March, 1849.
On the 24th March, 1849, as H.M.S. 'Ganges' was lying at the outer
anchorage of the Cove of Cork, Edward Galloway, a seaman belonging to
that ship, fell from the futtock shrouds into the water, striking
several times against the rigging and the ship's side, when Lieut.
Oliver Jones immediately ordered Fisbee's life-buoy's ropes to be
thrown to him; but the man, who was stunned by the fall, was unable
to avail himself of the use of them, and sank in between nine and ten
fathoms; upon which Lieut. Oliver Jones, in the most gallant manner,
at great risk of his own life, leaped overboard, and dived after him,
and brought him up in a state of insensibility, and held him until
further assistance was procured. But for the prompt and spirited
conduct of this officer, the man's life would have been lost.
Lieut. Oliver Jones had previously saved the life of a seaman
belonging to H.M.S. 'Melville,' in Halifax harbour, on the 4th June,
1837.