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<p class="page" id="a5658046">[Page 46]</p><p>Forward Hatch, The weather was a bit rough and consequently the ship was pitching and rolling and the men had to get down this hatch which was dark, and light being very bad, well poor old Mac fell forward and fell about 30 feet, No one knew he was there until we searched the ship, When he was found his neck was broken and his skull was all pulp and one of his legs was broken. In my opinion they sent that man to his death, We are all hospital patients and ought to be exempt from all fatigues. Four of our boys also patients were put in detention cells for 24 hrs for smoking in between decks while a sergeant for the same offence was let off That also happened on the 1st, No we had been to sea 15 days then and the adjutant had seen men smoking 'tween decks but never took any notice, but I suppose he had had a drop to much wine</p>