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Inquests 1881-1890
Surnames beginning with R


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
RABBITS Henry J.H. 1884 32 Cape of Good Hope Near Grenfell Fall from his horse
RADCLIFFE John 1888 61 Ireland Near Molong Heart disease. About £6
RAE John 1888 19 Narrabri Near Narrabri Concussion of brain Nil
RALF Annie 1890 16 New South Wales Near Carcoar Injuries accidentally received Nil
RALF John 1890 40 South Australia Broken Hill Accidental £45-0-0
RAMBAUGH John A. 1888 66 United States Near Carcoar Natural Causes About £20
RAMOIE John 1885 65 America Wentworth Dropsy Nil.
RAMSAY (supposed to be) 1887 ? ? Kapara, Darling River Asphyxia by drowning Nil.
RAMSAY Mary - child of 1882 New born Forbes Forbes Murder Nil
RANKIN Donald 1884 53 Scotland Silverton Intemperance and Inflammation of lungs Nil.
RAWLINSON Henry A. 1883 ? England Poon Boon Station, New South Wales. Suicide by shocking. £29-9-2
RAYNEDGE Henry 1882 Abt 70 England Cobar Fatty degeneration of heart Nil.
READ Edward 1888 57 England Moree Asphyxia £1-16-7
READ George 1887 60 England Near Jerilderie Natural Causes £50
REARDEN William 1882 49 ? Near Hay Accidentally drowned Nil.
RECHARDT Molkentine M. 1885 44 Germany Hospital at Albury Natural Causes Nil
REDMAN Robert 1884 6 District of Wagga Wagga District of Wagga Wagga Gunshot wound; no evidence to show. Nil.
REDMAN William 1888 35 ? Broken Hill Natural causes Not known.
REED Frederick W. 1886 51 England Hay Accidentally fell down stairs Not known.
REED William 1889 29 South Australia Broken Hill Accidental Not known.
REGAN Catherine 1885 80 Ireland Near Forbes Willfully murdered Not known.
REID Julia 1886 28 Not known Deniliquin Inflammation of lungs Nil.
REDIY Patrick [?REIDY in BDM] 1885 40 Ireland Nyngan Accidentally killed on the railway Not known.
REILLY Cornelius 1889 Abt 35 Not known Darling River Effects of heat accelerated by intemperance. Nil
REILLY Thomas 1889 21 Victoria Wagga Wagga Strangulation by hanging, in accordance with the law. Nil
RELPH William 1883 52 England Angledool Excessive use of drink. 18/-
REMAINS of human being 1884 ? ? Tapio Run, near Balranald Road No evidence as to cause of death Nil.
REMAINS of human skeleton 1884 ? ? Coree Run, Jerilderie District No evidence to show
REMAINS of unknown man 1890 Abt 40 ? Goree Run near Urana Effects of exposure. Nil
REMAINS, sex unknown 1887 Avoca Run, Darling River Found dead; no evidence. £5-1-0
RENEHAN Arthur Herbert 1884 21 mths Near Cootamundra Near Cootamundra Injuries accidentally received Nil.
RICE Frederick William 1888 46 England Carrathool Intemperance and gout Nil
RICE Thomas 1881 12 Wellington Bell River, Wellington Found drowned in Bell River. Nil
RICH Grace 1883 14 wks Wellington Wellington Convulsions. Nil.
RICH Mabel F. 1885 19 mths Wellington Wellington Scalds accident Nil
RICHARDS Charles Howard 1887 32 ? Bourke Haemorrhage of lungs Nil.
RICHARDS Richard 1889 33 Victoria Near Young Accidental Nil
RICHARDS William 1889 68 England Near Hay Heart disease Nil.
RICHARDSON James 1888 64 Not known Near Junee Injuries accidentally received Nil.
RICHARDSON John 1885 83 England Gaol at Albury Natural Causes Nil
RICHARDSON Mary Ann 1884 21 New South Wales Cobar Typhoid fever Nil
RICHARDSON Thomas 1888 66 England Near Wilcannia Injuries accidentally received Nil.
RIDER Thomas Australasia 1883 7 mths Cobar Nymagee Collision with another horse. Nil.
RIDGES John 1890 50 Ireland Near Hay Apoplexy Not known.
RIDLEY Bob (Aboriginal) 1883 ? ? Wilcannia Injuries from Billy Clark in a drunken brawl.
RIDLEY George 1884 50 Victoria Wilcannia Apoplexy on brain £15
RIES John 1887 76 Germany Albury Heart disease. Nil
RILEY John 1881 40 Limerick, Ireland Evans Swamp, Carcoar District. Inflammation of lungs. About £40
RITCHIE Thomas 1888 60 Scotland Nyngan Natural causes Not known.
RIXON Robert P. 1885 2yr 6mths Cumberwona Cumberwona Natural Causes Nil
ROABB Frederick 1884 80 Germany Garra Creek, Molong District Excessive drinking causing apoplexy £267
ROACH William 1890 Abt 54 Ireland Young Congestion of lungs caused by burns Nil
ROBERTS Edward 1887 Not known Not known Tarcutta Natural Causes £10
ROBERTS Francis 1881 58 England Redbank Selection, Coonamble District Fatty degeneration of heart Old silver watch and clothes; value £1.
