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ACCIDENT AND PRESERVATION.
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sions. The right leg is an inch shorter than the left, owing,
it is said, to a blow which he received in his youth.
Th is Engraving is copied from an original painting, in
which, a musician with a harp, is placed beside Huaylas,
as a standard to judge of his extraordinary stature.
ACCIDENT AND PRESERVATION.
Ramsgate, Nov. 28, 1817-—A distressing occurrence
happened in this neighbourhood, early yesterday morning:—
A sergeant, corporal, and three private marines, stationed at
this place for the prevention of smuggling, were out on duty
during the night, and having proceeded upon the sands to a
place called Dumpton-stair-gateway, between this place and
Bioadsiairs, they, for the purpose of shelter, and the more
effectually to secrete themselves, took up a position under a
.projection of the cliff, where they remained until day-break,
when the sergeant ordered one of the privates to call in a
party, who were stationed on the opposite side of the gate-
way, nearer to Broadstairs. The man had gone but a few
paces, when an immense portion of the cliff gave way, and
buried in its fall his four hapless companions. The fail was
so sudden, that it struck his musket from his shoulder, and
he fortunately escaped, though in a very terrified state of
mind, to give an alarm of the fate of his unhappy comrades.
Immediately on its being known, Mr. D. B. Jarman, an in-
habitant of this town, accompanied by Mr. N. Gott, and a
gang of men from the works at the harbour, proceeded to
the spot, and commenced cutting a trench through the mid-
dle of the chalk ; and after two or three hours’ laborious
exeition, they found the sergeant and corporal extended on
their faces, and presenting a most shocking spectacle. In
the course of a few hours more, the two privates were found
as having been in a sitting posture, but with their heads forced
between their legs, and crushed in a most dreadful manner.
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sions. The right leg is an inch shorter than the left, owing,
it is said, to a blow which he received in his youth.
Th is Engraving is copied from an original painting, in
which, a musician with a harp, is placed beside Huaylas,
as a standard to judge of his extraordinary stature.
ACCIDENT AND PRESERVATION.
Ramsgate, Nov. 28, 1817-—A distressing occurrence
happened in this neighbourhood, early yesterday morning:—
A sergeant, corporal, and three private marines, stationed at
this place for the prevention of smuggling, were out on duty
during the night, and having proceeded upon the sands to a
place called Dumpton-stair-gateway, between this place and
Bioadsiairs, they, for the purpose of shelter, and the more
effectually to secrete themselves, took up a position under a
.projection of the cliff, where they remained until day-break,
when the sergeant ordered one of the privates to call in a
party, who were stationed on the opposite side of the gate-
way, nearer to Broadstairs. The man had gone but a few
paces, when an immense portion of the cliff gave way, and
buried in its fall his four hapless companions. The fail was
so sudden, that it struck his musket from his shoulder, and
he fortunately escaped, though in a very terrified state of
mind, to give an alarm of the fate of his unhappy comrades.
Immediately on its being known, Mr. D. B. Jarman, an in-
habitant of this town, accompanied by Mr. N. Gott, and a
gang of men from the works at the harbour, proceeded to
the spot, and commenced cutting a trench through the mid-
dle of the chalk ; and after two or three hours’ laborious
exeition, they found the sergeant and corporal extended on
their faces, and presenting a most shocking spectacle. In
the course of a few hours more, the two privates were found
as having been in a sitting posture, but with their heads forced
between their legs, and crushed in a most dreadful manner.