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Coroner's Reports
of Newfoundlanders
1826 - 1878
The following is a compilation of Coroner's Reports, which were listed in the Supreme Court records, 1826 - 1878 |
Coroner's Inquests (1826 - 1878) | Newspaper | Individual | Residence | Cause of Death | Family | Other | |||
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1826 | |||||||||
Mercantile Journal - 15 March 1826 |
Johanna Power | St. John's | intoxicated | ||||||
Mercantile Journal - 15 March 1826 |
Crocker boy | Maggotty Cove | crushed by a slide of wood | ||||||
Mercantile Journal - 15 March 1826 |
Corporal Robert Sharp | St. John's | fell through the ice and was drowned | wife and four children | aged 45 years | ||||
Mercantile Journal - 6 July 1826 |
John Mabey | Trouty | cut his throat | wife and nine children | aged 40 years | ||||
Mercantile Journal 14 December 1826 |
J. Smith | St. John's | hung himself in the woods | ||||||
1828 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette - 12 February 1828 |
Samuel Skelton | St. John's | fell through the ice | ||||||
Newfoundlander - 27 February 1828 |
Thomas Power | crushed by the upsetting of his slide of wood | wife and four children | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 5 August 1828 |
George D. Ryan | St. John's | fell off wharf | ||||||
Royal Gazette - |
Thomas Byrne | St. John's | killed by stones | ||||||
1829 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace and Carbonear Weekly Journal - 26 February 1829 |
Joseph Knox | Harbour Grace | died of malnutrition | aged 16 months | |||||
Newfoundlander - 11 June 1829 |
Edward Callanan | St. John's | fell boarding vessel | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 23 June 1829 |
Robert Grace | St. John's | drowned himself in Barnes River | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 6 October 1829 |
Michael Kavanagh | St. John's | drowned himself in Quidi Vidi Pond | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 6 October 1829 |
John Hall | St. John's | visitation of God | aged 30 years | |||||
1830 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette - 26 January 1830 |
John Gladney | St. John's | fell through the ice on Windsor Lake | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 5 October 1830 |
Patrick Power | Torbay | murdered | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 16 November 1830 |
Nicholas Coleman | St. John's | drowned | ||||||
1831 | |||||||||
Newfoundlander - 18 August 1831 |
Nicholas Kennedy | Harbour Grace | fell off stage in Labrador | nephew of Thomas Foley | |||||
1832 | |||||||||
Supreme Court - 22 December 1832 |
Timothy O'Rourke | Holyrood | killed by John Hennessey | brother Michael Rourke | |||||
1833 | |||||||||
Patriot - 15 July 1833 |
Robert Crocker Bray | Harbour Grace | murdered with his infant son Samuel, and servant Ellen Coombs, aged 25 years | wife Sarah | aged 58 years, school master | ||||
Newfoundlander - 12 September 1833 |
John Snow | Port de Grave | murdered on his stage head | wife Catherine and 7 children | planter | ||||
1834 | |||||||||
Patriot - 16 September 1834 |
William Bearns | St. John's | murdered and body thrown in Quidi Vidi lake | aged 39 years shoe maker | |||||
Star - 12 November 1834 |
George Pynn | washed overboard | wife and for children | ||||||
1835 | |||||||||
Patriot - 25 August 1835 |
newborn Whelan | Job's Cove | murdered | mother Mary Whelan | |||||
Patriot - 29 September 1835 |
William O'Reagan | St. John's | killed while rescuing a child from a fire | ||||||
1836 | |||||||||
Patriot - 17 September 1836 |
William Sheilds | Cape Spear | exploding gun | wife and two children | a native of Edinburgh | ||||
1837 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette - 10 January 1837 |
Martin or Michael Cormick | St. John's | drowned | ||||||
Royal Gazette - 0 January 1837 |
Jeffrey Keating | St. John's | visitation of God | wife Mary and child | |||||
Royal Gazette - 3 October 1837 |
William Picker | St. John's | drowned | wife Susanna | storekeeper, aged 44 years | ||||
1838 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 28 August 1838 |
Thomas O'Connor | drowned inebriated | |||||||
Star 5 September 1838 |
Edward Dalton | St. John's | teething | aged 12 months | |||||
1839 | |||||||||
Newfoundlander 16 May 1839 |