ROBERTS Francis 1882 15 New South Wales Wilcannia Natural causes
ROBERTS John Edward 1883 26 Cardiff, Wales Meiri, Merrigal Run Thrown from his horse. £1-8-7
ROBERTS Mary Jane 1884 18 New South Wales Near Parkes Natural Causes Nil
ROBERTS William 1885 78 England Belubula Suicide by poisoning £5
ROBERTS William 1885 66 England Dubbo Injuries received through a fall Nil
ROBERTS William 1887 14yrs 6mths Ballarat, Victoria Albury Accidentally drowned. Nil
ROBERTSON Alexander 1889 14 Wodonga Albury Accidentally drowned Nil
ROBERTSON Duncan 1888 60 Scotland Condobolin Concussion of brain Nil
ROBERTSON Janett female child of 1884 Burns accident Nil
ROBERTSON John 1884 ? ? Nyngan Court Natural causes
ROBERTSON William 1881 25 Scotland Castlereagh Street, Coonamble Accidental drowning. Under £20
ROBERTSON William 1887 30 Scotland Jerilderie Accidentally drowned £1,019
ROBINSON Alexander 1881 57 Scotland Wilcannia Suicide Nil.
ROBINSON Alice 1881 50 ? Cobar Accidentally drowned Nil.
ROBINSON Charles 1885 37 New Zealand Wentworth District Accidentally drowned Not known.
ROBINSON Henry 1883 ? ? Wagga Wagga Alcoholic poisoning Nil.
ROBINSON John alias DRAPER 1884 40 Ivanhoe Effects of drink. £120
ROBINSON Walter H. 1885 10 mths Wentworth Murray River Accidentally drowned Nil.
RODGERS William 1881 64 England Near Cowra Exhaustion from wandering in bush in fit of temporary insanity. 6d.
ROGAN Barnard 1881 72 Ireland Grenfell Hospital Prostration, amputation of leg. Nil
ROGERS E.J. 1888 32 England Broken Hill Syncope Nil.
ROGERS Hugh 1881 Abt 60 ? Molong Lock-up. Erysipelas Nil
ROLLING James 1888 42 England Broken Hill Accidentally suffocated by falling earth Nil.
ROOKEY James 1885 36 Canada Moulamein Accidental Not known.
ROONEY Arthur 1890 47 Ireland Near Nyngan Accidental £200 and 140 acres at Cobar and 2 drays.
ROONEY Matthew 1882 64 Ireland Deep Creek near Narrabri His horse ran him against a tree.
ROOT William 1889 55 England Parkes Heart disease. About £200
ROOT William Charles 1881 17yr 9mths Parkes Parkes Tree fell on him. Nil
ROSE John 1884 64 England Wentworth Natural Causes £2-17-0
ROSE John 1887 44 Scotland Near Oxley Found dead on banks of Murrumbidgee River Not stated
ROSE Luke 1881 30 to 40 England Gurley Point Found drowned Nil
ROSS Benjamin 1881 38 ? Wullundri Station. Falling of tree limb while deceased intoxicated. Unknown.
ROSS Catherine 1889 47 Ireland Forbes Suicide by poisoning Nil
ROSS James 1887 50 ? Narrabri Suffocation from hanging - his own act Not known
ROSS John 1887 58 Scotland Wilcannia Asphyxia by drowning Silver watch and 4 shillings in silver.
ROSS John 1888 56 England Hay Natural causes £1-15-0
ROSS John 1888 65 Ireland Near Coonamble Heart disease. About £500
ROSS Joseph 1882 40 Perthshire, Scotland Murrumbidgee River Found drowned Abt £5
ROSS Robert 1881 Abt 40 ? Boombygar, No 12 West Bogan, Bourke Police District. Falling on a stake or stump while shepherding for Mr Poplin Supposed - an old racehorse which would go to pay Mr Poplin for burial expenses.
ROSSER Agnes Dunn 1889 22 Victoria Near Corowa Natural Causes Nil
ROWE John 1890 60 England Broken Hill Marasmus & bronchitis accelerated by exposure while in a state of intemperance.
ROWE Robert 1887 60 England North Yanco Natural causes Not known.
ROWE William T. 1889 10yrs 6mths South Australia Broken Hill Accidentally drowned Nil.
ROWLAND Frank 1887 30 Jersey Bald Farm near Dundalind Suffocation by hanging himself Nil
ROWLES Thomas 1889 75 England Near Forbes No evidence to show Mare, foal, dray, harness - valued at £8
RULO John 1886 ? ? Inquest at Wilcannia Suicide by poisoning
RUSSELL Ernest 1881 28 ? Barwon or Darling River, abt 15 mls below Brewarrina Accidentally drowned About £20. Father dead. Mother Mrs Jane RUSSELL, lives Lucknow NSW. Deceased was a sober man.
RUSSELL Robert 1884 30 ? Bourke Gaol Natural Causes Nil
RUTHERFORD George Brown 1890 56 Scotland Near Corowa Heart disease. Nil
RUTHERFORD William 1890 56 ? South Australia Mount Browne Disease of lungs £20-0-0
RYAN Denis 1885 47 Ireland Parkes Injuries accidentally received £104
RYAN Eliza 1888 61 Ireland Wagga Wagga Natural Causes Nil
RYAN Elizabeth 1890 26 Victoria Near Cootamundra Effusion of blood on the brain Nil
RYAN George R. 1887 2yr 6mths Coonamble Near Coonamble Accidentally drowned Nil
RYAN James alias TOLLBAR 1882 50 Ireland Murrumbidgee River, Bringagee Drowning. Nil.
RYAN John 1890 Abt 30 ? Deniliquin Death by drowning 2 pocket books and £0-6-4
RYAN Michael 1888 50 Ireland Section Hut, Bank Station, near Booligal Starvation and exposure Nil
RYAN Timothy 1885 48 Ireland Jugiong Fall off a horse Not known.

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