GRG 1/44 Police reports to the Coroner...GPO Box 464 Adelaide SA 5001 Tel (+61 8) 8204 8791 Fax (+61...
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GPO Box 464 Adelaide SA 5001 Tel (+61 8) 8204 8791 Fax (+61 8) 8260 6133 DX:336 [email protected] www.archives.sa.gov.au Special List GRG 1/44 Police reports to the Coroner Series Description These reports were compiled by police officers and forwarded to the City Coroner. Information includes, in some cases: name, age, former address and occupation of the deceased; date, place and circumstances of death; relatives of deceased person, name of witnesses, name of police officer and date of report. Includes reports on the deaths of patients at Parkside and Adelaide Lunatic Asylums. Until the 1960s they relate only to deaths and fires in the Adelaide Metropolitan area. Series date range 1879 – 1982 Agency responsible State Coroner’s Office Access Determination Records open after 50 years Contents Index of police reports to the City Coroner for 1929. Arranged by year of report being filed, then by surname or keyword. Each report has its own annual single number. 2 December 2015 Police Reports to the Coroner from 1879 to 1910 are indexed by Jill Statton's South Australian Record Series volumes 1 and 2 - available in our Research Centre.
Transcript of GRG 1/44 Police reports to the Coroner...GPO Box 464 Adelaide SA 5001 Tel (+61 8) 8204 8791 Fax (+61...
GPO Box 464 Adelaide SA 5001 Tel (+61 8) 8204 8791 Fax (+61 8) 8260 6133 DX:336 [email protected] www.archives.sa.gov.au
Special List GRG 1/44 Police reports to the Coroner
Series Description
These reports were compiled by police officers and forwarded to the City Coroner.
Information includes, in some cases: name, age, former address and occupation of the deceased; date, place and circumstances of death; relatives of deceased person, name of witnesses, name of police officer and date of report.
Includes reports on the deaths of patients at Parkside and Adelaide Lunatic Asylums.
Until the 1960s they relate only to deaths and fires in the Adelaide Metropolitan area.
Series date range 1879 – 1982
Agency responsible
State Coroner’s Office
Access Determination
Records open after 50 years
Contents Index of police reports to the City Coroner for 1929.
Arranged by year of report being filed, then by surname or keyword. Each report has its own annual single number.
2 December 2015
Police Reports to the Coroner from 1879 to 1910 are indexed by Jill Statton's South Australian Record Series volumes 1 and 2 - available in our Research Centre.
POLICE REPORTS
TO THE
CORONER
1929
GRG 1/44
