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E. H. Boys Longshoreman
 
E. H. Boys Longshoreman
Being sworn saith
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On Saturday morning last about ½ past ten I saw two chinamen go down to the shore,  get into a canoe and paddled away towards Mr. Bridges House.  I watched for some time to see them as they had got clumsily into their canoe and then I went back to my work did not see them again, after a little while I saw the same canoe floating away close to the shore. At first I thought they had got out & tied the canoe but I saw it float away from the short altogether.  I then thought they had gone ashore and that this canoe had floated off.  I thought no more about it till the next day when I heard they were missing.  I told their friends what I had seen.  The chinamen seemed to be sober and not angry with each other. While getting into the canoe they nearly upset it. The canoe was very [illegible] & had a keel.
  
On Saturday morning last about ½ past ten I saw two chinamen go down to the shore,  get into a canoe and paddled away towards Mr. Bridges House.  I watched for some time to see them as they had got clumsily into their canoe and then I went back to my work did not see them again, after a little while I saw the same canoe floating away close to the shore. At first I thought they had got out & tied the canoe but I saw it float away from the short altogether.  I then thought they had gone ashore and that this canoe had floated off.  I thought no more about it till the next day when I heard they were missing.  I told their friends what I had seen.  The chinamen seemed to be sober and not angry with each other. While getting into the canoe they nearly upset it. The canoe was very cranky [?] & had a keel.
 
 
E.H. Boys
 
E.H. Boys
 
Taken an oath and acknowledged this 8th day of April 1879 before me.  
 
Taken an oath and acknowledged this 8th day of April 1879 before me.  
 
C. N. Trew Coroner
 
C. N. Trew Coroner
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BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 2 File 5 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.

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E. H. Boys Longshoreman Being sworn states

On Saturday morning last about ½ past ten I saw two chinamen go down to the shore, get into a canoe and paddled away towards Mr. Bridges House. I watched for some time to see them as they had got clumsily into their canoe and then I went back to my work did not see them again, after a little while I saw the same canoe floating away close to the shore. At first I thought they had got out & tied the canoe but I saw it float away from the short altogether. I then thought they had gone ashore and that this canoe had floated off. I thought no more about it till the next day when I heard they were missing. I told their friends what I had seen. The chinamen seemed to be sober and not angry with each other. While getting into the canoe they nearly upset it. The canoe was very [illegible] & had a keel.

E.H. Boys Taken an oath and acknowledged this 8th day of April 1879 before me. C. N. Trew Coroner

BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 2 File 5 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.