John Marshall et al
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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Q;- Did you talk this accident over with Mr Mitchell at all? A;- He asked me a question or two. He asked me if the car was going pretty fast.. Q;- What answers did you make to these questions? Did you answer his questions? A;- I forget. Q;- What was the name? A;- I just forget. Q;- Did you have any conversation? A;- Yes. He didn't talk much, pretty full, after he came in for retracted a while. He said I have been having some time. He began to talk lodge, some dedication s for some time; it kind of bored. Well he says before he left Ladner he had four drinks of beer. Q;- Could you hear that? A;- Yes, the answer was what I told you. Q;- He said, "He had four drinks of beer before I left Ladner," I said "They were going faster and faster that Mr Smith applied his brakes but could not stop the machine." I said, "Sure, That's correct. Had we been going five miles an hour, because of the gates it was impossible to stop after opening the bridge", You are able to say these gates were not connected on the other side? A;- Yes. Q;- Before you reached them? A;- About twenty-five feet, twenty or twenty-five feet I should say. Q;- And you replied ----- where these gates were from the draw? A;- Well, I couldn't answer the questions. Q;- Well, I think I may tell you. It has been stated here they are twenty feet six inches, that would make it forty-five feet? A;- Just a short time it was anyway. Q;- That would be forty five feet, do you mean you couldn't stop? When you say you could not stop, a man going five miles an hour in forty-five feet? A;- That is a question. Q;- What do you mean by that?