Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Random Rants, Notes and Articles No.2 . .

A boat was lowered and went in search of Warrington, but he deliberately kept his head under water and drowned before the boat could reach him.

The part of Captain Jenkins' log reporting the tragedy is as follows:-

November 24, 10 a.m. - Port watch being on deck went aloft to make fast. Watch in rigging returning to deck when cry of man overboard was raised. Helm was at once put down and life buoy thrown to man in the water.

All hands on deck to clear away boat, which was very soon launched and second mate and three hands pulling in direction where man was last seen.

In the midst of this P. C. Haglund, A.B., was met by the mate as came to the forecastle door to call out the watch below, pressing his hands to breast, from which blood was flowing. On being asked what was the matter, said : "Jack stabbed me, sir, and then jumped overboard." I assisted him a little way along deck when he fainted.

Haglund was carried into cabin and bandaged and said he felt better at first, but before long he took a change and complained of cold feet and pains in the legs. Became unconscious and died at 2 a.m.

In the meantime ship way had been stopped and boat searching, but returned at 12:33 p.m., having seen no trace of missing man, who was named J. Warrington. Haglund was buried on August 25 at 8 a.m., latitude 16 degrees 44 minutes north, longitude 122 degrees 58 minutes west. All hands present.

It cast quite a gloom over the ship for some days as Haglund was very popular. A Swede of birth, aged 28, a thorough sailor and of avery quiet disposition.

On board the 'Crown of Scotland' the men were very adverse to discussing the tragedy. "She's a hoodoo, anyhow,"said one burly Jack Tar, "and every night we can see Jack with his knife crawling up and stabbing Pete in the breast. One thing's sure, I'll never sail in this craft again. They can keep my pay. I'm going to desert as soon as the sails are clewed up."