Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-16 00:00:00

man." I said to Lattimer, " Beware you don't get a crack
of a sling shot."
Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall : The man Nm not
crying.-out when the head engineer was walking,akent.
I was at the head of the liiider when the man was put
down. I saw him put down ter the bottom, and it was ten
minutes after I saw the engineer at the stoke-hole on the
deck. Any one at the forecastle door must have seen
him.
Cross-examined by Mr. Deightoit,:. It was a quarter of
an hour or twenty minutes after that, I heard the cries.
'Henry Hewitt, a seaman on board the vessel, examined :
I knew the deceased, and heard him several say it was hot
below; that was two or three days before we arrived at
Rio ; left Rio on, the 25th January, and he told mu' that
day he could not work ; I heard the chief engineer speak to
. him, but did not hear what he said. The' chief mate then
came up and said, what did you ship for, if you can't do
your work. Saw the second engineer and another man
carry him to the stoke-hole, and cried out for a tacke to
lower him down ; I saw the second engineer shoving him'
down by the collar. The second engineer cried out for a
rope, and one of. the men, named Buchanan gave him one,
and he was tied below- with part of side and back to the
fire. I went to the forecastle and told/ the men.
I came back to see what they were loin; with him, and he
was struggling about and crying for help. A men, named
Coilead, was there. I saw a man, named Wilson, go down,
and the deceased was crying out murder, and " Will no one
help me out of this ?" He was trying to get loose then,
when Wilson went down. I did not see the engineers on
'deck then, not till the man was cut down ; -they were
coming from aft towards the stoke-hole. I heard them
speak together : the chief engineer said "take him down."
He was then by the stoke-hole. I saw the second engineer
then go down, and ordered Wilson to cut him down. I
saw the chief engineer and doctor after that, when the man
was brought up. It was about three minutes after, and
they took him- to the forecastle. Heard the doctor order
water for his head : he felt his pulse, and he said it was
very good. The chief engineer and first mate were there
then: they rolled him fifteen times a minute. The doctor
said he thought it was a case, or something that way. -
Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall : I don't know what
became of his shoes ; 1 don't know if any accident happened
to him at Rio ; I don't know if he fell overboard coaling
there.

John Langan. the• boatswain's boy on board the ship, was
examined : I saw the man tied to the ladder, and knew
him. I told the second officer that the miner (deceased)
was tied below. I heard him cry out, " Oh, don't murder
meChrist have mercy en me—Oh, my wife and children."
I went there a second time, and heard him say the same
words. In five minutes after Wilson opened the fire door,
and the man fell with his head to it, and Wilson had to put
his knee to him to prevent him falling into the fire. I then
saw the second engineer come from the passage, look at the
deceased, and then go up to the chief engineer's room. I
saw the doctor and the chief engineer then over the
stoke-hole, and I heard the latter say, "get a tackle
and hoist him up." I saw him after at the top of the
stoke-hole ; he was gasping., and could not speak. The
chief engineer said to the doctor, pointing to a man named
Lawson, " There's another fellow troubled with the same
complaint." I heard deceased say it was too hot down
below, and he did not like it. Saw him rolled, and the
doctor ordered him to be rolled fifteen times a minute.
Some one asked the doctor what ailed him, and he said he
died of apoplexy.
Cross-examined by Mr. Deighton : I did not see him
tied, but saw him when he was tied. The back of his head
struck the door of the fire. I did not see the second en-
gineer there at that time. The rope was round his body,
and he was tied to the side of the ladder.

James Lawson was examined : I was stoker or trimmer
on board. I remember• the deceased. He was the relief
of my watch. I heard him complain of the heat several
times. He offered some of the men-of-war's-men, who
were on board, £lO to do his work. I could not stand the
heat, and came on deck to get air, but got none. I told
the chief engineer I was not able to work, and he said, I
must go and do my work, although the doctor told me to
go to bed. I was obliged to go down. The furnaces were
clean, and in good order, as they were all done up at Rio.
I saw deceased carried to the forecastle; and the doctor
was sent for, and after that the chief engineer came. I
saw the mustard put to his feet, and saw him rolled.
Cross-examined by Mr. Deighton, but nothing particular
was elicited. _ _

Robert. Paisley, a coloured man, was examined : I was a
coal-passer on board, and knew deceased. He said he
heard the chief engineer tell the doctor that it was he who
ordered the deceased to be made fast to the ladder.
Terence Monagan, an able seaman, examined: I heard
the deceased complain of the heat. I saw the first and
second engineer and deceased at the stoke-hole ; I saw him
go down the ladder, but don't know whether he was pushed
or not. About five o'clock I saw the man tied to the ladder,
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Cross-examined by Mr. Doighton, but nothing of con-
sequence was elicited.
John Shreeve, a fireman on board, was the next witness.
He corroborated generally the evidence of the other wit-
nesses, and said the deceased was buried in his clothes.

