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  Maytown 23rd January 1888 / Before T.C. Davies Esqre JP.\ / Inquiry into the Cause of death

No. 1
Court House
Maytown 23rd January 1888
Before T.C. Davies Esqre JP.\
Inquiry into the Cause of death
of Alfred Wright
John Carrigan being duly sworn states
I am a Stockman on Strathleven Station.
I believe the property of Mr De Salis.
Mr McWaugh is the Manager.
We were mustering down the river about
thirty miles about the Commencement of
this present month.
Mr McWaugh, Mr Wright and a little
black boy were with me.
On Tuesday morning the 10th instant Mr
McWaugh swam the Palmer River to fetch over some
rations at the Camp. The Camp was
about one mile from the head station.
He brought us over some cooked rations
in the boat. He returned back to the
Station. Mr Wright the Black boy & I went
up the Bank of the river and had a
feed then started down to the Camp.
I lit a fire and either Mr Wright or
the little black boy & [sic] put the billy on. So
I did not care stopping at the Camp
and took an axe and went down between
it and the river and started Cutting
saplings for purpose of building a temporary
dog-leg yard. I cut 8 or 10 saplings,
dragged some of them in and laid
them along the line where I was going
to put them up. Drove three forks
[in margin Commissoner of Police stamp, inside of which reads 02,110 Queensland 21 Mar. 88]