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 |
| PACE Ralf | 1882 | ? | ? | "Caledonian Hotel", Hay | Pericarditis and abscess of liver. | Said to have £200 owing. |
| PAGE Alice Ellen | 1884 | 3 | New South Wales | Near Hay | Congestion of brain | Nil |
| PAGE Thomas | 1885 | … | ? | Wagga Wagga | Accidental | £8 |
| PARKER Henry | 1889 | 64 | Hungary | Temora | Accidental | About £300 |
| PARKER Stephen A. | 1885 | 3 | Near Murrumburrah | Near Murrumburrah | Found drowned | Nil |
| PARKER Thomas | 1887 | ? | England | Young | Drowning accident | £24-4-7 |
| PARKER William James | 1889 | 1yr 6mths | Near Young | Near Young | Congestion of brain and diarrhoea | Nil |
| PARKINSON Richard | 1884 | 50 | England | Cootamundra Road, near Temora | Suicide by hanging | About £80 |
| PARNELL Henry James | 1888 | 38 | New South Wales | Near Wagga Wagga | Heart disease. | Not known. |
| PARR Samuel | 1883 | 51 | England | Bourke | Inflammation of left lung. | Nil. |
| PARRY Griffiths | 1888 | 27 | Wales | Carcoar | Accidental | Not known. |
| PARRY James N. | 1890 | 38 | Not known | Moree | Arsenic poisoning. No evidence to show. | £500-0-0 |
| PARRY [or PERRY] John | 1883 | 47 | Wales | Ournie Reef, Tumbarumba District | Accidentally killed in a mine. | Nil. |
| PARSLOW Sydney Jays | 1883 | 4yr 3mths | … | West from Molong | Fell into dam and drowned | Nil. |
| PARSONS John | 1888 | 28 | ? | Near Dubbo | Accidental | Nil |
| PARSONS John | 1889 | 55 | England | Near Albury | Diarrhoea | Silver watch; Bank receipt £120; Cash £12-2-3. |
| PARSONS William | 1890 | 62 | England | Moulamein | No evidence to show. | About £8-0-0 |
| PASCOE John | 1889 | 46 | England | Broken Hill | Suicide by cutting throat | About £40 |
| PASCOE William John | 1890 | 31 | Sydney | Broken Hill | Accidental | £9-0-0 |
| PASSMORE John | 1882 | 40 | ? | Goondubluie, Walgett District | Suicide. | Not yet known. |
| PASSMORE William Drummond | 1884 | 35 | ? | Wentworth | Suicide by revolver shot - temporarily insane | 5/6; Silver watch |
| PASTORELLA Catherine | 1882 | 20 | Beechworth, Victoria | River Murray | Accidentally drowned | £2 |
| PASTORELLA Eliza | 1882 | 24 | Beechworth, Victoria | River Murray | Accidentally drowned | £2 |
| PASTORELLA Maryanne | 1882 | 19 | Beechworth, Victoria | River Murray | Accidentally drowned | £2 |
| PATCHING Thomas | 1885 | 34 | Victoria | Hay Hospital | Accidentally killed | £100-0-0 |
| PATERSON Hugh | 1888 | 45 | Ireland | Near Broken Hill | Inflammation of the bowels | Not known. |
| PATON Joseph | 1881 | 28 | Cuper of Fife, Scotland | Maryvale Crossing, Allyn River, NSW | Accidentally drowned. | £25 |
| PATON Walter | 1882 | 20 | Victoria | Merool Creek, Temora District | Accidentally killed. | £1-1-3 on deceased and a swag. |
| PATTERSON Charles | 1890 | Abt 55 | Not known | Near Euriowie | Natural Causes | £4-13-10 |
| PAYNE Alfred Charles | 1888 | 3yrs 6mths | Bourke | Bourke | Accidental | Nil. |
| PAYNE George | 1887 | 35 | ? | Forbes | Accidental | Nil |
| PAYNE Katie Ann | 1884 | 16 | New South Wales | Narrabri | Suicide by poisoning | Nil. |
| PAYNE William T. | 1889 | 17 | Wellington | Near Dubbo | Accidental | Nil |
| PAYNTER John | 1887 | 50 | England | Near Menindie | Natural causes | £0-12-6 |
| PAYTON William | 1881 | 75 | England | Narrandera Lock-up | Natural causes; 9 days in lock-up as vagrant (no court sat in area in that time) | None |
| PEACE Ruby V.P. | 1889 | 7 wks | Cobar | Cobar | Inflammation of lungs | Nil. |
| PEADON Peter | 1881 | 37 | Durham, England | Toganmain Run, Hay District. | Thrown from his horse which he rode against a wire fence. | Abt £300; his brother Thomas Peadon will administer the estate. |
| PEARSON Thomas F. | 1885 | 25 | England | Narrandera | Found drowned | £5 and swag |
