The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-08 00:00:00

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT
WORCESTER.

The following are additional particulars of the sad
ecurrenee announced in The Sun on Tuesday.—

It appears that shortly after six o'clock (the hour at
hich the men usually quitted their work), 15 of them,
who were working on the side of the river opposite to
the city, entered a small boat, for the purpose of rowing
to the contrary side, and near to which a great portion
of the works are going on; no sooner had the unfortu-
nate men entered the boat than (as was seen by some
persons from a distance) it was apparent it was too
heavily laden, and, as if by some fatality, or from an al-
most complete disregard of life which men in this walk
of life generally exhibit, no sooner had they quitted
the bank of the river, than, either not being aware, or
altogether regardless, of the danger to which they had
subjected themselves in having so much overladen the
boat, they gave way to their usual mirth and frolic, and
in an instant, and before they had reached the middle of
the river, which is scarcely at this spot more than 15
yards wide, the boat capsized, and every man was, of
course, precipitated into the water. The occurrence
was seen by some of the labourers at the works, and
assistance procured as speedily as possible. Meantime
the poor fellows (only three or four of whom were
swimmers) struggled in the water, and strove in vain to
bear up against the rapidity of the current. The spec-
tacle of 15 human beings struggling in the water is de-
scribed by an eye-witness as one of the most heart-
rending description. By the time the boats had reached
the spot. three-fourths of them had sunk to rise no more.
Three only of the party were saved, and these, when
taken from the water, were in the most exhausted state;
but, the propor means having been taken, they were,
after a time, restored. A few minutes after this another
of these ill •fated men was taken from the water ; he was
conveyed to a public-house a short distance from the
spot, and, although every possible means were resorted
to, he died n short time afterwards.
By this time hundreds of the inhabitants had congre-
gated near the spot. numerous boats were launched, and
the river dragged, in order to recover the bodies of those
who had disappeared ; but the rain was falling rapidly,
the wind blowing strongly, and for upwards of an hour
their search was not attended with success. About nine
o'clock, however, four more of the bodies were disco.
vexed, and shortly afterwards a fifth, but life was, Of
course, extinct. The search was continued until long
after dark; but at midnight no more of the bodies had
been discovered.
During the time the search was going on the scene on
the banks of the river baffled description—a father was
raving almost frantically after his son, who had thus been
suddenly snatched from him ; and as there was consi-
derable uncertainty as to the names of the men who
were in the boat, wives and even children were threading
the assembled crowd in the most painful excitement in
search of husbands and of fathers.

POLYGAMY•—T. Tyrrell, comedian, was brought
up at the Cork police-office on the charge of bigamy,
when two wives appeared—Ellen Callaghan, since mar-
ried to another man; Maryanno Barrett, actress, whom
he married in Cheltenham ; but a third wife, Sarah
Clayton, since married also, did not appear. Miss
Cowell, an actress whom he was on the eve of mar-
riage, attended, and the prisoner is to be tried at the
.)resent assizes.