Ship No. 109030 Name. City of Hull Letter & No. H396 Owner. John Arthur Laverack Skipper. William Edward Brown / William Stockton / Alfred Jones 2nd Hand. William Charles West Bswn. H Newman 3rd Hand. J Stuart 4th Hand. E Barnes

Record of Death or Injury.

8/10/1900 North Sea. L Nielsen, 2nd hand. Injury to right leg & dislocation to knee cap owing to a fall whilst proceeding to bridge, caused by vessels sudden lurch.

Record of Illtreatment or Punishment.

2 December North Sea. H Wood punished . Refused duty and then jumped overboard, we hauled and got him again. Locked him up in the forksail.

Official Log.

On Wednesday November 28th our deck hand H Wood showed signs of mental derangement, repeatedly expressing his belief that the 2nd eng. had been paid to murder him. At 3pm on the following Sunday 2nd, he refused duty any more. 20 minutes later I was on the bridge - looking forward when Wood called out to me from the vessels side "Goodbye skipper, I'm off. Go on full speed." and there upon deliberately jumped overboard. I succeeded with assistance of my crew about half an hour later in rescuing him , but little the worse for the immersion, he having kept himself afloat by means of a grating which he took good care to throw into the water before himself jumping overboard. As a safeguard & also at his own request I then secured him in the forecastle for the remainder of the voyage, excepting about 12 hours & regularly sent food to him.