Hello Friends I'm afraid there is no county mentioned in this article about a convict ship, which is from the Derry Journal.
Wed. 1 Aug. 1849 We are informed from Bermuda of a tragical affair which had taken place aboard the Medway convict hulk at Ireland’s Island. which resulted in the death of 3 of the prisoners and the wounding of 11 others. It appears, that on the 3rd inst. one of the convicts was ordered to be flogged for mutiny, and early in the morning of that day was brought up for the purpose. As usual on such occasions, the other prisoners were ordered on deck to witness the punishment, When the man was tied up, a sudden shout and opening of knives, and a rush to the after part of the vessel, proclaimed the mutinous intentions of the body of convicts but the guards of the ship being placed along the deck, in sections of five, under the command Mr. BLACK, the inspector, were instantly ordered to fire in sections. The command was promptly obeyed and with such precision of fire, that 14 out of the 15 bullets discharged took effect, killing 3 and wounding 11, some of the latter so dangerously, that 2 were not expected to survive. The noise of the firing on board was heard by a military post of the 42nd regiment, a detachment of which, hastened on board, when order was quickly restored and the flogging completed. An inquest has been held upon the bodies of those killed and a verdict of “justifiable homicide” returned. The convicts, on board the Medway, are all Irishmen and Roman Catholics, many of them the dupes of John MIRCHEL. The movement was headed by a man named John CRONIN, brother to the man whose flogging was to take place, and he had been informed by the inspector that his presence to witness the punishment of his relative would be excused but he insisted upon coming on deck and excited the prisoners by cries to gain the mastery of the ship. Mr. BLACK is stated to have exhibited great command on this trying occasion. Cheers~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
