Wellington Coal Mine
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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was the worst injured & the most burnt of any of them. a third Chinaman named Jhu[?] Gaug was killed by mechanical injuries & was slightly burned abolut the head but not the body. the wounds on Rennie, Davie & Ah Choo were on the back of their persons.
W. Mananson Gould C.M, M.d. &c
Sworn before me at Wellington this 24th day of April 1879
Warner R Spalding
Coroner
BC Archives GR-0431 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Box 2 File 6 Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.