Charles Newhook | Trinity | fell on deck of vessel | shipbuilder | |||||
Carbonear Sentinel - 21 May 1839 |
Thomas Oates | St. John's | murdered by James Devereaux and John Murphy | fisherman | |||||
Carbonear Sentinel - 21 May 1839 |
Margaret Walsh, widow | St. John's | murdered by Mr. Byrne while milking her goat | ||||||
Star 23 October 1839 |
Dennis Callaghan | Carbonear | killed by Thomas Nowlan | ||||||
Newfoundlander - 5 December 1839 |
Ann Purcell | Portugal Cove | visitation of God | wife of John Purcell | |||||
1840 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 21 January 1840 |
John Chapman | St. John's | struck in the head by a gun | wife and seven children | |||||
Supreme Court - 25 July 1840 |
Richard Rogers | sailor on the vessel Jane Elizabeth | fell into the water of St. Johns harbour | a native of Modbury, Devon | aged 26 years | ||||
Star 19 August 1840 |
William Penny | Carbonear | tossed overboard | son of Clement Penny | aged 24 years | ||||
Carbonear Sentinel - 22 October 1840 |
John Hogan | Southside, Carbonear | drowned | father Daniel Hogan | |||||
Supreme Court - 2 December 1840 |
Michael Hickey | Duckworth Street | visitation of God | ||||||
1841 | |||||||||
Newfoundlaner 11 March 1841 |
Jeffrey Lennard | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes | aged 3 years | |||||
Newfoundlander 6 May 1841 |
John/James Norman | Brigus | gun exploded | aged 75 years | |||||
Royal Gazette 13 July 1841 |
Thomas Saxby | St. John's | apoplexy | superintendent, Newfoundland Society schools, aged 36 years | |||||
1842 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 25 January 1842 |
infant Sears | barracks, Signal Hill | suffocated by smoke | father Robert Sears, RA | |||||
Royal Gazette 25 January 1842 |
James Dulhanty | St. John's | attack of coughing | ||||||
Royal Gazette 19 April 1842 |
John Gadis | St. John's ? | lost in a snowstorm on the way to Grates Cove | ||||||
1843 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 25 April 1843 |
Margaret Walsh | Twenty Mile Pond, St. John's | exhaustion and old age | wife of Martin | |||||
Carbonear Sentinel - 9 November 1843 |
Alexander Lang | Carbonear? | drowned at Labrador, 4th September | ||||||
Carbonear Sentinel - 9 November 1843 |
Henry Thistle | Carbonear? | died at Labrador, 4th October | ||||||
1844 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 6 February 1844 |
Dr. William Hanrahan | Carbonear | died of exposure on 27 January 1844 | wife and several children | a native of New Ross, Wexford, Ireland, aged 52 years | ||||
Royal Gazette 13 February 1844 |
Michael Brine | Riverhead, St. John's | crushed by his slide of wood | aged 16 years | |||||
Royal Gazette 19 March 1844 |
James Fleming | St. John's | clothing caught fire | aged 2 years | |||||
Royal Gazette 19 March 1844 |
Scanlan boy | St. John's | drowned at Riverhead | widowed mother | |||||
Royal Gazette 16 April 1844 |
James Binkley | behind Fort William St. John's | clothing caught fire | David Binkley | aged 18 months | ||||
Royal Gazette 12 November 1844 |
John Boyle | St. John's | drowned near Gill's wharf | ||||||
Star 5 December 1844 |
John Hayes | Brigus | drowned | aged 40 years | |||||
1845 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 21 January 1845 |
John, Mansell, James, and Samuel Mercer | Bay Roberts | died of exposure in a boat near Broad Cove Point | ||||||
Royal Gazette 11 February 1845 |
Mary Fitzgerald | St. John's | natural causes | ||||||
Patriot 19 March 1845 |
Tabitha Rogers | Burnt Point | fell in well | resided with her elderly grandparents | aged 11 years | ||||
Patriot 19 March 1845 |
Mary Hogan | St. John's | crushed by a slide load of longers | aged 13 years | |||||
Royal Gazette 6 May 1845 |
George Burge | St. John's | drowned | a native of Bridport | aged 23 years | ||||
Royal Gazette 5 August 1845 |
Richard Walsh | Quidi Vidi | drowned | wife and seven children | fisherman | ||||
Herald 14 May 1845 |
Thomas Greeley | Island Cove | died at sea | aged 21 years | |||||
Newfoundlander 22 September 1845 |
John Hartery | St. John's | fell from the jib boom | aged 22 years | |||||
Herald 18 June 1845 |
William Bussey | Lower Island Cove | fell from Baccalieu cliff | wife and two children | |||||
Herald 3 September 1845 |
Hannah Noseworthy | Harbour Grace | visitation by God | wife of Alfred Noseworthy | aged 28 years | ||||
