Many thanks for trying, Carmel! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmel M Reynen" <fcfibre1@bigpond.com> To: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au>; <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:18 PM Subject: Re: Another sulky accident! | Trevor | I tried a number of spellings in the inquest index etc but no luck with | Robert. I tried just Robert and the year still nothing. I tried death | indexes also without luck. Maybe they don't like sulky accidents!!! | Carmel | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> | To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:57 PM | Subject: Another sulky accident! | | | >I have been following the sulky accident drama with some interest because I | > have a similar fatality and would love to find out if there were an | > inquest, | > and how I go about finding its outcome. | > | > Robert Sargeant Peters, who was in Tarnagulla and district from 1855, and | > who married Mary Jane Falder, daughter of the well-known Jonathon Falder, | > eventually took up land in South Gippsland when it was being opened up. | > | > He was killed when his buggy hit a tree stump on the night of 10th June | > 1896, in the vicinity of Bass, Vic. | > | > How do I find an inquest, if one were held? I would be grateful for any | > guidance. | > | > Trevor | > | > PS: The following news clipping is among family papers: | > | > KILLED INSTANTLY BY A CAPSIZE | > Grantville, Wednesday | > While returning from San Remo last evening, | > after giving evidence before the Railways Com- | > mittee in reference to the proposed Bass Valley | > line, Mr R,S, Peters, while driving with Mr | > P. Baker, home through Mr Anderson's pad- | > dock, met with a fatal accident. The buggy | > capsized over a stump, killing Mr Peters, whose | > neck was broken in the fall, instantly. Mr | > Baker escaped with a slight injury to his back. | > The deceased had been a resident of Bass for 18 | > years, and was much respected. | > - Publication and date, | > not known. | > | > | > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== | > Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic. | > | > |