ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 30, 10 November 1871, Page 3

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

The sunshine of yesterday’s holiday was clouded over with two very sad accidents, for one of them, a tributer, was seriously injured at the Inverness claim, and the particulars of which will be feund in another place. In the other two persons have lost their lives by drowning —a man and boy, the former through endeavoring to save the latter. It appears that both were at work yesterday morning at Banks’ slaughter yards, and the lad went to bathe in tlie creek, and it is supposed that he must have caught cramp. The man, John Beatie gallantly jumped into the water, and succeeded in getting alongside the boy, who is reported to have seized him him by the, and both sank together. They were extricated soon afterwards, and every effort was used for half an hour by Drs. Croft, Lethbridge, and others to restore animation by rubbing the soles of the feet, the chest, and other parts of the body. Their efforts, however, were unavailing, life having become extinct. The boy, whose name is Quin, is the son of very respectable parents living near the Caledonia, and was a promising lad about twelve years of age. Beatie, who so courageously tried to save him at the risk of his own life, which he lost by so doing, has been working we learn for some time for Mr Banks, and was known to be a steady and industrious man. He leaves a widow, we believe, and six children to mourn his loss, and if ever there was a case in which the charity of the public

ought to be invoked, this is one. We feel sure we have only to make knoAvn the facts to elicit the sympathy and support of all our readers on behalf of those avlio have lost a husband and father under most melancholy circumstance, Avhich at the same time reflect the highest credit upon him. To die in the act of saving another life, is a noble death, and the public Avill not, Ave think, be asked in A'ain to show their appreciation of Beatie’s courage and devotion by subscribing liberally for his widoAv and family. We shall be happy to receive any sums at our office in aid of this object. A coroner’s inquest Avill be held upon the body of Beatie at 11 o’clock this morning, at the Saracen’s Head Hotel, and on the body of the boy at the All Nations Hotel, at 3 p.in. this" afternoon.