Royal Gazette 11 November 1845 |
Robert A. Bellows | Greenspond | apoplexy | wife and eight children | aged 42 years | ||||
Courier 10 January 1846 |
Richard Dalton | Portugal Cove Road | epileptic fit | servant of Thomas Cook | aged 26 years | ||||
1846 | |||||||||
Newfoundlander 19 February 1846 |
John Mitchell | St. John's | apoplexy | ||||||
Newfoundlander 9 March 1846 |
James Day | St. John's | fell through the ice | aged 20 years | |||||
Herald 25 March 1846 |
William McLean | Spaniards Bay | fell through the ice | aged 21 years | |||||
Courier 1 April 1846 |
John McLoughlin | St. John's | collapsed at Riverhead, St. Mary's | wife Ellen | trader | ||||
Herald 29 April 1846 |
William Pilgrim | Carbonear | accidentally shot | ||||||
Mercury - 19 May 1846 |
French child | Southside, Carbonear | drowned in well | aged 3 years | |||||
Mercury - 16 June 1846 |
the son of John Pike | Carbonear ? | drowned in well | aged 2 years | |||||
Newfoundlander 30 July 1846 |
Henry Winsor | Quidi Vidi | drowned in a squall | ||||||
Herald 19 August 1846 |
David Ryan | Harbour Grace | heart disease | a native of Ireland | |||||
Herald 19 August 1846 |
Mary Jane Reed | Carbonear | clothes caught on fire | child of James & Mary Reed | aged 5 years | ||||
Courier 23 September 1846 |
Catherine and John Duggan | St. John's | killed by the collapse of the Native's Hall | ||||||
Courier 23 September 1846 |
Patrick Kelly | Petty Harbour | collapse of stage during the gale | ||||||
Mercury - 15 October 1846 |
George Mills | Carbonear | drowned at Labrador | son of Samuel Mills | aged 20 years | ||||
Courier 31 October 1846 |
Michael Morrissy | St. John's | murdered by Timothy Ryan | sisters Winifred and Margaret; brother Thomas | a native of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland | ||||
Newfoundlander 2 November 1846 |
John Murphy | Placentia | fire on vessel | ||||||
1847 | |||||||||
Herald 10 February 1847 |
Denis Connell | Harbour Grace | crushed by a slide load of wood | son-in-law | a native of Co. Kerry, Ireland, aged 76 years | ||||
Herald 10 February 1847 |
Timothy Ryan | Harbour Grace | liver disease | died in the gaol in St. John's | |||||
Herald 21 April 1847 |
John Noel | Hr. Rock Hill, Carbonear | schooner hit an ice pan | wife and five children | aged 49 years | ||||
Courier 21 April 1847 |
James Keefe's son | near King's Bridge Road, St. John's | accidental burns | aged 5 years | |||||
1848 | |||||||||
Herald 7 June 1848 |
Anastasia Brewer | Riverhead, St. John's | drank a glass of rum | aged 3 years | |||||
Herald 7 June 1848 |
Michael Fitzgerald | St. John's | excessive drink | ||||||
Courier 24 June 1848 |
Catherine Kelly | St. John's | exhaustion and old age | husband and daughter | |||||
Courier 1 July 1848 |
Thomas Cook | near Fort Townsend, St. John's | old age | farmer | |||||
Courier 1 July 1848 |
Michael Reardon | near Meeting House Hill, St. John's | disease of the heart | cooper | |||||
Courier 22 July 1848 |
George Baird | near King's Bridge Road, St. John's | obstruction of the bowels | ||||||
Courier 22 July 1848 |
Kenneth John McLea | Water Street, St. John's | drowned while in pleasure boat | son of Kenneth McLea, Esq., of Greenock, and Elizabeth Brine | aged 18 years | ||||
Herald 23 August 1848 |
Robert Jackman | Kings Cove ? | fell off wharf | aged 70 years a native of Co. Carlow | |||||
Courier 7 September 1848 |
Thomas Broderick | the marsh, St. John's | crushed while building of the Colonial Building | ||||||
Herald 1 November 1848 |
Martin Power Jr. | Harbour Grace | drowned | ||||||
Herald 15 November 1848 |
Michael Murphy | St. John's | visitation by God | shipped to Carbonear | |||||
Herald 27 December 1848 |
William Martin | Harbour Grace | clothing caught fire | son of Stephen & Mary Martin | aged 2 years | ||||
1849 | |||||||||
Supreme Court 13 January 1849 |
Thomas Cadwell | Portugal Cove | visitation of God | ||||||
Supreme Court 20 January 1849 |
Thomas Stevens | St. John's | died of exposure | ||||||
Supreme Court 5 February 1849 |
Michael Shallow | St. John's | visitation of God | aged 52 years | |||||
Herald 21 February 1849 |
Charles Keefe | Harbour Grace | crushed by a slide of wood | brother John Keefe | |||||
Supreme Court 12 February 1849 |
Jemima Vey | Meeting House Hill | asthma | wife of Samuel Vey | aged 27 years | ||||
