‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’
- Date:
- 1926/1934
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 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).Physical description: 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 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Marine accidents
Death
Steamships
Sandbanks - Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000067_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000067_en
IOR/R/15/2/1368
IOR/R/15/2/1368