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Crew Casualty Mrs Doig

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26th Oct 1918

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Casualties of the sinking of the SS Burutu Part 1: CREW

There are two main sources of information for this list, the Roll of Honour printed by the Elder Dempster Shipping Company and the register of Deaths at Sea. There are some discrepancies between the two lists. Crew casualties confirmed by both lists (names in red shows alternate spelling) Particulars of deceased Name Age Rank or Rating Birthplace Last place of abode Adaway, C 17 Deck Boy London 121 Westborough Rd, London Alexander J. 48 Chief Cook Liverpool 5 Webster Rd, Liverpool Bartlett, G.H. Barnett G.M. 18 Wireless Operator Bermondsley 27 Hardwicke Road, Palmers Green, London Bussey, J Bassey, A.J. 22 Seaman Newfoundland 16 Rose Street, Middlesborough Bright, C 22 Trimmer Sierra Leone Murray Town, Sierra Leone Brown, D.W. 24 4th Engineer Edinburgh 6 Beechwood Terrace, Dumbarton Brown, J.P. 36 Assist

Finding out about the SS Burutu

The Elder Dempster steam ship S.S. Burutu sank on 3rd October 1918 with heavy loss of life. Due to the fact that the ship was not sunk by enemy action, very few of those on board were eligible for a war grave or commemoration on a memorial. I have compiled lists of casualties and survivors from the passengers and crew from a variety of sources, survivors from a list published in The Times on 8th October 1918, passenger casualties from the official Dead Passengers list for October 1918, crew casualties from the Roll of Honour in the book Elder Dempster 1914-1918 cross checked with the Deaths at Sea index. There are varied accounts of the number of lives lost in this tragedy so it is difficult to know exactly how many people died, 7th October 1918 (4 days after the tragedy) The Times reported 35 lives were lost. 8th October 1918 (5 days after the tragedy) The Times reported that the casualty list was expected to be 170-200, this article also carried a list of names of 22 survivi

Lieutenant J.C.Orr

The information and photo in this post are taken from: Lieutenant John Charles Orr The following is a record of the heroism displayed by Lieutenant John Charles Orr (formerly of our Ladysmith branch), when the Elder Dempster liner "Burutu" sank in mid-ocean, with a loss of 150 lives, after collision with another liner. For the part played by him in this occurrence, Lieutenant Orr has been awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal. "Fuller details of the sinking of the Elder Dempster liner 'Burutu' after collision with another liner, with the loss of over 150 lives, were given by one of the few survivors yesterday. The inky blackness of the night, the heavy list of the vessel, and the high seas running made launching and rescue work impossible. One lifeboat got away successfully containing the main body of the survivors. Another boat was being launched full of passengers, but descended to the top of a raft full of people which had drifted in

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