Supreme Court 18 February 1849 |
Honora Connick | Sudbury, Riverhead | heart disease | ||||||
Supreme Court 19 February 1849 |
Patrick Kennedy | Freshwater, St. John's | died of exposure | ||||||
Supreme Court 13 March 1849 |
William Brett | Carter's Hill | drowned from Brig Kingaloch | aged 28 years | |||||
Supreme Court 26 March 1849 |
Ambrose Fitzgerald | Portugal Cove | accidental lighting of clothes on fire | aged 3 years | |||||
Supreme Court 3 April 1849 |
Margaret Firth | Cochrane Street | apoplexy | aged 28 or32 years | |||||
Supreme Court 5 April 1849 |
Michael Flinn | above Newmans | cut his throat | ||||||
Supreme Court 7 May 1849 |
Patrick Bolan | Brazils, Riverhead | drank hot water from tea kettle | aged 8 years | |||||
Herald 16 May 1849 |
Thomas Egginton | Harbour Grace | murdered | daughter and son | |||||
Supreme Court 2 July 1849 |
William Redmond | Marsh Hill | visitation of God | seaman | |||||
Supreme Court 3 July 1849 |
Barnaby Simmons | drowned | seaman on Brig Queen | ||||||
Supreme Court 8 July 1849 |
George Allen | Topsail | fell off stage head | ||||||
Supreme Court 18 July 1849 |
Josι Fernandez | carbonic acid smoke | cook on Brig Delageneia | ||||||
Herald 1 August 1849 |
Solomon Butt | Freshwater | visitation by God | wife and six children | aged 52 years planter | ||||
Courier 8 August 1849 |
Patrick Ryan Junior | Logy Bay | strangulated hernia | ||||||
Supreme Court 17 October 1849 |
John Shea | Logy Bay | died of exposure | old man, pauper | |||||
Supreme Court 1 November 1849 |
William Doran | behind Job's cottage | visitation of God | ||||||
Supreme Court 18 November 1849 |
Patrick Scanlan | Marsh Meadow | drowned | ||||||
Supreme Court 24 November 1849 |
William Shackle | fell from topsail of Brig Cynthia | aged 18 years | ||||||
Courier 12 December 1849 |
Edward Bray | Carter's Hill, St. John's | cut his throat at J. Foley's house | wife | publican | ||||
Supreme Court 15 December 1849 |
John Tucker | Broad Cove | visitation of God | mother | a boy | ||||
1850 | |||||||||
Supreme Court 7 February 1850 |
John Rowsell | scalded to death | young boy | ||||||
Supreme Court 19 February 1850 |
Philip Brien | Court House Lane | apoplexy | old man | |||||
Supreme Court 25 February 1850 |
Mary Fahey | Carters Hill | visitation of God | ||||||
Supreme Court 5 March 1850 |
Peter McLean | Fort Townsend | apoplexy | private, RN | |||||
Supreme Court 6 March 1850 |
Abraham Harvey | Portugal Cove | overlain in bed by his mother | ||||||
Supreme Court 15 March 1850 |
Ellen Fitzpatrick | Goulds | dropped dead hauling water | ||||||
Supreme Court 19 March 1850 |
Mary Power | Carters Hill | visitation of God | ||||||
Supreme Court 4 April 1850 |
Patrick Casey | Kings Road | cut his throat | ||||||
Herald 16 January 1850 |
James Broders | Hearts Content | died of exhaustion and exposure | ||||||
Herald 16 January 1850 |
Thomas Foley | Harbour Grace | visitation by God | ||||||
Herald 6 March 1850 |
Michael Dohig | Riverhead, Harbor Grace | crushed by a load of logs | ||||||
Herald 15 May 1850 |
John Mullowney | Port de Grave ? | died at the ice in March | ||||||
Courier 12 June 1850 |
male child | Harbour Grace | murdered | mother Miriam Tryphena Churchill | |||||
Courier 13 November 1850 |
William Dalton | Mother Rix | drowned at St. Marys Harbour | brother John Dalton | fisherman | ||||
Courier 13 November 1850 |
George Davis | Little Salmonier | drowned at St. Marys Harbour | planter | |||||
Courier 27 November 1850 |
Philip Power | St. John's | drowned off brigantine Rolla | ||||||
Courier 27 November 1850 |
baby Lambert | St. John's | murdered | mother Catherine Lambert | |||||
1851 | |||||||||
Courier 11 January 1851 |
William Purcell | St. John's | visitation by God | aged 14 months | |||||
Courier 11 January 1851 |
Patrick Hayes | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes on fire | aged 4 years | |||||
Courier 11 January 1851 |
Michael Doyle | St. John's | fell off his slide | ||||||
Courier 22 January 1851 |
James Ivaney | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes | aged 5 years | |||||
Courier 22 January 1851 |
John Furlong | Riverhead, St. John's | rupture of vessel in lungs | wife Bridget and children | farmer | ||||
Courier 12 February 1851 |
John Quick and wife Elizabeth Chafe | Quidi Vidi | died of exposure and old age | both aged 72 years | |||||
