Wednesday May 9
Lat. 29.43S Long. 35.21W distance 135 miles.
We did not get up so very early this morning, it is a fine morning. Mr Hutton is worse, he died about 10:30. It has been a very solemn day today, they buried him at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, all the sailors went first, then all the Bradford people, then all the policemen. They had him laid on a board overed with a cloth then the Doctor read the funeral service and they sang “Abide With Me” and “Nearer My God To Thee”, it was very solemn. They opened a square place in the side of the ship and let him slip into the water. He leaves a wife and one girl about fourteen years old.
obviously great grannie is the master of the understatement- 'Mr Hutton is worse. He died about 1030.'
ReplyDeleteI suppose you can't get much worse that dead, God rest his soul.
Yes, Mr Hutton died of consumption, leaving 3 family members - Charles, Catherine & Violet - on the ship.
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