| John Snelling
Able Seaman
"An accident occured on board the Cerberus on Saturday afternoon, to an able seaman, named John Snelling, aged about 30, living at Williamstown. He was at gun exercise, when one of the guns, which was being run out, jammed his leg between the carriage and the buffer. The left leg was smashed, and Snelling was taken to the Melbourne Hospital, where the leg had to be amputated."
The Argus, 2 September 1872
Parliamentary Debates, The Legislative Assembly, 5 September 1872
On 7 January 1874 the Cerberus log recorded that J. Snelling had been discharged to shore.
The Argus, 12 June 1874
"Mr. A. T. CLARK said he could not refrain from calling the Treasurer's attention to the claims of the man Snelling, who lost his leg while doing duty on board the Cerberus. The remaining portion of the poor fellow's mutilated limb was getting worse, and he would soon be compelled to retire from the small billet which the Government had found for him."
Victorian Hansard, 22 December 1874
"John Snelling, employed on naval service, recommended gratuity of £100 Snelling lost one of his legs..."
The Argus, 8 March 1876 |
