The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-16 00:00:00

FATAL BOAT ACCIUMN- T AT WEYAIOUTII.

To-day (Monday) a fatal boat ancideat has occurred at
Weymouth. A ow minutes after three, a sidling host,
of Demington, belonging to Mr. Magna, of that lUD., sod
cantaitilog hi. aon and hi. daughter Kim*, put off from
Mr. Newport's, under rad. Is was rqualiy at the Wee,
and they proeeeded as far as the mouth of the harbour,
ert,en John James, waterman, saw it ea' alms. Ile
Immediately put off to their. reeoue ; but Wore im Gould
reach Mem, the man had mink. The girl was floating
on the water, %kb her fees downwards, and James took
the body into his boat, end eonveyed her to the Sailors'
Moans, by direetlee of Sept. Vorkery. Demers were
gent for, and Dr. Moorhead and Dr. /Diodes's amistant
arrived. In the meantime the body had .wen stripped,
wrapped in warm blankets, hot water bottles were
applied to Um feet, and everithing done that the
judgment of the pollee tiounselled ; but whon the
doctors arrived, they pronounoed the unfortunate
woman to be dead. The other body haa not Fel beim
mowed.

TIIE yUAY WALL.

The adjourned meeting of the lowa C•iuncil was held
on Liston:thy morning lei. Hoverer* were not allowed
to remain in the Connell CLainber.—Hr. Phillips, the
smotraetor for the ()tap Wall, was present to slats
personally to lb. Cwineti worst •aa the position of
allain. There was a tolerably numerous gatbereig of
tie Coanail, inelading amongst others whose names we
the unable to give from not taing admitted—atlderrnen
Mllledge, Lem, Howard, aad Aides; Counstilors
Simpson and Wobb.—klr. Phillippe stated that the
oontraot demanded him tosusavatito 11, depth of 22f1.,
and he has goat dowa 19 It.; bus he lads now that
So go lower would be darigerons to the adjtiabig
property, and be drolly averred that he would not be
liable if say Wog should happ•a, sod if the Oeunoll
would refer to the spesideatious they would lad he was
not liable. Mr. Howard was appealed to for his legal
opinion oeceerning the agreement betwees the Council
sod Mr. Phillips, and he ordd Mr. Phillips was right,
and the Counml weld sot compel him if bit took all duo
remotions, and it wa• In tbs peter of the Surveyor
to meet Mr. Phillips, and if he thought there
was any extraordinary dailipar, to forego the depth.
Mr. Webb told the Cowell that is should serve
them with a ninths on Monday, to hold them
responsible for damage to hi. store., Ike, as tho
trustees of Om Mee Charity Lad already done with
refarteas to the George. Mr. Phillips and his forearm
were asked to leave the room for a short time, darks(
whisk the matter was fully diseussed. Oa their return
Mr. Alderman Milledge told them the Grunell had
dolormthed that he should go to the 220. depth,
aosording to kincontreot.— Mr. Webb argued strongly
manna this; ha told the Counsel that he had before
waraed them the Q4sy wool fall, and it did ; and he
sow told them there waa deafer of tke adjoining
property falling, and if that should take plass, he would
suffer wrens lose. He was very divainis that the
decision should be loft to Ms. Whateley allot, the
Barveyor, and the sontractor, to do what they thought
bass; but this was refuel.