ABBOTT, Matilda Jane ACKLAND, Job ADDISON, Sarah ADELAIDE, Flinders St (Fire) ADELAIDE, South Tee ADELAIDE, Cnr Wyatt & Pirie St (Fire) ADELAIDE, Wright St & West Tee (Fire) ADELAIDE, Cnr Hanson & Wakefield St (Fire) ADELAIDE, Hindley St (Fire) ADELAIDE, Flinders St (Fire) ADELAIDE, Victoria Sq (Fire) ADELAIDE, King William St (Fire) ADELAIDE, Glen Osmond Rd ADELAIDE, Rundle St (Fire) AHHEE, Katherine AIKEN, Jean Wilhelmina AITKEN, Allan James ALBERT PARK, Botting St (Fire) ALBERTON, Durham Tee (Fire) ALBERTON, Melbourne Place (Fire) ALBERTON, Port Rd (Fire) ALBERTS, William Herman ALDRIDGE, Richard John Henry ALLEN, William Woon ALLENBY GARDENS, Birdwood Ave (Fire) ALLNUTT, William Augustus ANDERSON, Flora May ANKOR, Melville Clarence ANNIS, Cyril APPLETON, Ethel May (also known as COULTER) ARNOLD, Thomas ASCOT PARK, Audrey st ASHFORD, Syme St (Fire)
BADE, Joseph BAILY, Henry Herbert BAKER, Annie Christina BAKER, Eldred BAKER, Frederick BALOCH, Braham BANNAN, James BARNEY, William BECK, Lancelot Henry BELL, Duncan Gordon BENNETT, Ernest Phillip BENZIE, Henry BERGSTROM, Anshelm BETHUNE, Charles Forrester BEVAN, David Leslie BIRCHMORE, George Alfred BIRKALLA, Adelaide Polo Club (Fire) BIRKENHEAD, Walker St (Fire) BIRKENHEAD, Elder Rd (Fire)
581 352 486 211 45 42 375· 92 203 210 43 226 589 601 477 481 263 154 99 344 453 47 216 191 464 387 98 63 496 277 437 220 112
327 136 318 504 347 178 415 219 587 388 414 300 261 254 8 80 522 557 185
BIRKS, Leslie Napier BISHOP, Claude Harold BLACK FOREST, Forest Ave (Fire) BLOCK, William Frederick BLYTH, Sarah Louisa BONE, Grace Jenkin BOOTSMAN, Harry BORNARD, Henry BOUNDY, Richard BOURN, Alfred BOURNE, Joseph Henry BOWDEN, 13th St (Fire) BOWRON, Frederick John BOYD, Violet Ann BREW, Jonathon BRIANT, Benjamin BRIGHTON, Brighton Rd (Fire) BROAD, Alfred Scott BROADHURST, Emily BROMPTON {Fire) BROMPTON, 133 Coglin St (Fire) BRONSON, Hurtle George BROOKLYN PARK, Marion Rd (Fire) BROOKS, Elsie Olive BROWN, Elizabeth Jane BRUCE, Arthur William BURGAN, Isaac BURNSIDE (fire) BURKE, Michael Henry BURTON, William Roland
349 408 602 424 491 271 34 83 436 433 428 509 107 25 241 220 184 234 445 115 391 488 475 599 610 353 23 127 594 239
CARR, Maude Harriett 348 CARNEMOLLA, Francisco 108 CALLAWAY, Frank 526 CAMERON, Jessie 30 CAPPER, Walter Reginald 189 CARR, Frederick 540 CARR, Maude Harriett 348 CARROLL, Henry John 358 CARROLL, Lawrence Ivren 12 CHAMBERS, Walter Edward 341 CHANDLER, Ernest Albert 37 CHANNON, John William 615 CHANT, Frank Albert 194 CHELTENHAM GARDENS (Fire) 235 CLOHESSY, Johanna 385 COCK, Bruce 461 COLLEGE PARK, Belgrave Tee (Fire) 157 COLLINS, Joseph 482 COLINSWOOD, Darcey St (Fire) 68 COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS (Fire) 312 COLONEL LIGHT GARDENS, Salisbury Crescent (Fire) 571 CONDELL, Walter 516 COOMBES, Edward Rowden 590 COOPER, Edith 333
COOPER, John Rciahrd COPE, Mary Jane COPELAND, Ethel May CORRELL, Verna Ruby COSTELLO, Hellen COTTERELL, Sophia Stella COULTER, Ethel May (also known as APPLETON) cox, Walter Raymond CRABB, Jacob CROSS, Ronald Osmond CROWE, Lancelott McDermott CROYDON, Government Rd (Fire) CROYDON, Elizabeth St (Fire) CUMMINGS, Margaret CUNNINGHAM, H C CURTIS, Joseph·
265 423 248 593 73 403 277 419 310 450 455 213 288 536 218 558
