Extracts
of log from Hull registered barque INDIAN 1858-59
Source: TNA: 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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