man was pinned underneath and so seriously injured that he 
     
     died at 1 o'clock. He was buried at 3.00 pm. with mili‘ary 
     
     honors, Capt. Askey taking the service. Considering be 
     
     time of year and the latitude, the weather so far has baen 
     
     quite mild - no frost or snow. Last run of ship was 285 mies. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tuesday, Dec. 3lst, 1918 — Weather fair with strong S-E. 
     
     wind which kicked up quite a good sea. During Eh€ 
     
     afternoon wireless message from Japanese ship about 00 
     
     miles away warned us of an approaching Storm and it hit us 
     
     about 5.00 pm. It turned out to be a real hurricane 1nd 
     
     continued all night. During the evening the ship rolled and 
     
     pitched so heavily that some of mens bunks broke loose 1nd 
     
     some tables broke down. In the Officers smoke room scme 
     
     chairs and tables were broken and once or twice the lurching 
     
     of the ship piled everyone up in heaps. The sea continued to 
     
     increase and about midnight the climax was reached when we 
     
     took a couple of big seas on board, one landing squarely on 
     
     our deck house where we sleep. We certainly thought things 
     
     were getting serious but they turned the ship into the wind 
     
     and held her there for the night. It was not a pleasant 
     
     experience. A lot of water leaked into our cabin. The last 
     
     days run for ship was 294 miles. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wednesday, January lst, 1919 — Weather clearing, cool, wind 
     
     going down and from west. Spent most of day indoors 
     
     reading. Men issued with beer in aftemoon and there was 
     
     great jollification. ln evening there was a squall of snow and 
     
     sleet. Last run of ship 150 miles (due to storm). 
     
    
   
   
    
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