Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1869-04-09 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

HARTLEPOOL & WESF HARTLEPOOL.  PERILOUS POSITfON OF A SCREW STEAMER AT HA aTLePooL.—On Monday morning, about ten o'clock, as the screw steamer Thomley. Capt. Crosier, of and for Londris, coal aden, was going out of the old harbour to sea, she ran aground on the b.r, and became so Bimly embedded in the sand that it was is vain that three powerful togs, aided by be own screw, essayed, for nearly half an hour, to mobs. her. A fourth tug then was brought, and, after three or four minutes' hard pulling, she W 43 towed if, and proceeded to sea. The weather was fortunately c.dn or she might have suffered material injuries; bat happily this was averted.  GALLANT RESCUE ritoX DROWNING —On Saturday morning, at high water, a lad eighteen veAre of age, belonging to the brig Mabel, lying in the Victhria D et, was aria ashore in s small boa', and all be was ber out of the dock loak he minged his water, and fell overboard into deep water. F tun4tely the accident was witnessed fr.m2 the deck of the tag which was waiting to tow out a vessel, and her engineer, Wm. Body, instantly plunged into the water to his rescue. lie bad to dive for the lad, who bad t•ice Bank benumbed with the add, but the brave fellow seized him as he a 44 about to sink for the third time, and swam to the .teamWs side with bits. B ,tb were takes on board greatly exhausted. Rely deserves the highest borkur for to.o perilous an act of courage and determination.  4 TRAIIP DROmNED IN WEST HARTLEPOOL Dom.—kbout ail o'clock on Saturday morning a me trimmers at work in the coaling dock •1 West Hartlepi discovered the deal body of a man between Noe. 3 and 4 drops. They got the body Out a the water and retched the police, by whom he was taken to the dead-house. Hs was an elderly man of short stature, appaiently a stran. ger, and no doubt he was a tramp, as a quantity of bread and other broken food was found on him. A man answering his description had been applying for shelter at one of the lodging-houses in the town on the pre•ina evening, and was, owing to lack of room, recommendai elsewbeie, it being therefore supposed that, being strange to the docks, and the night dark, be wandered Qs to the quay in mistake, and fil into the water unobserved.  • - -• ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY • SAlLOlL—Yeeterday evening week an elderly seafaring man, named Joseph May, a widower, without family, living at lodgings at Carlisle-street, returoed home •bout seven o'clock with a severe wound in his tbroat. Dr. Atkioacto was sent for, sad sewed up the wound. The police were comment...rated with, and P.C. Welborn at once west to tbe Louse, where be watched !tie% all night to prevent bim awe:opting to re-open the wooed. The poor fell w bits for some time post been in a low, desponding state, and DOW has become quite insane. A blor4stained knife was found on bite by the officer. Fie was takes in a cab to the magistrates. clerk's office at  Hartlepool, os Friday afternoon, when their Worships, having nefore them a certificAte cif insanity from Doctor Moors, gave an order for his removal to the County Asylum at thedgefield.  I