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Tealeaf · 30-01-2004, 16:56

.....Looks like by this voyage things had quietened down a bit. This time, there were only 12 deaths, all children under the age of 3. Statistically, this is somewhat unusual in so far as allowing for the high rates of child mortality at the time, we nevertheless should anticipate some adult mortality over the course of the voyage. Could there have been a child murderer on board?

If there was, no one probably noticed. There were, quote .."to many irregularities on the voyage", such as the "Master's authority being openly defied by the crew".....No surprise, this one, when you think about what happened on the Calcutta Cruise.

But the real shock/horror of this piece surely arose "....in one instance (The Sailors) forcibly entered the compartments of the female sailors..." Whatever did they do that for, we wonder, and why don't we have more details?

30-01-2004, 16:56	#31
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4264	.....Looks like by this voyage things had quietened down a bit. This time, there were only 12 deaths, all children under the age of 3. Statistically, this is somewhat unusual in so far as allowing for the high rates of child mortality at the time, we nevertheless should anticipate some adult mortality over the course of the voyage. Could there have been a child murderer on board? If there was, no one probably noticed. There were, quote .."to many irregularities on the voyage", such as the "Master's authority being openly defied by the crew".....No surprise, this one, when you think about what happened on the Calcutta Cruise. But the real shock/horror of this piece surely arose "....in one instance (The Sailors) forcibly entered the compartments of the female sailors..." Whatever did they do that for, we wonder, and why don't we have more details?