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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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Soon Mee, (Chinese), 123 Pender street east Vancouver. B.C. Sworn, said: I work in a Chinese store. The firm I work for supplied the five Chinese killed, about two weeks ago. I explained the nature of the work to them and they said they did not care. I have a copy of the rules and Lin Ho, who was killed, interpreted them to the others. Some of the men worked in the powder works at Victoria and some were green hands. I did not know them before I hired them. I do no know for certain if the rules were read to the Chinamen
[?Sour] Mal Take upon oath and acknowledged this 15th day of May 1919 before me [? ?] Coroner