A carrier who died in mid October 1886 on his way to the goldfield with two pack horses and a quantity of rations. His body was found near Dunham River some three weeks later. His purse was identified by his wife.
On November 4th, a man named Alexander Morrison, reported that while on his way from the goldfields, and when passing the Forty-mile Camp, a woman named Mrs. Peel reported to him that her husband, Thomas Peel, had left for the fields about three weeks before. Having heard that he had been drinking heavily, she went after him and found his pack horses and pack-saddles but could find no sign of her husband. She feared that he had died somewhere from the effects of drink. On November 6, a man named William Thomas Lees reported that he had found the body of a man near the Denham River. The deceased appeared to have been dead about three weeks. The body was supposed to be that of Peel. A purse containing £5 10s. in
gold and 9s in silver was found in the pocket of the deceased and handed over to the police. Mrs. Peel identified the purse as her husband's. The Government Resident held an inquiry and, after hearing the evidence, came to the conclusion that the body was that of Peel and ordered the money found upon it to be given to the widow.
