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Charles Thomson Smith Labourer being sworn
 
Charles Thomson Smith Labourer being sworn
  
I heard yesterday that two Chinamen had been drowned. I knew one of them. His name was [Illegible?].  I was near  Wm Bridges yesterday at noon, I was on the shore.  I saw an Indian named Charley. He was fishing and on his way home he found the bodies of the two Chinaman.  I saw him find them.  I went up to Bridges house and got a Chinaman who brought the more  with him when they got down to the water we put the bodies in a canoe and brought them up to the old mill where they are now lying.
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I heard yesterday that two Chinamen had been drowned. I knew one of them. His name was Louis.  I was near  Wm Bridges yesterday at noon, I was on the shore.  I saw an Indian named Charley. He was fishing and on his way home he found the bodies of the two Chinaman.  I saw him find them.  I went up to Bridges house and got a Chinaman who brought the more  with him when they got down to the water we put the bodies in a canoe and brought them up to the old mill where they are now lying.
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Charles Thompson  His Mark X
 
Charles Thompson  His Mark X
  
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C. N. Trew  
 
C. N. Trew  
 
Coroner
 
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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Charles Thomson Smith Labourer being sworn

I heard yesterday that two Chinamen had been drowned. I knew one of them. His name was Louis. I was near Wm Bridges yesterday at noon, I was on the shore. I saw an Indian named Charley. He was fishing and on his way home he found the bodies of the two Chinaman. I saw him find them. I went up to Bridges house and got a Chinaman who brought the more with him when they got down to the water we put the bodies in a canoe and brought them up to the old mill where they are now lying.

Charles Thompson His Mark X

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.