DAFF, Annie 316 DAVIDSON, Charles Glover 370 DAVIES, Adolphus 478 DAWE, Annie 456 DeHAUTPICK, Eugene 215 DELLOW, Allan (known as Paulson, Allan Henry) 559 DENNIS, William Harold 46 DEPELLETT, Harry Rodgett 131 DE SIZE, Catherine 448 DEVINE, Joseph 232 DIXON, James 529 DOHERTY, Florence Elizabeth 32 DOLEY, Samuel Edmund 114 DOYLE, Frank 467 DROGEMULLER, Ernest F W 266 DRY CREEK, Magazine Rd (Fire) 7 DRY CREEK, Grand Junction Rd (Fire) 151 DRY CREEK, Grand Jnuction Rd (Fire) 152 DUFFIELD, Laura Henrietta 257 DULWICH, swift Ave (Fire) 398 DULWICH, Greenhill Rd/Victoria Ave (Fire) 503 DUNCAN, Robert 173 DUNN, Herbert George 325 DURNELL, Henry George 174 DUTTON, Harold 476 DELLOW, Allan 559 DOHNT, Walter Ralph 566 DODS, Agnes 623
EARL, Joseph EAST GLENELG, Adelaide Rd EAST PARKLANDS (Fire) EAST, William EDWARDS, Joseph Wendon (infant son of) EDWARDSTOWN, Smith St (Fire)
292 392 206 546 354 86
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EDWARDSTOWN, South Rd (Fire) EDWARDSTOWN, South Rd (Fire) EDWARDSTOWN, Cross Rds (Fire) EDWARDSTOWN, Dawes Rd (Fire) ELLICOCK, Albert ELLIS, Walter EMERY, James Marshall EMES, Andrew EVANS, Richard Augustins
FAIRLIE, William Thomas FEELY, Edwin Andrew FIDLER, Walter 5TH CREEK, Montacute Rd (Fire) FLINT, Beatrice FLOOD, Mary FLOOD, Thomas Marwood FORBES, Helen Esther FOREMAN, Elsa FORESTVILLE, Charles St (Fire) FORREST, J,ohn Stoker FORSTER, Frederick Chamberlain FOULIS, William FOWLER, Alfred Samuel FRANCIS, Honora FREUDENBERG, Elizabeth Annette FRITSCH, Julia FROHLICH, Vida Ethel May FROST, Phyllis Jean
GARDNER, Robert GATTORNA, Emilie GEE, James Henry GIDDES, Charles GILES, Hugh GILLICK, Catherine GILLIS, John GITSHAM, Arthur Harry GLANVILLE, Tyne St GLENELG (Fire) GLENELG, High St (Fire) GLENELG, Rose St (Fire) GODDEN, Emily Alice GODKIN, John GOµLEY, Zacariah GOOD, E C - Motor cycle (Fire) GOODWOOD RAILWAY CROSSING (Fire) GOSS, Thomas Warren GRAINGER, Henry GRANTHAM, Gregory George GREEN, Ernest Philip GREEN, George
525 611 525 588 592 6 521 195 237
166 383 533 14 367 435 427 404 283 11 116 394 465 145 429 48 163 469 377
210 357 569 524 439 61 259 613 535 153 315 380 165 133 369 520 306 512 207 471 409 603
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GRIFFITH, Henry GROSE, Mary Hannah GUBBINS, George Francis GUPPY, Matilda Caroline
HACKER, Stanley George HACKNEY, Hackney Rd (Fire) HAGAN, Annie Innis HALES, Alice HALEY, William Edward HANCOCK, Albert Edward HANN, Charles Emanuel HANN, Hugh HARCUS, Frank Oliver HARRIS, Edward Frederick HARROLD, Douglas Henry HARVEY, Sarah Ann HASKETT, Alice May HASKETT, John HASKETT, William Henry HAWTHORN, Denning St (Fire) HAYNES, James Crofts HAYWARD, Thomas Charles Hartley HEARD, Andrew HEARD, Margaret HEASLES, matilda HEDGER, Henry Hinton HEEREN, Henry William HEITHERSAY, William , HEMSLEY, George HENLEY BEACH, Seaview Rd (Fire) HENLEY BEACH SOUTH (Fire) HEARD, Margaret HERMY, Felix HERZOG, Alfred Arno Bruno HICKS, Ivan Leonard HILTON, Rowland Rd (Fire) HINDMARSH, Manton St (Fire) HOBBS, George William HOBCROFT, John HOLMAN, John McLennan HOLTHOUSE, Jessie
