‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’ [10r] (19/44)
The record is made up of 1 file (20 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1926-1 Jan 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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- Content
The file comprises correspondence relating to incidents and accidents involving steamers at Bahrain, including:
- boats approaching steamers before they have anchored (ff 4-5);
- an accident leading to the death of a sailor on board SS Bandra (ff 6-7);
- instances of steamers running aground on sand banks around Bahrain (f 8, ff 11-12, ff 18-20);
- other accidents involving steamers, including fires (f 10, f 13);
- a night-time collision between a steamer and a jollyboat (ff 14-15);
- the capsizing of a joliboat (jollyboat) (f 17);
- reports of casualties in which crew members were drowned or washed overboard during storms (f 21).
The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch); the Director of Customs at Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis deGrenier); the Deputy Manager of the Mesopotamia Persian Corporation Limited (J Russell).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (20 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. There are no file notes at the end of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1368
- Title
- ‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’
- Pages
- 10r:10v, 17r:17v, 21r:21v
- Author
- deGrenier, Claud Cranbrook Lewis
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