| PEATTIE John | 1881 | 62 | Scotland | Hay | Brain concussion sustained by fall while in epileptic fit. | Deceased was foreman of Public Works at Hay and was engaged in Colonial Architect's Department. |
| PECK Mary Anne | 1884 | … | … | Inquest at Wilcannia | Suffocation while in a fit. | … |
| PEERS Alfred Frederick | 1889 | 39 | Victoria | Near Deniliquin | Suicide by shooting | Nil. |
| PEIHLER Manfred | 1886 | … | … | Inquest at Wanaaring | Accidental | … |
| PELLY Joseph | 1888 | 40 to 50 | ? | Near Wilcannia | Effects of exposure | Nil. |
| PENDER John (supposed to be) | 1884 | 54 | ? | Cobborn Run, Milparinka | Fell from horse. | Nil. |
| PENDERGAST Margaret | 1882 | 40 | England | Back Creek near Young | Heart disease. | Nil |
| PENSARD Silvester | 1887 | 50 to 60 | Brittany | Near Corowa | Natural causes accelerated by intemperance | 6/- in silver. |
| PERRY John | 1881 | 75 to 80 | Liverpool, England | Hardy's Gypsum Palace Hotel, Booligal, near Wilcannia Road. | Suffocation during temporary fit of insanity by falling on face in water. | Clothing and 2 horses. |
| PERRY Thomas | 1883 | 50 | ? | Tapio Station, Wentworth. | Suicide. | £1-4-7 |
| PETER Finlay Duff | 1884 | 75 | Scotland | Young | Natural Causes | £200 property; £50 Cash. |
| PETERFIELD Margaret | 1889 | Abt 45 | ? | Narrabri | Laudanum accidentally self administered | £4-11-0 |
| PETERSEN C.D. - infant son of | 1881 | Infant | Goolagong | Goolagong | Natural Causes. | Nil |
| PETERSON Paul | 1890 | 51 | Denmark | Near Nyngan | Death by drowning | £300-0-0 |
| PETTIT Norman James | 1890 | 2 | Grenfell | Grenfell | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| PEVITT Charles | 1887 | 26 | Leithbridge, Victoria | Carcoar | Accidental | £600 |
| PEYNTON (Christian name unknown) | 1881 | 42 | Madras, East Indies | Forbes | Natural causes accelerated by intemperance and heart disease | 1/- |
| PHILCOX William | 1885 | 63 | England | Wentworth | Injuries accidentally received on steamer "Maude" | Nil. |
| PHILLIP James | 1881 | 52 | ? | Albury Gaol | Softening of the brain. | Unknown. |
| PHILLIPS H. | 1888 | 50 to 60 | England | Near Warren | Burns accident | Abt £14-0-0 |
| PHILLIPS Louisa Ann | 1888 | 24 | Sydney | Near Albury | Natural Causes | Nil |
| PHILLIPS Richard William | 1884 | … | Junee | Near Junee | Burns accident | Nil. |
| PHILLIPS Weston | 1883 | ? | ? | Wilcannia. | Skull fracture accident. | … |
| PHIPPS John | 1888 | 70 | ? | Boggabilla | Suicide by cutting throat | £350 |
| PICKERING Henry | 1890 | 53 | South Australia | Broken Hill | Accidental | Watch . |
| PIGGOTT William | 1888 | 34 | England | Ivanhoe | Suicide by pistol shot wound | Abt £400-0-0 |
| PIKE George Henry | 1881 | 45 | Not stated | On Eulah Creek road, near Narrabri | Apoplexy | 7/9 |
| PILE Charles | 1885 | 62 | England | Wentworth | Natural causes | £0-3-0 |
| PINKNEY Albert J. | 1885 | 11 | South Australia | Tibooburra | Supposed from eating some poisonous herb | Nil. |
| PLATT Aleck | 1888 | 28 | Cowra | Mount Hope | Accidentally drowned | Not known. |
| PLATT Martha Ross | 1881 | 29 | Kiandra, NSW. | Bown Station, near Albury. | Died of Syncope after childbirth | Nil |
| PLUMBRIDGE Alfred | 1887 | 45 | England | Ki Station near Wentworth | Natural causes | Nil. |
| PLUNKET William | 1882 | 70 | London, England | Illilliwa Station, Hay District. | Suicide by strichnine - state of depression after drinking | £170 |
| PLUNKETT James | 1888 | 58 | Ireland | Near Albury | Heart disease. | £5,000 |
| POLLARD James | 1883 | 45 | England | Near Hay | Accidentally smothered in a shaft | Nil. |
| POND Nam | 1882 | 40 | China | Goangra, Walgett District. | Tree fell on him. | Nil. |
| PONTING William | 1890 | 16 | Parkes | Near Murrumburrah | Compression of brain | Nil |
| POOLE James | 1883 | ? | ? | Belalie | Natural Causes | £7-9-3; Horses etc |
