Star.
London, England, 1815-08-29 00:00:00

MEL4oCROLI ACCIDENTS.

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Friday se'nnight John Pound and George Gisby,
two young men belonging to Margate, were out
fishing for whitings, by some accident the boat snok,
and they were both drowned. The bodies have not
yet been found.
Satnrday se'nnight, as First Lieutenant SAMUZI.
Caowe, of the Royal Marines, was taking a ride,
with a friend, he was, at some distance from Horn-
dean, thrown from his horse, and had his neck dislo-
cated, his thigh broken, Ana the hinder part of his
head driven in (stippoird by A kick frdm the animal).
His companion had him c.,nveyed to Horndean,
where inatgical assistance was immediately procured,
:but he expired, without speaking, in abuut two hours
alter dv accident.

A beat, with five persons on board, was observed
nn Sunday week passing Greenock harbour: scent after
the y appketied to be stritAgling with each other, and
three of Orin were observed to be thrown or to fall
overboard, and must inevitably have perished, had
not assistance ft orn the shore put off, and rescued two
of them from a watery grave. The person drowned
was a carpenter, of the name of Stirrett. It seems
they were all intoxicated, and had suddenly quarrelled
about some trifling matter. Whilst searching for the
body of Stirrett, that 'ef a man, named-M.Cannochie,
who had been missing for several days, was picked
up, and on the Wednesday following theiody of the
brother of Stirret was found dead on the sands. He
is supposed to have fallen down and havelost his life
by the rapid flowing in of the tide.
Monday se'nnight, a melincholy accident happened
near Plymouth. JAMES DREW, the son of Mrs. Dnew,
a brush and patten-maker, and W%t. CURGENVEN, an
apprentice, went to Yealm (about nine miles from
Plymouth), for the purpose of purchesing timber, at
which place they met one CUMNIIE4S, a brush-maker
also, and names Martins, Master of the barge
Good Intent, laving there, loaded with fire wood,
ready to sail for Plymouth. Mounts offered them a
passage home in the barge, which they accepted-
They proceeded down the Yealm River, and were
sailing for Plymouth Sound, when Moms, to save
distance, instead of going outside, passed between
the Mew Stone Island and the Crag Rock. The
barge unfortunately struck against a sunken rock in
the passage, and DitEw and Mounts were boil;
drowned. •
Thursday morning, as a boat belonging to Mr.
White, ship builder, of Gosport, was proceeding from
that place to Cowes, when off Fort Monckton, by a
sudden squall, she unlurtutiately filled, by which ac-
cident the following persons were drowned, vie.--
Wm. Qicyney, leaving a wife aed one chiid ; John
Passing tam, leaving a wife and tour children ;
Cooper, leaving a wife and five children ; Ti-
gress, leaving a wile and one child ; David
,Thuns-
se:Jed, leaving a wife and three children ; James Bull
and William Lavell. Robert IlArril was providen-
tially saved by a boat from a gun-brig, at Spithead,
although nearly exhausted, by the kind and perseve-
ring attention of the Surgeon and Officers of the brig,
lie was rcste.red to rebate the particulars of this sad
catastrophe. The unfortunate 'suit-eters Were ship.
wtights, sawyers, ace. who were going to the above
place to work at the dock building.
. Between die hours of one and two on Saturday, as
some of the apprentices of Mr.Ve err, printer, Took's-
Court, Chancery-lane, were bathing in the Thames,
ar Some set-house, one of them, Janie. Jeriis, a
lad of 17 years, having ventured imprudently out of
his depth, immediately sunk ; William Magrath, a'
fellow apprentice, instantly swam to hit assistance,
and made an attempt to catch him by the hair of his
head ; but the unfortunate Jervis clinging fast to hint
both sunk, and disappeared for the space of two mi-
nutes. At length Islagrath succeeded, after very
great exertions, it; extricating himself from his peri-
lous situation, and appeared en the surface of the
water almost exhausted. when a waterman rowed to
the spot and rescued him, in all probability, from
rotaking a watery grave with his companion Jervis.
Drags and nets were immediately procured, but after
diligent search the body was not then, nor has it since
been found. Great praise is due to the anxiety and
exertions of Magrath, in his humane attempt to save
a fellow-ceeature from a premature and afflicting death,
having himself only attained his 15th year.
On Sunday afternoon an afflicting accident hap-
pened to one of a party of Gentlemen, who were
returning to town after a pleasant sail dawn the
River Thames James P. Mitchell, Esq. a planter,
of the Island of Tobago, and of .ItockingliaM.
place, Kent-road. During, the sail he was per-
petually g his determination to have a bathe,
and when near Woolwich in p articular, he perse-
vered, and began to pull off his clothes fur the pur-
pose. The tide and wind being very.strong, his'
friends with much difficulty succeeded in persuading,
him to abandon his intention f.'r some time. Two oe
three hours after Wards, when about two miles above
Woolwich, and. after having complained bitterly of
the disappointment to which had been sdbjecteci, he
expressed the resolution of then bathing. Entreaties
to give up the idea were useleos. He plunged into
the river, and' did not re-appear for several seconds.
When he rose again, he was at a great distance from
the vessel—he called for the boat loudly, with a
countenance evidently filled with alarm. It had pre-
viously hove to, and it' came up near him almost
immediately, but he would neither catch at a rope,
nor lay hold of an oar, unhappily relying too much
on his skill in swimming. The impetuosity of the
tide and wind at this point of the river, however,
were such as to drive him rapidly to a great distance
from the boat, in spite of every exertion ; and his
own increasing alarm impelling him to contend
strongly against both, it thus contributed to his
speety exhaustibn. An oar was then .pushed off to
hut be .had not power to rest on it. In the
agolly of-the struggles he was making, hecalled out
to a friend in the boat (Mr. D. Campbell, also of
Tobago) both baiting come to England together),
is My friend, I'm drowned! Campbell, I'm drowned!
Oh Imy mother !" Another boat came to his as-
sistance, belittled within a few yards of him,
he
succeeding effort to-ren-
finally disapfteated. Every
,tl.'r assistance or find the body proved unavailing—
• not has it yet been discovered. He was only twenty
years of age, slid possessed a vary ardent temper. it may not
be uriaterialog to add, that while undreseing;lie took a va-
luable gold patch trona Ms poeliac, and gave it to a friend, say-
ing, " There take care of my watch; It will be no bad legacy
for foe lie woo the only and much lard two et se amtabat
widow MOW residing In Tobago.

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