him. Two fishermen, John and Charles Clark, were providentially near in a small boat, and managed to hook him out. When carried to the Dolphin inn, the youth appeared to be quite lifeless, and it was not till Mr. Ticehurst (who was promptly in attendance) had been engaged for half an hour with the usual means for restoring life that the sufferer gave signs of animation. After that, he soon recovered.
Fatal Occurrence At (St. Leonards) Winchelsea. Near the Ferry Gate and at a short distance from the railway station at Winchelsea, is a portion of land belonging to the borough of Hastings, on which there used to be a waterfall known as the “Dripping Well”. There was also a mill, and which was the scene of a fatal accident, thus causing an inquest to be held on the 23rd of August on the body of Benjamin King, a millwright of Rye. As already stated, the locality in which the mill was situated, belonged to the borough of Hastings, and was, consequently, in the district of the coroner for that town. J. P. Shorter, Esq., deputy-coroner, held an enquiry into the circumstances of the case. There being no inhabitants in the parish of St. Leonards, Winchelsea, a jury had to be summoned from Hastings, and the inquest was held in the open air near the mill. It appeared that the mill in question was undergoing some repairs, and for that purpose, a piece of timber, 36 feet in length, was being hauled up outside, when the rope broke and the uppermost end of the timber fell on the head of the deceased and inflicted an injury which the sufferer survived only half an hour, and that without speaking. There was, therefore, no doubt about the accidental nature of the fatality. Mr. Sharp, the owner of the mill had a narrow escape, he being thrown from a trussel struck by the timber, which resulted in the fracture of one leg. It was said that no previous instance was recorded of an inquest being held in that outlying district since the year 1784, and even then as the deceased was removed beyond the boundaries of that part of the borough, the investigation was not made by the coroner for Hastings.
Death while Bathing. An invalid gentleman, named Hatfield, while bathing at White-rock place on Tuesday the 17th of September, was seized with violent coughing, which ruptured a blood-vessel and caused almost instantaneous death.
A Fatal Fall from Carlisle Parade. – On Monday the 30th of September, a lady visitor, 68 years of age, the widow of John Mallett, late of Highbury and Stoke Newington, while in company with relatives and friends on Carlisle parade, at about half-past seven in the evening, suddenly stepped back a few feet and accidentally fell over on to the beach. She was conveyed home and survived only about four hours.
A Carriage Accident. – On Sunday, the 27th of October, Spencer Soane, a fly-driver, was accidentally run over and one of his arms broken, by his -
