Peter Henry Glanville

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Peter Henry Glanville was born between 1832 and 1833 at CON, ENG.
     He married Sarah Robertson in 1861 at Sydney registered, NSW, AUS, Sarah marrying as Sarah SINCLAIR, transcribed SINCL.
     He died on 21 July 1884 at Millers Point, Sydney, NSW, AUS; announced:
The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 22 July 1884
(Australia, New South Wales)

CORONER’S INQUEST
The City Coroner held an inquest at the White Hart Hotel, Lower George-street, yesterday morning, on the body of a man named Peter Glanville, who was killed whilst working on Dalton’s Wharf on Saturday morning. William Harrington Hore, carrier, residing at 188, Macquarie-street South, deposed that the deceased was his father-in-law, and was 51 years of age; he had not personal knowledge of the circumstances connected with the death of the deceased; he was a man of sober habits, and witness last saw him alive at his own residence some two or three days previous to his death; he knew at that time that the deceased was working at Dalton’s Wharf. Dr. Joseph Patrick Kealy, residing at Argyle-place, deposed that he examined the body of the deceased and found a fracture of the skull on the right side, and a wound on the head about an inch long, caused by the depressed fracture; the cause of death was fracture of the skull due to external violence. James George O’Brien, stonemason, residing at No. 16, Beaufort-street, deposed that he was employed as foreman of works at the new stores in course of erection at Dalton’s Wharf; he knew the deceased, who had been employed at the stores as foreman of a gang of men; about a quarter-past 9 o’clock on Saturday morning the deceased gave instructions to some of the labourers to turn over a stone; the dogs were fixed to the stone, and an attempt was made to hoist it with a crane, but the jib fell and struck the deceased on the head, killing him on the spot; witness ran and got a cab for the purpose of taking the deceased to the hospital, and was assisting to carry him to the cab when the doctor arrived and pronounced life to be extinct; witness afterwards examined the crane, and found that the cog-wheel had broken, thereby causing the jib to fall; he afterwards examined the broken cog, but could find no flaw in it, or anything to indicate weakness; it was very cold on Saturday morning, and he attributed the breaking of the cog to the low temperature. To a juror: The stone which the men attempted to turn over weighed about 4 tons; the lifting power of the crane was 4 or 5 tons; the chain was not broken. Similar evidence was given by a seaman named George Clark, who was employed as labourer on the works. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from injuries accidentally received through the jib of a crane falling upon him.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 2 August 1884
(Australia, New South Wales)

Deaths
GLANVILLE.—July 19. accidentally killed on Dalton’s wharf, Miller’s Point, by the breaking of a crane, Peter Henry Glanville, aged 51 years; a native of Cornwall, late of Tambaroora, Hill End, and Oxford-street, Sydney. Country papers please copy.

Other information

     Is this person 6202?
     Peter Henry Glanville immigrated before 1861 to AUS.
     On 22 January 1874 at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, NSW, AUS, William Harrington Hore married Caroline Maria Sinclair, he later appearing at the inquest of his father in law (the birth of William Harrington Hore registered Bloomsbury London England q4 1842). Caroline born 18 Oct 1849 Liverpool, NSW, AUS, a stepdaughter of Peter Glanville and a true daughter of Thomas Sinclair and Sarah Robertson who married 1849, in NSW, AUS.