Courier 26 March 1851 |
Catherine Marshall | St. John's | visitation of God | ||||||
Courier 30 April 1851 |
James Ryan | Georgetown | suicide due to poverty and illness | ||||||
Herald 28 May 1851 |
Simon Curlew | Brigus ? | found drowned | aged 30 years | |||||
Courier 31 May 1851 |
James Chidley | St. John's | drunk and died of exposure by the government shed | aged 50 years | |||||
Courier 21 June 1851 |
Mary Kelly | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes | ||||||
Herald 20 August 1851 |
Stephen Bryan | burnt in a house fire | wife and four children | ||||||
Courier 10 September 1851 |
Joseph Ryan | Upper Long Pond | visitation by God | ||||||
Courier 10 September 1851 |
John Squires | Bell Island | found drowned | ||||||
Courier 6 December 1851 |
Patrick Kennedy | St. John's | found drowned | ||||||
1852 | |||||||||
Courier 10 January 1852 |
Ellen Russell | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes | aged 7 years, buried at Belvedere | |||||
Courier 18 February 1852 |
Ann Mallard | Quidi Vidi | old age | son-in-law Matthew Morrissey | buried 14 February 1852 at Belvedere Cemetery, aged 71 years | ||||
Courier 6 March 1852 |
Margaret Moriarity | St. John's | accidentally burnt | buried 4 March 1852 at Belvedere Cemetery, aged 16 years | |||||
Herald 17 March 1852 |
Charles Sweetland | Bears Cove | accidental drowning | son of Charles Sweetland | aged 16 years | ||||
Herald 21 April 1852 |
Charles Pynn | Harbour Grace | visitation by God | ||||||
Courier 5 May 1852 |
George Strong of Perlican | Old Perlican | visitation by God | fisherman | buried at Old Perlican, aged 32 years | ||||
Courier 5 May 1852 |
Robert Andrews | Harbour Grace | shipwright, fell through hole | wife and large family | buried at Harbour Grace, aged 61 years | ||||
Courier 5 May 1852 |
James Sawyer Bowden | St. John's | accidently shot while birding | aged 16 years, a native of Totnes, Devon | |||||
Courier 12 May 1852 |
Thomas Angel | St. John's | drowned in harbour | son of Edward Angel and Ann Bidgood of Petty Harbour | aged 55 years | ||||
Courier 12 May 1852 |
Michael Carroll | injuries from shipwreck | sealer | ||||||
Courier 12 May 1852 |
William Bartlett | Brigus | accidental blow to head | sealer | |||||
Herald 12 May 1852 |
Alexander Ryan | Scilly Cove | fell from rigging | ||||||
Courier 26 June 1852 |
John Kenny | St. Mary's ? | fell out of boat and drowned | ||||||
Herald 14 July 1852 |
James Bradbury Sr. | Otterbury | crushed by stone on Kelly's Island | widow, son, and four daughters; Capt. John Stevenson, son-in-law | |||||
Patriot 30 August 1852 |
William Kenny | St. John's | drowned at Quidi Vidi Lake | survived by his wife Johanna and three children | cooper | ||||
Courier 18 September 1852 |
John Gorman | Logy Bay | epilepsy | ||||||
Courier 22 September 1852 |
Richard Jenkins | St. John's | fell off Bennett's wharf | aged 11 years | |||||
Patriot 27 December 1852 |
Bernard Jaynes | Foxtrap | died of exposure in St. John's | ||||||
1853 | |||||||||
Courier 26 January 1853 |
William Teehan at Blackhead Bay | Blackhead Bay | died of exposure walking to Blackhead | large family | William FEEHAN buried 22 January 1853, aged 65 years, at Belvedere Cemetery | ||||
Courier 16 February 1853 |
William and Ralph Mills | Petty Harbour | drowned at First Pond | sons of Thomas Tremills and Mary Hext | aged 18 years and 20 years | ||||
Courier 27 April 1853 |
Catherine Okey | St. John's | visitation | brother | |||||
Courier 4 May 1853 |
William Hammond | Bell Island | gun burst in his hand | ||||||
Courier 4 May 1853 |
Patrick Nagle | St. John's | fell off wharf and drowned | buried 2 May 1853, aged 53 years, at Belvedere Cemetery | |||||
Courier 4 May 1853 |
Patrick Bray | St. John's | struck by gate | labourer with the Board of Ordanance | buried 30 April 1853, aged 61 years, at Belvedere Cemetery | ||||
Courier 25 May 1853 |
James Hayden | Monkstown, St. John's | poisoned by essence of bitter almonds | parents | aged 9 years | ||||
Courier 3 August 1853 |
Richard Pierce | St. John's | ladder broke while painting | formerly of Brigus, aged 60 years | |||||
Courier 1 October 1853 |
Robert Noseworthy | St. John's | shot by his brother William | aged 5 years | |||||
Courier 12 October 1853 |
