Chung Chi
As part of the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiative, we’ve digitized a small selection of inquests and inquiries from 1872 to 1934, found in series GR-0431. These were chosen to reflect the experiences of early Chinese immigrants to B.C. – their living and working conditions, and their unfortunate accidental or unusual deaths. They range from a woman working in a brothel in Barkerville who died of natural causes to three sawmill workers who died from malnutrition. Learn more.
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very height of the entrance from the main level He has a mark from about [six?] inches above his [nose?] all along down to the back part; showing that the flame came down the stall & all along that side where the mule was standing heading outwards at the mule. [?]. You will see that the flame came down the level & burnt the mule on the level. For it is impossible for a mule to go into the stalls. [No?] is an absolute certainty that the man and the mule got burnt there. This man was likely sitting on a board there, a nice comfortable seat. I can assure you, & it is because he was sitting there that he was burnt. He was sitting down, must have been sitting down, because the mule was not burnt at the top of his head. Just one place, along the side, like a high water mark. If that man had been standing, his face would not have been burnt probably. Q: Mr. Gillespie siad he met the man with the mule? A: That proves what I say. He met him immediately afterwards. The man was close to his mule & he drove him out. He was close up to him. If that man had been up the stall he would never have come out alive Q: It is marked on that map where that lamp was found? A: That lamp was found at the bottom of No. 6 Q: From that place to where Mr. Gillespie met him is how far? A: About half way. About 150 feet from where he was Gillespie travelled about. The same distance, about 145 feet which both had travelled, that is speaking roughly of course. He doesn't know where he met him, but he says he met him half way Q: You heard what Mr. [?] said about the tail end of the gas having been lit &
BC Archives GR-0431 Box 6 File 3 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.