 1887 20 ? Near Howlong, Albury District. Drowning accident Nil
HUBNER John 1884 34 Switzerland Cobar Accidental Nil.
HUDSON Henry 1888 … … … See William MORTIMER. …
HUEY William 1883 25 Victoria Wilcannia Fall from his horse. Not known.
HUGGINS Louisa - infant male child of 1887 infant Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga No evidence as to cause of death Nil.
HUGHES Charles 1889 26 Victoria Young Suicide by cutting throat Watch valued at 30s.
HUGHES Eliza Jane 1881 2 Alma Station, New South Wales Alma Station, New South Wales. Croup. Nil.
HUGHES George 1883 ? ? Girilgambone area Drowned in a tank …
HUGHES Thomas 1881 22 ? Deniliquin Hospital Shock from breaking his leg. …
HUGHES William 1883 30 Bathurst Near Warren Accidental £200 to £300
HUGHES William 1888 34 Forbes Boggabilla Accidentally drowned 15/-
HULL George 1885 46 England Balranald Heart disease Nil.
Human remains 1883 ? ? Found in Mallee Scrub abt 25mls from Tapio Station, Wentworth district Probably perished from want of water ?
HUME Alxander 1885 21 Scotland Albury Heart disease. Nil
HUMPHREYS Hughes 1884 46 Wales Hospital at Albury Sunstroke Nil.
HUMPHREYS John W. 1884 55 Ireland Lake Victoria, Wentworth District Natural Causes …
HUMPHRIES Mary Ann 1890 52 England Albury Serious apoplexy Nil
HUNT Edmund 1885 40 ? Hay Suicide by shooting Nil.
HUNT William 1890 40 England Broken Hill Suicide by poisoning. Nil.
HUNTER Henry 1882 53 Scotland Near Grenfell Natural causes. £1,000
HUNTER Joseph 1885 26 ? Road Wellington to Mudgee Accidental Not known.
HUNTLEY John 1884 37 England Hay Rupture of heart Under £5
HURD Lewis 1889 Abt 45 ? Deniliquin Accidental Not known.
HURKETT Teresa 1887 41 Parramatta Gum Flat near Cargo, Molong District Suicide by drowning. Nil
HURLE William 1887 17 ? 4 Mile Clump, Thelangerin, Maude, near Hay Accidental explosion of powder in gun barrel. Nil.
HURLEY Philip 1889 50 Ireland Cootamundra Heart disease. About £120
HURST Ellen 1882 14 Uabba, Lachlan River. Cabbage Garden Creek near Hillston Accidental burning. Nil
HUTCHENEE T.R. 1887 23 India Booligal Natural causes £10
HUTCHENS Dionysis Wellington 1890 2 Molong Near Cobar Nitric acid accidentally self administered …
HUTCHINS William 1884 55 Ireland Near Conargo, Deniliquin District Fatty degeneration of heart £17-17-2
HUTCHINSON James 1888 50 to 60 Scotland Near Corowa Natural causes £4-15-3
HUTCHINSON John 1888 56 England Nymagee Natural causes Nil.
HUTTON George 1888 17 Young Near Young Gunshot wund Nil
HYDE Richard 1881 76 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Best's Springs, 9 miles from Wagga Wagga. … Supposed £700 - all disposed of by will.

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