Jane Mullins | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes | natural child of Bridget Mullins and Dr. Spurgeon Spence | aged 3 months | ||||
Courier 26 November 1853 |
John Woodford | Harbour Main | injuries from fire | survived by his wife Mary; three children; brother William Woodford | |||||
Courier 7 December 1853 |
Bridget Boag | St. John's | apoplexy | ||||||
Courier 14 December 1853 |
Patrick Mehigan | St. John's | murdered | ||||||
1854 | |||||||||
Courier 1 February 1854 |
Michael Darey | Waterford Bridge | crushed by a slide of wood | wife and nine children | |||||
Courier 8 February 1854 |
Samuel Kingwell | St. John's | drowned | cabinetmaker | |||||
Courier 5 April 1854 |
William Layman | St. John's | apoplexy | aged 68 years | |||||
Courier 5 April 1854 |
Elizabeth Cadwell | St. John's | accidental lighting of clothes | widow | aged 75 years | ||||
1855 | |||||||||
Patriot 14 May 1855 |
Elizabeth Skelton | Bay Roberts | accidently shot by her brother John | daughter of Joseph Skelton, blacksmith | aged 2 years | ||||
Patriot 14 May 1855 |
Joseph Butt | Freshwater | visitation by God | wife | aged 55 years | ||||
Patriot 14 May 1855 |
John Dunn | Cupids | died of filth and vermin | aged 56 years | |||||
Patriot 8 October 1855 |
Dennis Summers | St. John's | stabbed in the heart behind Baine Johnson | father Patrick Summers, butcher | aged 20 years | ||||
1856 | |||||||||
Conception-Bay Man - 24 September 1856 |
Edward Smith | Spaniards Bay | drowned while boarding a boat | sailmaker | widower, aged 28 years | ||||
Conception-Bay Man - 13 November 1856 |
Hercule LeFort | St. Lawrence | struck by boom and drowned near the narrows | wife and children | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 13 November 1856 |
Josiah Perry | Catalina | tripped and fell off schooner at Harbour Grace | son of Noah Perry | born in Western Bay in 1833 | ||||
Conception-Bay Man - 19 November 1856 |
David Barry Patrick Quigley | killed by the following of a chimney | |||||||
1857 | |||||||||
Conception-Bay Man - 4 March 1857 |
John Canty | Harbour Grace | burnt to death in rooming house | planter | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 4 March 1857 |
Philip Corban | Spaniards Bay | burnt to death in rooming house in Harbour Grace | wife Jane; children: Richard (12), Mary Ann (10), James (8), Ellen (6), William (3), Catherine (8 months); brother William Corban | schooner owner | ||||
Conception-Bay Man - 4 March 1857 |
Stephen Scallon | Harbour Grace | burnt to death in rooming house | no relatives | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 4 March 1857 |
Charles Day | Old Shop | burnt to death in rooming house | fisherman | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 4 March 1857 |
Ellen Foley, infant | Harbour Grace | burnt to death in rooming house | daughter of Edmond Foley | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 28 October 1857 |
Miss Randle, serving girl | Tizzards Harbor | suspicious death | ||||||
1858 | |||||||||
Express 27 January 1858 |
William Williams | Manuels | heart attack | survived by his wife Dorcas and two children | |||||
Express 15 June 1858 |
William Churchill | Ochre Pit Cove | hung himself while drunk | school teacher | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 16 June 1858 |
Patrick Joseph Dillon | Harbour Grace | drowned in well | aged 18 months | |||||
Express 17 August 1858 |
Thomas Lynch | Kings Bridge, St. John's | affliction of the heart | ||||||
Express 21 September 1858 |
Jonas Barter | St. John's | burnt in a house fire | wife Eliza; children: Jane and George; grandsons Jonas Barter and William Jonas Barter Stabb; nephew Jonas Barter | builder | ||||
Weekly Express 21 September 1858 |
William Harrison Clarke | Southside, St. John's | drowned falling off wharf | son of Abraham Clarke | aged 3 years, 6 months | ||||
Conception-Bay Man - 13 October 1858 |
Charlotte Andrews at Hawkes Harbour | Harbour Grace | natural death | aged 20 years | |||||
Conception-Bay Man - 13 October 1858 |
Providence Chipman | Spaniards Bay | caught fire | daughter of John Chipman | infant | ||||
1859 | |||||||||
Weekly Express 24 May 1859 |
Richard Foley | St. John's | found drowned on Southside | old man | |||||
Weekly Express 24 May 1859 |
Michael Tobin | St. John's | found drowned | wife and young family | night watchman McBride & Kerr | ||||
