The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-25 00:00:00

THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE.

"A Relative of Lorol Lynedoch " writes to The
Times :

Sir,—A letter published in The Times of the 14th inst.
(Luestions the correctness of the account given of Sir John
Moore's death by Captain Delavoye, in his new "Life of
Lold Lynedoch "—a book I have not yet seen. •
I possess Lord Lynedoch's own account of the death of
his general and friend. I thought it so interesting when I
heard it from himself in September, 1837, that I wrote it
down as nearly as I could as I heard him tell it. While
speaking of the battle ef Corunna, he said
:-
"When Sir John Moore was hit he was on horse-
back speaking to Captain Hardinge, who was standing
on his left side ; he was giving him orders about some
regiments he wished to be brought up. I was close to
the general on his right side, my left hand was resting
upon his horse's inane. A ball whizzed close before
my face in a slanting direction • it struck Sir .Tohn on
the breast with great force, whirled him completely
round in his saddle, and he fell at my horse's feet. I
immediately dismounted, an-I from the appearance of
the wound we supposed him to be dead. Contrary to
my expectations, the general not only lived some
hours, but became so perfectly collected that he either
spoke or sent particular messages to every individual
upon his Staff or. about him. Ido not imagine he
suffered much. When Sir John Hope and I came
into the room where he lay upon a mattrass on the
floor, he still breathed, but he was then no longer
sensible."

COLLISION BETWEEN AN ENGLISH

STEAMER AND AN ICEBERG.

It has been briefly announced by telegraph that the
Engli3h steamer Haworth had been in collision with
an iceberg while on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness
to Montreal. Detailed information is now to hand
of the accident, and shows it to have been of a serious
nature, whilst one of the cz ew perished through the
disaster.
The Haworth sailed from Barrow-in-Furness with
a cargo of 2,000 tons of steel rails, and when in the
Straits of Belle Isle on the n,ght of the 29th ultimo,
came suddenly into collision with an iceberg. The
force of the impacttd was very great, and large masses
of the berg becoming detached thereby fell down upon
the steamer's deck. The weight of ice was so great
as to cause the bow of the steamer to be depressed
deeply in the water, while the stern rose almost above
the surface. The unexpected nature of the occur-
ence, together with the alarming position of the
steamer, caused at first great confusion, but this was
soon oyercome, and in a short time the boats werc
got out and kept alongside, ready for use in,
case of emergency. Happily, however, the exami-
nation of the carpenters showed that the vessel
would still float, and efforts were then made
to temporarily repair damage. At the time
of the collision some of the crew were aloft, and two
of them, losing their hold of the rigging, in conse-
quence of the concussion, fell into the sea, and one of
them, a man named Rendall, was drowned. The other
contrived to keep himself afloat by means of a water
barrel for half an hour. He could not be seen in the
darkness, but his cries were at last heard and he was
rescued. The damage sustained by the steamer was
found to be very extensive, her bow being smashed for
a distance of about 20 feet. The temporary repairs
occupied two days, after which the steamer proceeded
on her voyage and arrived at Montreal on the 4th inst.
She will have to discharge her cargo In order to repair
the damage caused by the collision.