The Capricornia, Saturday 28 September 1889
(Rockhampton, Queensland))

On Monday morning, the 16th instant, at about six o’clock, the body of Quartermaster Hawkins, H.M.’s s.s. Raven, was found in the Endeavour River, Cooktown, at No. 2 wharf, his arms firmly clasped round a cross pile, but his head immersed in the water. Life had been extinct for several hours, but no noise or call for help is ascertained to have been heard. Deceased was thirty-six years of age, and a native of Cornwall, England. He had been out enjoying the holiday, and is supposed to have tripped from the wharf while hailing a boat to get on board.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho