The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-20 00:00:00

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Boat Accident and Loss of Three Lives at
Weymouth.

--411.

A dreadful accident happened on the Chesil
beach, in the parish of Wyke, on Friday, by which
' three poor fishermen lost their lives. About 5
o'clock in the afternoon seven men put out in a boat
with their nets, and made towards a shoal of mac-
kerel. After some preliminaries, one of the men,
as requested, threw a rope on shore, but a sea came,
and dashing the rope against the boat two of the
oars became entangled in it, and before they could
be disengaged a ground sea, with fearful violence,
dashed against the end of the boat, and according
to the statement of eye-witnesses, threw it com-
pletely into the air, it coming down with all the
men under it. One man managed to swim to
another boat ; three more were rescued by those ou
shore, but an hour elapsed before the bodies of two
others were washed on to the beach, and when at
last the boat could be drawn in, in it was found the
body of the third entangled in the nets. The un-
fortunate men who met with such a terrible death
were named Abraham Harris, aged about 45,
who leaves a wife and three children ; George
Pitman, 30, and John Stone, 18. Some com-
ment has been made respecting the ab-
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The inquest was held at the " Albert " Inn, Wyke
Regis, on Saturday evening, before Mr. George
Symonds, coroner, and the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death."
The Coroner then said there were certain remedies
recommended for application in cases of accidental
ts of this
plain
of
drowning. It would be well for those who were
subject, from their avocathioenys
description to furnish themselves with the rules to
which he had alluded. T
directions as to the proper treatment
persons who
restore animation.
had been drowned, so as to •
•
on.
There was one very favourite
and popular idea
amongst a large class of 7Cotnotaaienceidden
very
persons, that if by any
chance a luau was drowned he ought to be held
head downward in d
or er that the water might run
out of him ; experience, however, had shown that
this mode of treatment was most certain to produce
death, if the drowning was not absolute before.
Copies of these rules could be obtained by applica-

Lion to the proper quarter.
A Juror stated that the clergyman of the parish
distributed copies every month.—Salisbury Journal.

COURT OF ADMI R A LTY.—At the sitting yesterday
Dr. Lushington announced that it was his intention to give
judgment in the Banda and Kirweo booty case on Satur-
day week.
the CitFya.s of
tnet at 2 p.m., Cork, from New
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF CORK.—CROOKHAVEN,
Junoyork 19.—The0n the
6th steamship,instant, passed
to-
day, with 101 passengers, 5250,000 in specie, and a full
cargo. Her news has been anticipated.
Tue quotation of 'gold at Paris- is about at par, and
in
the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling, on
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
1:s.101d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 1-nth per Cent. dearer ti Paris than in Loudon.