DROWNING AT THE THAMES INQUE8T.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4330, 1 July 1871, Page 3

DROWNING AT THE THAMES INQUEBT.

An inquiry was held yesterday at the Donegal Arms, Abraham street, before Dr. Seth Sam, Coroner, and a jury of twelve, on view of the body of John Uhandley, drowned off the Grahamstown Beach on the previous evening. Captaiu Souter was present as a^ent for the ' Clio,' the Tessel to which the deceased belonged. The following evidence was adduced : — Thomas Cahill, sailor serving on board the ketch 'Clio,' deposed : Deceased was a seaman on board. Yesterday evening deceased and two other men (Daniel JCeyes and Robert Caitcheon) went from the vessel in a boat to cast off the lines from the moorings. They were under-run-ning the line when the boat capsized, throwing them over the side into the water. The line was "tautened" by the slewing oi the vessel when she swung round and lifted them on to the gunwale of the boat, which caused her to fill and capsize. The men made for the vessel. Deceased was the only one of the three who could not swim, and he sank, in 1e33 thau a minute. The other men got to the vessel. There was no way of rescuing him, because tho vessel was to leeward of him, and the schooner had no other boats. As soon as we got the others on board, we recovered the boat by using one belonging to another schooner, but could find no trace of the body. The body was found by two boys about half-past seven o'clock this morning. Deceased was quite sober at the time he met with the accident which caused his death. — To Captain Souter : Had there been a floating buoy, instead of a sunk chain, there would have been no necessity for underrunning the line, and the accident could not have occurred. — To a juror : There was about 7ft. or Bffc. of water where he was drowned. Proper wharf accommodation would have prevented the accident. — Robert Caitcheon, Daniel Douo--van, Sergeant McCafferty, and William Sou tar gave corroborative evidence. — The jury returned a verdict of *' Accidental dentil," and added the following rider :— "The jury cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing their strong and earnest disapprobation ab the apathy displayed by the Provincial Government in not providing wharf accommodation, or other security for vessels. The jury would particularly draw the attention of the Government to this matter, especially now that the traffic on the goldfields is large and increasing."

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