Date28-Sep-1828
TypeUnprovoked
CountrySIERRA LEONE
LocationRiver Sierra Leone, 35 miles upriver from Freetown
ActivityBritish ship, Britannia, was loading lumber. He was bathing
InjuryLeft arm severed 2.5" from elbow, groin, abdomen, right forearm & hand lacerated, flesh removed from thigh, baring femur. Both arms surgically amputated: left arm above elbow, right arm above wrist. Survived
VictimThomas Corrigle, an apprentice from the ship, Male, 17 years old
SourceAccount by J. Boyle
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