· HORSNELLS GULLY, Third Creek (Fire) HUBNER, Edgar Arnold Erwin HUDSON, Sydney George HUGHES, Hugh Meredydd HUGHES, John Walter HUGHES, Mercy HUNTER, Emma HYDE PARK, King William Rd (Fire)
38 171 441 142
591 287 554 230 340 425 361 28 538 574 309 78 161 246 204 541 260 376 313 547 365 499 17 59 205 156 612 547 280 495 200 138 296 484 209 158 149 188 88 447 343 513 77 501 243
IKEYAMA, Nakashichi ILES, Maud INGHAM, Arthur ISAACSON, Edna May j:Zd (Fire) ISLINGTON, Islington
JACOB, Max Grant JACOBSEN, Emil JAESCHKE, bertha JANTKE, Laura Edna JARRETT, Grace JEFFRIES, Mary JESSEP, Agnes JEWASKIEWITZ, jane JOHNS, James JOHNSON, Alfred JOHNSON, Joseph JOHNSTON, Arthur JONES, Frank JONES, Harry Hinwood JONES, Herbert Thoma~ JONES, Marion Eliza JONES, Sydney ) JOSLIN, 4th Ave (Fire
KEENE, Ethel Mary KEHOE, John KELLY, Johanna (Fire) KELMSCOTT, Leader St KENDALL, Thomas KENNEDY, John Williafo~ of Lilian Bridget) KENNEDY (female infa~Gt (Fire) KENSINGTON, MaesburY (Fire) KENT TOWN, Rundle St KERMEEN, John Willia~~nt KERRIDGE, George our KESTER, Ellen ~ilkenny Rds (Fire) KILKENNY, Cnr Port ~o (Fire) KILKENNY, Kilkenny Fois Mary KIRKWOOD, Winnie Glave (Fire) KNOXVILLE, Ashmore ~¢vrray KRETSCHMER, Malcolm
LACK, Henry ~ncis LA FOLLEY, William f~ LAMPIT, Alfred Artb~ LANG, Ellen LANGHAM, Jennie
140 473 505 604 33
440 413 366 82 523 519 444 549 371 198 255 321 518 55 328 443 434 271
502 36 18 93 537 44 390 267 460 155 126 379 20 320 214 617 253
39 463 252 247 22
LANGSFORD, John Harold LAWLER, Peter Vincent LAYTON, Norman Stanley LEE, Frederick James LEE, Robert LEE, Sidney Ronald LEONARD, Coleman LESLIE, Ruby Violet L'ESTAGE, Elizabeth LEWIS, Esther Alice Louisa LINE, Albert George LONG, Anchen Marie LONGBOTTOM, Laura Matilda LONGHURST, George Frederick LOONEY, William Henry LORIMER, Charles Arthur LOVELOCK, Thomas Glass LUCAS, Daniel LUCAS, Christian James LUDERS, Adolph Carl LUKE, Ernest Henry LUSHER, George
MACGEORGE, Mary MACK, Edward MADDEN, Michael MAINS, George MALVERN, Wattle st (Fire) MANIFOLD, Alfred Albert MANN, Emille Ernest MARION, Finniss St (Fire) MAKRS, George William MARKS, William Richard MARSDEN, Herbert Leslie MARSHALL, Gertrude Carne MARTIN, Catherine Alice Emily MASON, Charles MATTHEW, Margaret MATTHEWS, Richard James MAYER, Annie Adelaide MAYES, Charles MAYFIELD, Julia Mary May MAYFIELD, Royston James McCANN, James Patrick McCARTHY, Amy McDERMOTT, Archibald McGEE, Laurence Joseph McGUIRE, Grace McKAY, Allen McKECHNIE, Robert Donald McKELLAR, William McKENZIE, Archibald Douglas McLEOD, George Kimberley McMAHON, Keith
49 221 311 67 240 498
,449 282 301 372 490 212 528 295 53 109 364 298 586 111 2 169
231 618 229 268 412 608 294 317 10 125 307 124 562 551 110 117 303 118 514 515 552 89 378 396 278 399 281 193 181 619 103
