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Inquests 1881-1890
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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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