To Mr. Aspinall : He said he got the shoes of deceased,
but they were not burnt.
Charles Theodore Smidtz, surgeon of the vessel, examined:
I am surgeon of the ship more than four months. I took
my degree last July. I never was in a hot climate before.
I recollect the day the man died; my attention was called
to hi:n at half-past four or so. I saw him and the chief
engineer at the after stoke-hole hatch. The chief engineer
said, " This man won't work again, as he complains of
the heat." I had examined him the day before particularly.
I felt his pulse, but could not find anything the matter with
him. The next time I saw him was in the fore stoke-hole.
an hour or fifty minutes after, at the foot of the ladder, with
a rope round his chest, and supported by one of the men.
I went down, as the chief engineer called me, but I don't
remember if he were with me : he came to wie on the poop,
and said, " you are required in the stoke-hole ;" he went
with me to the stoke-hole : the man was lying across the
foot of the ladder, but not tied when I saw him. I ordered
him to be carried up at once. They were going
to hoist . him up, but I ordered • him to be
carried up gently, and the engineer said the
same. I followed him up, and he was taken to the fore-
castle. I ordered him to bed, and one of the men said it
would be more airy on the chests. He was quite insen-
sible. His pulse was quick and feeble, and I ordered his
head to be bathed in cold water. His face was pale.
I came in about ten minutes, and at first sight I thought he
was better, but on more close inquiry I found he was not,
and I ordered them to go on the smile way. After that,
John Rogers came and said he was worse, and I went at once.
His breathing was worse ; got my stetheseope and heard
his . heart .beating. feebly-,employed artificial re-
spirationthat is, rolling for twenty minutes,
but he never rallied. I said he died of apoplexy.
I consider he died of apoplexy. The symptoms
were those of apoplexy —not of the simplest causes.
I can tell nearly as well as if I made a post mortem exami-
nation in the case—perhaps not quite so certain. There
were general paralyses of the body. I examined his arins,,
legs, and pupils, and found them so. I think a person in
a hot atmosphere and tied would debilitate the system. I
saw seamen faint, but the symptoms were not the same.
He had snoring. respirations. There would be a difference
in the symptoms of a man dying•of apoplexy and fainting.
I could tell the difference in every case ; I had a case of
sun-stroke of the boatswain that day—the first I saw. It
arises from the heat of the sun, causing great debility. I
never heard of a death from sun-stroke without being
exposed to the air. . The symptoms of sun-stroke and
apoplexy are very similar, differing only in circumstances.
I never saw him tied there at all. It is not true
that I was on the top of the stoke-hole looking
down at him, and if any one said so it is untrue.
I did not make a post mortens, for several reasons : First,
I had no doubt of what he died, and second, there was
hardly any place for to do it ; and I told the captain if he
wished it I would do so, but lie did not wish, When rolling
the man, I asked questions generally, but I don't recollect
that the chief engineer answered me. It is probably true
that the chief engineer told me he had ordered deceased to be
tied up to keep him to his work. I used the artificial respi-
rator after the man was dead, and did it more
for experiment. If I had done it before it would not do
him any good in the state he was in.
Mr. Tyndall said that was all the evidence he intended

to offer at present.
Cross-examined by Mr. Deighton : I consider the man
Edinburgh,
was fit for work.
To Mr. Mansfield.: I examined the deceased before at
the request of the chief engineer, but found nothbinegfortehaet
matter, with him. When down in the stoke-hole, I re-
marked, surely this heat can't affect him, as it was cooler
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there than on deck in the morning. The manatwasm:
healthy, fair-haired man.
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By Mr. Aspinall : Fexamined the man the day
the request of the chief engineer, as he said he was going to
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Dr. Inman was examined b'y Mr. Tyndall,
the position of the man, and said it would be who
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life, because the man would be injurious to
the same position as if
he placed preo,--
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direct heat of the sun. The eff--, vj'—
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ft sun stroke, of whi,x
apoplexy.

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