McMAHON, Thamar Louise McMANES, Herbert Charles McMILLAN, Alexander Douglas McMINN, Mary Francis McNAMARA, William McSWEENEY, kathleen MEDWELL, Ernest William MICHELL, Francis Albert Bluett MILE END, Railway Tee (Fire) MILES, Harry Robert Thompson MILLS, Henry Stanley MINCHENBERG, John William MITCHAM PARK, Kingston Ave (Fire) MOIR, William George MOLLER, Johanna Caroline Emma MOODY, Patrick Thomas MOORE, Clarence Leonard MORIARTY, Timothy MORONEY, Mary MUCKRAY, Verna MUDIE, Margaret MULDOON, Elsie Myrtle MULLAMPHY, D'Arcy MULLAN, Frederick MUNRO (Infant of Flora Isabel Mary) MURDOCK, Edith Jane MURPHY, James Joseph MURPHY, Lois Muriel
NAMEE, Lurinda Vivian NEALE, William NEVILLE, William Sweeting NEW KINGSTON, Oxford St (Fire) NICHOLLS, Em1lla NICHOLLS, George Austin NIXON, Lucy NOBLE, Albert Isaac NORRIE, Frank Brodie NORTH KENSINGTON, Yeronga Ave (Fire) NORTH UNLEY, Palmerston Rd NORTON SUMMIT ROAD (Fire) NORWOOD, Cypress St (Fire) NORWOOD, Woods Lane (Fire) NORWOOD, Queens St (Fire)
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OATES, Thomas Carpenter Trouson O'DEA, Mary Agnes OERMAN, Albert Maxwell Roy OFFLER, George O'NEIL, Rose May O'NEILL, Thomas James
180 224 208 583 510 27 400 227 24 197 223 279 270 563 411 91 19 607 284 621 175 373 479 431 134 275 597 579
322 543 550 56'5 459 561 335 453 345 356 238 534 96 442
50 614 249 420 532 576
ORCHARD, Edward O'SHAUGHNESSY, Agnes
79 302
PACKER, Ellen 3 PARKIN, Maria 123 PARKS, William Robert 233 PARKSIDE, Maud St (Fire) 35 PARNELL, John Bowman 113 PARSONS, William Edward 374 PASCOE, Elizabeth Jane 548 PAUL, Bruce Francis 620 PAULSON, Allan Henry (known as Dellow, Allan) 559 PEARSON, Elizabeth Louisa 564 PECKHAM, Hallett Av (Fire) 584 FEDLER, Pearl Elizabeth 222 PEEBLES, William James 291 PENNINGTON, Torrens Rd (Fire) 472 PENWILL, Esme Vergette 418 PETERHEAD, Fletcher Rd (Fire) 497 PETERSON, John Joseph 135 PHILLIPS, Martha Ellen 225 PLYMPTON, Anzac Highway (Fire) 137 POLK, Enoch 251 POLLITTA, Robert 368 POOLE, Kate Annie 405 POPE, James Alfred 242 PORT ADELAIDE, No 1 Quay (Fire) 451 PORT ADELAIDE, Commercial St (Fire) 13 PORT ADELAIDE, Commercial Rd (Fire) 90 PORTEOUS, Andrew Mackay 168 POTTER, Henry 100 PRICE, John 363 PROSPECT, Lower North Rd (Fire) 5 PROSPECT, Fitzroy Tee (Fire) 572 PROSPECT, Elizabeth St (Fire) 616 PROSSER, Henry Clifton 293
QUEENSTOWN, Dixon St (Fire)
RANDELL, Florence Ann RANDLES, Doreen Vivian RANSLES, Geoffrey RAY, Robert Daniel REID, Charles REIMAN, Franz RHAM, Basanta RICHARDSON, Harriet RIDGWAY, Ralph Walter
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258 457 458 410 381 71 314 236 339
RIEBE, Rebecca RIO, Janette Emily RIX, Claude Glanville ROBERTS, John Frederick ROBERTS, Martha RODGERS, Alfred John ROLLS, Georgina Alberta ROSE, Hermanda ROSE PARK, Hewitt Ave (Fire) ROSEFIELD, Milne St ROSEWATER, Junction Rd ROW, James ROWETT, Edwin James ROWLAND, Thomas F J RUDLANDS, Albert Edwin RUMMINS, John Thomas
