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• Farrell suffered a blow to the head from a handspike thrown by Donnelly.
• A lathe turret with tools mounted in it can very much resemble a nautical capstan full of handspikes.
• This was a square pin thrust into one of the handspike holes of a ship's windlass.
• Dobson grabbed a handspike, which Potter took, and they ascended the main shrouds where Doliver had taken refuge.
• One seaman fought the Chinese with a handspike before being wounded; he later died on 16 May along with the captain.
• Another quirk of the Calder and Hebble locks is the handspike, a length of timber shaped at one end to provide a comfortable two-handed grip.
• Originally made with oak gates, with handspike paddlegear, the top gates were replaced with unusual steel gates by Yorkshire Water, who looked after the navigation for drainage, and water supply.
• Prior to the " White Act of 1898 " "'bully mates'. . . had relied on their fists, belaying pins, and handspikes to enforce discipline ."
• The Indians had seemingly not guarded the river properly This force stormed the batteries on the north bank and spiked the guns but used ramrods for the spiking instead of handspikes, which meant that the cannon were only temporarily disabled.
• This give rise to a curious scene, for the Prussian Gunners, in the first moment of surprise, could only defend themselves with their rammers and handspikes; but with these they plied the intruders with so much adroitness and resolution as to hurl their leaders to the ground, and force the remainder to hasty flight.
• Terrified at the idea of being thrown overboard the poor fellow said " I cannot swim, oh, I cannot swim; " but as the brush again crossed his mouth, he uttered with his teeth closed, " I will spake no more, by J---s I will spake no more if you drown me . " Amid a roar of laughter two men tripped the handspike on which he sat and sent him backward into the sail where the bear was waiting to receive him; it was soon over, he escaped and stood by to see his shipmates share his fate.
• In another well-known incident, Captain Daniel Dobbins used an  old Durham boat to transport two cannon each weighing 6300 pounds from Black Rock to Presque Isle to supply Commodore Perry s fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie, " . . . when it was discovered she was leaking very much from the heavy rolling and heavy weight in her bottom, and likely to split open and founder, Mr . Dobbins took a coil of rope they had on board, and securing one end forward, passed the rope round and round her fore and aft, heaving each turn taut with a gunner s handspike; and in this way, kept her together and afloat, all hands bailing ."
• When Paine finally attained the quarterdeck, he described a scene of confusion : The Captain was bawling to square the yards and stop the Ship's way; but with very little attention from the Ship's Company who impressed with the idea of Chinese pirates were alone intent in cutting and slashing away upon the vessel's rigging and sail and preventing the China-men from coming on board . . . ( The Chinese ) clambered up the Fore-chains, impelled no doubt with the fear of their vessel sinking after receiving so violent a shock; this with the extreme darkness of the night and the confusion of voices crying out, " a light, a light, a cutlass, a cutlass, a handspike, here they come ! " with the addition of the unintelligible jargon of the affrighted Chinese.