Return to steamer and accident at sea
Title
Return to steamer and accident at sea
Subject
Diary page 10
Description
[go thro' gardens with]
Prioress, chat with Srs. all Irish & very nice,several pupils of Srs of Mercy, a dear little postulant of 13 years. At 2 ¼ p.m. Dr Leonard, Dr Colgan & Father Corboy come to convey us to steamer where Captain Owen welcomes back his children invites all to dine but they decline as they must be back for evening devotions -we conduct them thro’ saloon. Father Corboy makes his way thro’ steerage on his return we receive his Lordship’s blessing & once again say “Farewell”. We feel as if we were again parting from Sainted Erin, watch until we lose sight of them, then go to dinner. After dinner 8 p.m. coal boat capsized, three men struggling in the foamy waters, night pitch dark – every effort made to save them but Alas! only two were saved, the third got a watery grave. May God grant that he was fit to go – they were not passengers only labourers from the Cape. Great sensation naturally created by accident. Saturday 25th – have to stop coaling on account of rough sea. Most of passengers have returned [rough sea]. Sea lovely to look at green...
Prioress, chat with Srs. all Irish & very nice,several pupils of Srs of Mercy, a dear little postulant of 13 years. At 2 ¼ p.m. Dr Leonard, Dr Colgan & Father Corboy come to convey us to steamer where Captain Owen welcomes back his children invites all to dine but they decline as they must be back for evening devotions -we conduct them thro’ saloon. Father Corboy makes his way thro’ steerage on his return we receive his Lordship’s blessing & once again say “Farewell”. We feel as if we were again parting from Sainted Erin, watch until we lose sight of them, then go to dinner. After dinner 8 p.m. coal boat capsized, three men struggling in the foamy waters, night pitch dark – every effort made to save them but Alas! only two were saved, the third got a watery grave. May God grant that he was fit to go – they were not passengers only labourers from the Cape. Great sensation naturally created by accident. Saturday 25th – have to stop coaling on account of rough sea. Most of passengers have returned [rough sea]. Sea lovely to look at green...
Creator
Sisters of Mercy
Source
Sisters of Mercy Archive, Ennis Collection
Publisher
Sisters of Mercy Archive
Date
1878
Contributor
Dunne, Joan
Rights
All rights reserved
Relation
Sisters of Mercy Ennis, Australia, New Zealand
Format
Manuscript
Language
eng
Type
image.jpg
Identifier
XE/358C10
Coverage
Australia, New Zealand
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