The Brisbane Courier, Friday 5 November 1869
(Queensland)

LOGAN AND ALBERT
November 3
An inquest was held by Mr. L. Chisholm, C.P.S., at Nerang Creek, on October 26, on the body of Richard Rowe, who was accidentally drowned in a hole in the river, while bathing, on the Sunday previous. The deceased was a native of Cornwall, and arrived in this country by the Royal Dane, so that the poor fellow came far to find so untimely an end. He was a quiet, sober young man, and has left a sad, sorrowing wife to lament his fate.

The Brisbane Courier, Friday 5 November 1869
(Queensland)

It is our painful duty to record another death, which also appears to have been accidental. Amongst the passengers by the Royal Dane was a man named Richard Rowe, who, with his wife, engaged as servants on Mr. Muir’s sugar plantation, on Nerang Creek. On the 24th ultimo Rowe left his residence, and not returning as expected by his wife, a search was made, and his clothes were found on the bank of the creek, carelessly deposited as if removed to have a bathe. The body was found in the creek close to the spot. He was a native of Cornwall. Mr. L. Chisholm also held an inquiry in this case, and a verdict of accidental death from drowning was recorded.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho