Biography

The deceased was the first death in Niagara and is buried on the road into town as the cemetery was not surveyed until 1898. The informant of his death was WF Moore Kennnedy, chemist, of Niagara. The deceased was brought in from the Sydney Mint Claim, towards Urilla, in a very bad condition, by his mates. He was left at Worthington's Hotel and died a few days after arrival. "It did not reflect much credit on them that no further steps were taken by them, and strangers had to tend and finally bury him, nor was anything heard of them again."