Handy Papley

First Name: Handy
Last Name: Papley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say - that the said Handy Papley came to his death "by the Explosion of an Engine boiler."

COD Short Description: 
burned and wounded by an exploding boiler
Original Record: 
4988

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