Weekly Express 24 May 1859 |
Anastasia Raftus | St. John's | drowned in Apple Tree well | young girl | |||||
1860 | |||||||||
Supreme Court - 27 February 1860 |
William Keefe | Blackhead | hit in the head by a rock during a fight | son of John Keefe | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard 28 March 1860 |
Eliza Underhay, widow | Hearts Content | died of exposure | widow of Richard Underhay, merchant | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard 26 December 1860 |
John Murphy | Harbour Grace | died at the chapel of heart disease on 21 December | wife Ellen; daughters: Ann, wife of John Ryan; and Norah, wife of Patrick Strapp Jr (deceased); grandchildren John and Mary Murphy | a native of Co. Cork, Ireland, aged 78 years | ||||
1861 | |||||||||
Royal Gazette 10 December 1861 |
Timothy Dunn | Harbour Grace | died of wounds from a hail of stones | police constable | |||||
1862 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 5 February 1862 |
John Snow | Harbour Grace | hit his head on the ice after being hit by Terrence Butt | sister-in-law Frances Snow | aged 69 years | ||||
Harbour Grace Standard 26 March 1862 |
Henry Sheppard | Spaniards Bay | drowned | son of Francis & Ann Shepherd | aged 23 years | ||||
Supreme Court - 10 April 1862 |
William Manning | St. John's | shot stealing firewood | ||||||
1863 | |||||||||
Supreme Court - 14 May 1863 |
Jane Carew | Broad Cove, Bonavista Bay | murdered by her husband Mick Carew | brothers-in-law Edward and Maurice Carew | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard 28 October 1863 |
Mark Emberley | Harbour Grace | drowned between wharf and vessel | mate on the Brig Dolphin | |||||
1864 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 14 December 1864 |
Dennis Clance | St. John's | found drowned | elderly man | |||||
1865 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 19 April 1865 |
Robert Murphy | Carbonear Road | died of exposure | ||||||
Patriot 30 May 1865 |
Joseph Aylesbury | St. John's | suicide | aged about 60 years | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard 30 August 1865 |
William Fromage | Rose Blanche | drowned | a native of England | aged 30 years | ||||
1866 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 17 January 1866 |
Thomas Hennessey | Harbour Grace | heart disease | aged homeless man | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard 21 February 1866 |
Thomas Granfield | Harbour Grace | died of exposure | fisherman | |||||
Supreme Court - 11 November 1866 |
Thomas Newell | North River | peritonitis | son of John Newell | |||||
1867 | |||||||||
Patriot - 25 November 1867 |
Stephen Strapp | Harbour Main | drowned at Harbour Grace | son of Patrick Strapp | aged 29 years | ||||
1871 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 13 September 1871 |
Mrs. Kate Trapnell | Harbour Grace | poisoned | aged 26 years | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 29 November 1871 |
Jane Sears Geehan | Harbour Grace | heart disease or perhaps murder | husband Patrick Geehan was hung in 1872 for the murder of his brother-in-law Garrett Sears | aged about 50 years | ||||
1872 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 21 February 1872 |
James Collis | Trinity | died of injuries from a beating in St. John's | aged 36 years | |||||
Star 18 June 1872 |
John Burke | Witless Bay | drowned | aged 24 years | |||||
Star 18 June 1872 |
George Cahill | Witless Bay | drowned | aged 45 years | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 4 September 1872 |
George Smith | Upper Island Cove ? | drowned at Harbour Grace in August | ||||||
1873 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 8 January 1873 |
William Percy | Brigus ? | lost on the Magnolia near Fermeuse | brother of Stephen Percy | captain | ||||
Harbour Grace Standard 8 January 1873 |
George Newbury | Brigus | lost on the Magnolia near Fermeuse | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 8 January 1873 |
James Haberman (Haberline) | Brigus | lost on the Magnolia near Fermeuse | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 8 January 1873 |
Charles Churchill | Portugal Cove | lost on the Magnolia near Fermeuse | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard 8 January 1873 |