| POPKINS Henry | 1885 | 48 | England | Darling River near North Bourke | Found drowned | Nil. |
| PORTER Horace R. | 1889 | 6 | South Australia | Wilcannia | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| PORTER Mary Ann | 1885 | 34 | ? | Deniliquin | Burns accident | Nil. |
| PORTER Mary Lyons | 1888 | 40 | England | Near Grenfell | Natural Causes | Not known. |
| PORTER Sarah Anne | 1890 | 56 | Ireland | Near Forbes | Arsenic poisoning; no evidence to show. | Not known. |
| PORTER William | 1885 | 5 | ? | Deniliquin | Burns accident | Nil. |
| POST Edward | 1885 | 45 | Picton | Cookardinia | Natural Causes | Not known. |
| POTTS Ann | 1890 | 63 | England | Near Young | Effects of exposure. | Nil |
| POUNCEY [no Christian name given] | 1885 | 16 or 17 | Murrumbidgee, New South Wales | Murrumbidgee, New South Wales | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| POUNCEY Martha | 1885 | 11 | Murrumbidgee, New South Wales | Murrumbidgee, New South Wales | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| POUND William | 1882 | Infant | Walli, Cowra | Walli, Cowra | Accidentally killed. | Nil |
| POUNSBERRY Alexander | 1881 | 23 | Murrumburrah, NSW | Buddabadah, Bogan River. | Exposure and want of medical treatment. | Nil |
| POWELL Herbert John | 1883 | 2 | … | Court held at Narrandera | Asphyxia by drowning | Nil. |
| POWER Hubert | 1881 | 38 | Sydney | Psh of Goolagong, District Grenfell. | Horse falling on him. | 330 ac of Conditional Purchase; brother will administer estate. |
| POWER John Bernard | 1889 | 37 | Ireland | Near Hay | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| POYER George R. | 1885 | 26 | England | Hay | Suicide by shooting | £3 |
| PREHN Charles | 1882 | 52 | Hamburg | Albury | Natural Causes | Nil |
| PRENDERGAST Edward | 1887 | ? | ? | Goondiwindi | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| PRENDERGAST Mary | 1882 | 21 | New South Wales | Near Hillston | Accidental fall from her horse. | Nil |
| PRENDERGAST Patrick | 1886 | 46 | Ireland | Tupera Station, Oxley | Supposed disease of the heart | Stock £600; Selection 640 acres; CP 1,280 acres; Life policy £300. |
| PRENDERVILLE William | 1889 | 50 | England | Near Hay | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| PRESCOTT Stephen Gerald alias S.G.PRUDGNE (PRUDYNE) | 1883 | 50 | England | Forbes | Natural Causes | Nil. |
| PRESCOTT Thomas | 1889 | 46 | England | Near Urana | Accidental | Horse, saddle; £12 of wages due. |
| PREVOST Henry | 1888 | ? | ? | Young | Suicide by method not stated | Watch and chain |
| PRICE George Raymond | 1881 | 21 | Nobby, near Young | Nobby, near Young. | Fall ocasioned by kick of a horse. | Nil |
| PRICE Mary Ellen | 1884 | 2 | Darling River, Wentworth District | Darling River, Wentworth District | Diarrhea from carelessness of mother. | Nil. |
| PRICE Patrick | 1884 | 3 mths | Darling River, Wentworth District | Darling River, Wentworth District | Natural causes | Nil. |
| PRIDEAUX Elizabeth | 1890 | 23 | Sydney | Near Young | Peritonitis | Nil |
| PRIEST Rebecca | 1884 | 71 | Nottingham, England | Shepherd's Creek, Wellington District | Natural causes | Nil. |
| PROCTOR George | 1888 | 27 | Victoria | Near Hay | Congestion of brain. | Nil. |
| PROCTOR George | 1888 | 60 | ? | Moree | Heart disease | Nil. |
| PROVAN William | 1887 | 75 | ? | Albury | Piece of meat stuck in his throat. | £15-0-6 |
| PROVOST Henry | 1888 | ? | ? | Young | Suicide | Not known; Watch and chain and 9/- cash |
| PRUDGNE (PRUDYNE) S.G. | 1883 | … | … | … | See S.G.PRESCOTT | … |
| PURDY Jane | 1882 | 32 | New South Wales | Coonamble | Natural Causes | Nil |
| PURDY John | 1881 | 14 | Paddy's River, NSW | Murrumburrah | Fracture of skull. | Nil |
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