AFFIDAVIT.
County
of Waterford
To
wit.
Information
of J Hanlon, Wm Power and Thomas Kerevan, of Tramore, in said County,
respecting the saving of four Officers and 23 privates, of the 59th
Regiment, together with the Captain of the Transport, and two sailors belonging
to the Seahorse transport, wrecked in Tramore Bay, on Tuesday, the 30th
of January, 1816.
John
Hanlon states that he was called on by John Walsh, Esq. Coast Surveyor, to
follow him to the strand, and was one of the first there, except Mr Walsh, and
that he heard Mr Walsh say to the men on the strand, that he would give the
first person who saved a man from the ship, 10L. ; he the said John Hanlon,
saved three men, with the assistance of Mr Thomas Lane, and Nicholas Wall, a
sailor, from Newtown; and further states that only for the reward offered and
the exertions of Mr Walsh, he thinks there would not be so many saved.
William
Power states that he was also called upon by Mr John Walsh to follow him to the
strand; that he saved four men; with the assistance of Mr Thomas Ivie, Coast
Officer, David Burke and Thomas Kerevan, and that he also saved two men more,
with the assistance of John Walsh, Labourer, and Reily, a weaver, from Tramore.
Thomas
Kerevan states, that he saved two Officers, The Captain of the Transport, and
one private, with the assistance of Mr John Walsh and Mr Thomas Ivie; and he,
the said Thomas Kerevan, also says, that it was by the example of Mr Walsh, and
his holding out a reward to the people on the shore, that so many lives were
saved.
The
above J Hanlon, Wm Power and Thos Kerevan, further state, that it was through
the encouragement and exertions of Mr Walsh, that so many were saved and that
it was Mr Walsh who provided the spirits for the unfortunate sufferers.
The
following persons were most active in saving men: Mr Hunt, Mr Ivie, Coast
Officers, Mr Thomas Lane, John Hanlon, Thomas Kerevan, William Power, Pat
Barry, Edmond Foley, John Power, Michael Morrisey, David Burke, James Phelan, Laurence
Flinn, John Sinnott, Denis Sinnott, Tim Neal, Patt Kelly, James Fennell, John
Keohan, Wm Sheehan, Jeffry Dunphy, Walter Drohan, Michael Keane, Keran
Callahan, Pat Flaherty, John Brien, Michael Callahan, Nicholas Power, Thomas
Keohan, Wm Joy, constable, John Power, and Thomas Keohan, jun.
Sworn
before me one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for said County, this 11th
day of February, 1816.
Henry
Sargent
John
Hanlon, his mark
William
Power, his mark
Thomas
Kerevan, his mark
We
have been informed that several other persons are ready to support this
affidavit, if necessary.
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