On Wednesday last, a Tidesman, of the name of Symmers, on board one of the Whale Fishing Ships here, laid his head on the cabin table, a circumstance which was not for a short time taken notice of, until one of the crew, supposing him asleep, attempted to rouse him; but, on lifting up his head, found life extinct. The deceased had, it is said, been drinking some spirits, but not in any such quantity as would hurt him; and the probable cause of his sudden death is believed to be a Heart Cramp, to which he was subject.
Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 1st September 1819.
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