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Port Gibson Herald
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi
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Coroner's inquest held on Thursday last on two unidentified bodies found in Bayou Pierre, ruled accidental drownings; one possibly James Ward from a flat-boat six weeks prior, the other a deck hand from steamer Little Yazoo drowned days later.
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An inquest was held on Thursday last, upon the bodies of two men found in the Bayou Pierre, a few miles below this town. Verdict of Jury, death by accidental drowning. The bodies had been so long in the water that they could not be recognised, but one of them was supposed to be that of an Englishman named James Ward, who fell off a flat-boat in the bayou about six weeks since. The other that of a deck hand of the steamer Little Yazoo—name unknown—who was drowned a few days afterward.
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Bayou Pierre
Event Date
Thursday Last
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verdict of jury, death by accidental drowning; two bodies found, unrecognizable after prolonged immersion
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An inquest was held on the bodies of two men found in the Bayou Pierre, a few miles below this town. One body supposed to be that of an Englishman named James Ward, who fell off a flat-boat in the bayou about six weeks since. The other that of a deck hand of the steamer Little Yazoo—name unknown—who was drowned a few days afterward.