Extracts of log from Hull registered barque INDIAN 1858-59

 

 

Source: PRO: BT 98/6884

OFFICIAL LOG BOOK No 5

 

Date of Commencement 16th September 1858

March 2nd 59 10.45 a.m. - Lat 38 degs 15 mins South Long 124 degs 10 mins East

‘Thomas Richardson Apprentice was unfortunately drowned, whilst painting ship fell overboard and after every endeavour to save him, was drowned’

‘Effects of the late Thos Richardson Apprentice are as .......:-

1 chest, 3 cloth jackets, 2 scarfs, 1 slate, 1 sextant, 9 shirts, 4 dungarees, 4 towels, 1 Bot of Sun????, 1 coat, 1 cap and 1 brush, 2 pillow cases, 3 bags, 2 pair of trousers, 22 books, ? pair of stockings, 2 pair of shoes, 3 vests, 1 dish, 1 looking glass, 5 pairs of drawers, ?sundry ???? articles?, 7 hankerchiefs, 2 ?smock flocks?, 4 singlets, 1 suit of oil clothes, 2 blankets, 1 quilt and 1 pillow’

 

August 1st 1859 - At Maulmain [in Burma]

‘Colin D Mills, Sailmaker, William Bergest steward, Edwin Spencer (Carpenter), Robert Roach Apprentice, James Birch Apprentice and Thomas Bannister cook all shore at the Hospital under medical care’

 

 

 

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