Zachariah Grainger

INQUEST AND VERDICT
AN INQUEST WAS HELD AT THE STATION HOTEL, WEST HARTLEPOOL ON TUESDAY BEFORE MR. SETTLE, CORONER, ON THE BODY OF WILLIAM PEARSON STORM, FOUND FLOATING UPON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,NEAR OLD TOWN, ON SUNDAY MORNING _ ZACHARIAH GRAINGER,GROCER OF ROBIN HOODS BAY,DEPOSED THAT THE DECEASED WAS HIS NEPHEW.
ROBERT WILSON, IRON WORKER OF 8 BEDFORD STREET, WEST HARTLEPOOL, STATED THAT HE FOUND THE BODY AT HALF PAST NINE ON SUNDAY MORNING LAST. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER MAN HE DRAGGED THE DECEASED OUT OF THE WATER.
P.S.GOBLE WAS SENT FOR AND THE BODY WAS REMOVED ON A STRETCHER TO THE DEAD HOUSE
- P.S.GOBLE STATED THAT UPON THE STOCKINGS WORN BY THE DECEASED WERE THE INITIALS
"W.P.S." THE SAME LETTERS WERE ALSO TATOOED UPON THE LEFT FOREARM, TOGETHER WITH A MARK AT THE WRIST RESEMBLING A BRACELET - A VERDICT WAS RETURNED OF  "ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED FROM THE BRIG GRANITE ON OCCASION OF A SHIPWRECK IN THE MOUTH OF THE TEES ON THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER"
THE BODY WAS INTERRED AT ROBIN HOODS - TODAY-WEDNESDAY