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    1. [KENT-ENG] BROWN , TRAMP , SPRINGATE & GODWIN ( 1811 )
    2. From The Aberdeen Journal ( Aberdeen, Scotland ), Wednesday, October 2, 1811; Issue 3325.   A most melancholy accident happened on Sunday at Sheerness, being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Coronation. The guns on the battery ( 42 pounders ), as usual, were preparing to fire a Royal Salute, when John BROWN and James TRAMP were in act of loading the same, and ramming home wadding, one of the guns unfortunately discharged its contents, and the unfortunate men were blown almost to atoms. -   Two other men, named SPRINGATE  and  GODWIN , who were assisting at the guns, were most dangerously wounded: what adds to the calamity, the unfortunate sufferers have left wives and families.

    05/09/2012 09:28:11