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− | William Morgan, having been duly sworn states, I knew the deceased Chinaman, his name is Ah Yun, | + | William Morgan, having |
+ | been duly sworn states, I knew | ||
+ | the deceased Chinaman, his | ||
+ | name is Ah Yun. He was | ||
+ | working with me in No 3- | ||
+ | Level, in the inside Stall. | ||
+ | about half past 1.O.Clock P.M. | ||
+ | on the 9th instant the last | ||
+ | boy had come in & I told him | ||
+ | that as soon as he had filled | ||
+ | that boy he could go home. | ||
+ | I was working in the face taking | ||
+ | out some loose coal after a | ||
+ | shot & about 5 or 6 feet from | ||
+ | the Chinaman. After he com- | ||
+ | menced to fill the boy I sent | ||
+ | back for a sledge & paper[?] | ||
+ | him going & returning. I used | ||
+ | the wedge & was in the ast of | ||
+ | taking out the loose coal when | ||
+ | I heard a fall close behind me | ||
+ | & on looking round I could | ||
+ | see no light, I called out | ||
+ | "So-hu" where are you received | ||
+ | no answer. I immediately jumped | ||
+ | back to the boy & saw the man | ||
+ | lying under it with his head | ||
+ | close | ||
+ | |||
+ | BC Archives GR-0431 | ||
+ | Box 2 | ||
+ | File 6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL | ||
+ | Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia |
Revision as of 15:45, 29 November 2020
1st Witness,
William Morgan, having been duly sworn states, I knew the deceased Chinaman, his name is Ah Yun. He was working with me in No 3- Level, in the inside Stall. about half past 1.O.Clock P.M. on the 9th instant the last boy had come in & I told him that as soon as he had filled that boy he could go home. I was working in the face taking out some loose coal after a shot & about 5 or 6 feet from the Chinaman. After he com- menced to fill the boy I sent back for a sledge & paper[?] him going & returning. I used the wedge & was in the ast of taking out the loose coal when I heard a fall close behind me & on looking round I could see no light, I called out "So-hu" where are you received no answer. I immediately jumped back to the boy & saw the man lying under it with his head close
BC Archives GR-0431 Box 2 File 6
BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia