Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 27
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[Page 27]
Shortly after the Commander got very bad & then we found the Chief Engineer was down & the Pay was bad too – This of course meant a common cause – food poisoning – We had all had tinned herring – luckily only a small bit each – for breakfast – The C & I were the worst & when the Navigg. Lieutenant fell down on the deck I couldn't move – However I told my SBA what to do & about 3.30 I was sufficiently well not to vomit & got up & went the rounds & took charge & then went to bed again – The C. was passing out pure blood so that'll show you it wasn't too good –Luckily I was prepared for sickness – my cots were handy & my stretchers & I got the sick taken on to the poop deck & the Bosun (Mr Bumpus) took the Fantome up St Georges Channel & past Herbertshohe & there we anchored – Luckily the storm was over & on Thursday we were on our legs again but neither the C nor I cd. go ashore – That's the danger of tinned food – 5 officers out of 9 put clean out of action –