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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Turnour | | | First names | Charles | | | Rank/ occupation | Lieut. (& Hon.) | | | Unit | 65th Foot | | | Death date | 23 Feb 1816 | | | Place of death | Off Portsmouth  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Mar 1816 | | | Page number | 282 | | | Detail | Hon. Charles Turnour, lieut. in the 65th foot, uncle to the present Earl of Winterton. In landing the passengers by the General Stewart, from India, at Portsmouth, from a pilot-boat, he fell overboard, and was drowned. The accident happened as the vessel was passing the platform; and, although he had been but a few minutes in the water when taken up, the vital principle, it would appear, had been totally extinguished. The means recommended for resuscitation by the /Humane Society were perseveringly used without effect. The body, however, it ought to be noticed, was rolled violently on a cask, under an ignorant belief that the salt water which depressed the animal functions would thereby be expelled; and almost certain way of destroying any latent spark of life [pages 282-283]. |
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