Charlotte Winifred Evans

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737/1854 V1854737 71 no dist. - EVANS Charlotte - William & Mary V1854737 71/1854 LO Dist. - R.C. Goulburn - EVANS Charlotte - William & Mary

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Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) Saturday 20 August 1892, page 4, Article. -  Cite: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98474703  AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH MR. HAROLD O'Brien, the Goulburn coroner, held a magisterial inquiry yesterday morning at the residence of Mr. John Balgowan, Faithfull-street, touching the death of Charlotte Winifred Balgowan, who died suddenly on Thursday evening. William Arthur Evans deposed: I am employed at the railway ; I am brother of the deceased; she was born in Goulburn and was 38 years of age ; she was married to John Balgowan, of the Fish River, grazier ; she has left three children; she has always for 17 or 18 years complained of her chest and Dr. Morton said her heart was weak. To the police : My sister was of steady habits as far as I know ; the reason that she came to live in Goulburn was that her husband was selling the place, but the bargain was not completed; the deceased and her husband lived on good terms; he intended coming to Goulburn when he sold the place ; I heard my sister had been laid up ; I came round yesterday morning and asked the little girl how her mother was and she said she was much better. Catherine Costello deposed: I am the wife of James Costello, of Goulburn, labourer ; I have known the deceased for the last 15 years ; I think she has been living in Goulburn for about three months ; I have only known her to complain of her lungs and bad breathing lately ; I last saw her alive last Wednesday night ; she was then ailing and was in bed ; I changed her and left her comfortable for the night ; she complained of weakness ; I was called about a quarter to 4 yesterday afternoon and told that she was very ill ; I came up immediately, opened the door, and found her dead on the floor ; I don't know that she was up yesterday ; a little boy, whose name I do not know, came for me. To the police : Dr. Hollis was at once sent for ; as far as I know deceased was a temperate woman ; on Tuesday I first knew her to be ill, and she sent for me ; she complained of pains across her chest, and was very weak and unable to sit up while I made her bed. Ann O'Neill deposed : I am the wife of Patrick O'Neill, labourer, of Goulburn ; I have known deceased about three years ; she had very good health, but complained of weakness, and said her lungs were bad ; last Tuesday I called in to see her, and she was complaining then of weakness and pains across her stomach ; I saw her yesterday morning and gave her a drink and asked her how she felt, and she said she felt better ; that was the last I saw of her alive. To the police : I never saw the sign of liquor on her. Dr. Hollis deposed : Yesterday afternoon about half-past 5 I was called to see deceased ; I found her lying upon the floor covered with a quilt ; on examination I found she was dead ; I informed her friends of the fact ; I recommended the coroner to be informed of the matter ; she was cold at the time I arrived and appeared to have been dead probably three quarters of an hour ; I did not examine the body, but I did the face, and there were no marks of violence ; I can simply conjecture the cause of death ; from what I saw and what I have heard I should say the cause of death was failure of the heart ; I never saw her before professionally. Robert McKillop, Government medical ofiicer, deposed : About three years ago I attended deceased for three or four weeks ; she was then suffering from almost incessant vomiting and fainting fits ; I believe I have only seen her once since that time, but not professionally ; I have heard the evidence given to-day, and basing my opinion on the evidence and on my knowledge of the deceased I believe the cause of death to be syncope from a weakly acting of the heart. To the police : When I saw her professionally she complained of her heart and the fainting was caused by this. In fact, she was so bad then that I thought that she was going to die. Mr. O'Brien's finding was one of death from natural causes, to wit, syncope from a weakly acting heart.