Stephen Hibbs | Portugal Cove | lost on the Magnolia near Fermeuse | son of Elizabeth Hibbs | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 14 May 1873 |
James Coffee | Spaniards Bay | killed during a drunken fight with Singleton | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 2 August 1873 |
Bishop | Cupids | drowned near Pouch Cove | son of William Bishop | |||||
1874 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 24 January 1874 |
William A. White | St. John's | drowned in Quidi Vidi Lake | son of Rev. William White | aged 21 years | ||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 24 January 1874 |
James Barber | St. John's | drowned in Quidi Vidi Lake | son of late Capt. Barber | aged 21 years | ||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
John Stevenson | Harbour Grace | heart attack | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
James Bartlett | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | son of captain Isaac Bartlett | married | ||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
John Rourke | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and child | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
James Walsh | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | unmarried | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Elijah Mercer | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and five children | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
John Jones | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and three children | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Edward Snow | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
John Snow | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | unmarried | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
James Snow | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and five children | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Henry Holmes | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and four children | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Isaac Kearley | Bay Roberts | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Garland Courage | Harbour Grace | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and six children | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
William Butler | Port de Grave | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and one child | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874' |
George Butler | Port de Grave | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | wife and one child | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Patrick Peddigrew | St. John's | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | unmarried | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
James Buik (or Brick) | St. John's | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | engineer, a native of Scotland | wife and five children | ||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
John Hollohan or Houlihan | Holyrood | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | unmarried | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Michael McCabe | Southern Gut | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | unmarried | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
William Hurley | Liverpool | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
Samuel Booth | Philadelphia | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | engineer | |||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 18 April 1874 |
William Reynolds | Dublin | killed in the explosion of the boiler on the S.S. Tigress | ||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 22 August 1874 |
John Clark | Upper Island Cove | natural causes | ||||||
Royal Gazette 29 December 1874 |
Azariah Miller | Twenty Mile Pond | blows to the head | married | |||||
1876 | |||||||||
Harbour Grace Standard - 24 June 1876 |
Stephen Devine | Bell Island | drowned | aged 23 years, unmarried | |||||
Terra Nova Advocate 5 August 1876 |
Mrs. Anastasia Walsh | Long Pond Road, St. John's | suicide | insane, aged 67 years | |||||
1878 | |||||||||
Patriot 22 July 1878 |
Catherine Morrissey | Hoylestown | accidently shot | husband and three children | aged 32 years |
Compiled and Contributed by Edward-Vincent Chafe (2022)
Page Revised by Craig Peterman (November 24, 2022)
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