Post by HeatherC on Jul 14, 2009 13:18:43 GMT -5
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From -The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 13 October 1848
A MAN DROWNED - On Monday night last, WILLIAM RICHARD EDDY, a young man residing at Causeway-head, Penzance, went out into a Newlyn mackerel boat, called the "Trooper," and was unfortunately knocked overboard by the sheet of the mainsail. He sunk before assistance could be rendered, and his body has not yet been recovered.
From -The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 13 October 1848
A MAN DROWNED - On Monday night last, WILLIAM RICHARD EDDY, a young man residing at Causeway-head, Penzance, went out into a Newlyn mackerel boat, called the "Trooper," and was unfortunately knocked overboard by the sheet of the mainsail. He sunk before assistance could be rendered, and his body has not yet been recovered.