Note 461 — 1844.

These were sergeants Reid and Clarke, and privates Sticklen, Herbert, McDonald, Vallely, Canard, Robertson, Gillies, Mais, and Whelan. Clarke sent up two guns, Sticklen six, Herbert five and a half, and McDonald two. Sticklen, the most successful diver of the batch, met with an accident. In pulling him up from the bottom, he was drawn against some hard substance, which broke one of the side eyes of his helmet. His dress instantly filled, and the water rushed into his mouth. So quickly however was his removal to the deck accomplished, that his struggles for relief were short, and the injury he received was scarcely more than a temporary inconvenience.