SANDERY, Philip SCHRODER, Una May SCORSE, Elizabeth SEAGRIN, Edward Thomas Christopher SECOND CREEK, Old Greenhill Rd (Fire) SEEHUS, Saren B SEMAPHORE, Semaphore Rd (Fire) SHEEDY, Edward Aloysius SHEIL, John SHEPHERD, George SHERRY, Cornelius SHIELDS, John SHIELS, Ellen Alexandrina SHINNERS, William Victor SHIRAHAMA, Taraichi SHORT, Mary SING, William Francis SLADE, Eliza Jane SLEEP, Stephen SMITH, Mary Jane SMYTHE, Charles SNELL, Annie Maria SOUTHWARK, Light Terrace (Fire) SPARKS, James ST LEONARDS, Alison St (Fire) ST LEONARDS, Osmond St (Fire) STEPHENS, Alan Joseph STEPHENS, Arthur Francis STEVENS, Martha STEVENS, Thomas STOBA, James STOEKEL, Arthur Rudolph Wilhelm STOEKEL, LFRED STUTLEY, Hedley John SULLIVAN, Albert SULLIVAN, Francis Xavier SULLIVAN, Percy
122 489 141 56 605 389 568 21 41 250 500 269 416 330 182 517
452 58 147 585 256 386 3 359 382 430 539 575 553 286 150 192 470 104 397 336 276 143 186 422 262 531 105 60 606 290 264 511 570 164 580 170 421
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TAVERNER, Maria TAYLOR, Jane TELLING, Mary Elizabeth Sophia TERRELL, Anna TESONE, Fiore THEBARTON, Austral Sheet Metal Works THIRD CREEK, Horsnells Gully (Fire) THOMAS, Frederick Booth THOMAS, Rachel TILKA, Gustav TOORAK, Grant,Ave (Fire) TOORAK GARDENS, Bolingbroke Grove (Fire) TORRENSVILLE, Meyer St (Fire) TORRENSVILLE, Northcote St (Fire) TRATFORD, Herbert Edmond Raymond TRIGAR, Albert William TURNER, Ellen TURNER, James Benjamin TURNER, John Edmund TYLEY, Albert Arthur
UNDERWOOD, Selina
VALE, Stanley Robert VEALE, Charlotte Victoria
WALDRON, Alfred Edward WALKER, Robert WALKER, Thelma Dorothy WALL, Muriel Marie WALLACE, Thomas Edwin WALLIS, Olive Emmeline WALTERS, Charles frederick WALTERS, Hilda Ernestine WALTERS, Selina May Jane WARD, William Richard WARMAN, Arthur Henry WARMAN, James John WATERFALL GULLY (Fire) WATKINS, Frederick James WATTS, David Charles WAUCHOPE, Charlotte WAYVILLE, LeHunte St (Fire) WAYVILLE WEST, Park Tee (Fire) WEBB, Lena WEEKS, John Samuel WELLAND, Port Rd (Fire)
544 85 323 609 507 190 188 598 407 81 573 97 578 332 468 172 338 454 29 342
177
245 160
308 62 527 31 384 485 94 106 285 466 273 360 148 483 402 432 556 26 600 132 393
WEST BEACH, Rosetta Rd (Fire) WEST HINDMARSH, Jervois Ave (Fire) WESTERN, James Graves WESTON, Kate Helen WHEELER, Robert Edwin John WHITBREAD, Mary WHITFIELD, David WHITTLE, Mary Ann WILCOX, George WILKINS, John WILLIAMS, Ellen WILLIAMS, James Henry WILLIAMS, Percy Lawrence WILLIAMSON, Margaret WILLIS, Margaret WILLOUGHBY, John WILSON, Harry WINCKEL, Gilbert Lincoln WINGFIELD, Government Rd (Fire) WOOD, Mary WOODVILLE NORTH, Hanson Rd (Fire) WOODVILLE PARK, Beaufort St (Fire) WOOLCOCK, William Henry WRIGHT, H M WYLD, Howard
YATALA, Adams Place (Fire)
299 9 426 395 331 57 319 545 119 128 196 187 102 244 582 438 334 622 40 346 84 228 406 64 417
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