http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 16 May 2014 COOGAN story _____________________________________________________________________ appearing in "Liverpool Mercury" [Lancashire, England], 24 JAN 1873: "Deaths and Inquests" On the body of John Coogan, aged 29, foreman, coal heaver. He left home at 9 pm on the 16th inst. to look after some men at work on a ship in the Huskisson Dock and left at 10:50 pm. On Tuesday, his body, which was very much decomposed, was found floating in the river at the entrance to the Clarence Dock, and removed to the deadhouse. Verdict: "Found drowned." http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/deathsandinquests1873.html _____________________________________________________________________