Travel Diaries and Journals

Travel Diaries and Journals

Pages That Mention Fort William

Abstract log of the E. I. Ship Clarence, 1864-1891.

Indexed

p. 134

of it to the westward, which from their proximity to the Maidan, (plain) & the river were the most exposed were more or less, a wreck. Excepting the cocoa nut [coconut] & and other palms, scarcely a tree was any where to be found standing. The beautiful avenues of in Fort William were entirely destroyed; & the Eden gardens were turned into a wilderness in Tank Square the trees & shrubs were blown away & in many parts the iron railings torn up & overthrown. In Garden Reach the roads were blocked up & rendered inpassible from the trees that fell across them. The splendid avenue of [Asoth?] (polyathia longifolia) trees in the compound of the school op- posite St James Church, some of which must have been four or five feet in circumference, was entirely destroyed. The trees being snapped off above the lavel of the wall which protected them, but which is now no longer standing. The damage don to ~~the~~ buildings was considerable amony those we notice that the roof of the Free School was blown away: The upper part of the Roman Catholic Church, at the upper end of the Bow Bazaar road entirely destroyed and the steeple of the Free Chruch of Scotland: the ninarets of the mosque Dhurrumtolah were all

Last edit about 4 years ago by donna29

James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948)

Indexed

p. 630

released [struck through: sooner than] from bodily ill sooner than otherwise. He dies a soldier's death unflinching to the end no cry for mercy had escaped those lips now pale in death Young Albert reads this he thinks of his friends at home of the grief of his mother & he [struck through: knows that] makes a solemn vow to have revenge. [struck through: they ar] the ship arrives at Galle at Madras. at first there is news of the Capture of Delhi a tremendous cheering burst from the lips of everyone on board, followed by regret that they had not had their share in the retribution to the savages. The ship arrives at Calcutta the passengers disembark the troops go to Fort William there to wait orders for going up country II

Last edit almost 3 years ago by Dendendaloom

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