Richard HARRISON

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

1875

HARRISON Joseph. Effects under £16,000. 28 January. The Will of Joseph Harrison late of Carleton near Skipton in the County of York Farmer who died 17 October 1874 at Carleton was proved at Wakefield by John Turner of Barnoldswick in the said County Tailor and Draper and William Harrison Cattle Dealer the Son and Ann Harrison Widow the Relict both of Skipton the Executors.

‘The Manchester Courier’ (23 March 1915)

IN A GERMAN RAIDER

WORK OF THE KRONPRINZ WILHELM

“The Times” Buenos Ayres correspondent writes: I have been able to gather from passengers on board the Highland Brae, who have just arrived here after having been detained on German boats since January 14th last, some details of the experiences through which they have gone since the Highland Brae was captured by the German commerce raider Kronprinz Wilhelm, just north of the Equator and some 500 miles from the Brazilian coast.

On that date the Kronprinz Wilhelm stopped the Highland Brae by a shot across the bows, sent a prize crew on board, formally taking possession and hauling down the British flag without, however, replacing it by the German flag. She then turned her attention to the three-masted schooner Wilfred M., from Barbados, which had unwittingly been a witness of the capture, and after transferring to herself the crew of 20 odd hands, sank her by drawing off and ramming her at full speed.

Passengers, officers, and their luggage, together with mails, were transferred to the Kronprinz Wilhelm, where were found, in addition to the crew of the Wilfred M., the officers and crew of two other vessels–the Potaro, captured two days previously, and the Hemisphere, on December 28th. Subsequently the Norwegian-owned’ four-masted barque St. Martha was captured and sunk by gunfire. She carried some 3,000 tons of wheat, stated to be for the British Government.

The Highland Brae kept company with the Kronprinz Wilhelm until January 31st, during which time she was thoroughly stripped, and was ultimately sunk. All the accounts are unanimous in stating that everything possible in the circumstances was done for the passengers and officers. One of the passengers states confidently that after very careful observation he puts the armament of the Kronprinz William [sic] at a total of seven guns, of which four were 7-pounders, two fore and two aft, one Maxim, and two 4.7’s, which were useless, having no ammunition.

The Kronprinz Wilhelm left New York without passengers apparently two or three days before the declaration of war between Great Britain and Germany, but after the declaration of war between Germany and Russia, she headed for a German port, but finding the North Sea barred to her, turned into the South Atlantic, bent on commerce raiding. It is stated that for a day or two she was practically a derelict, having consumed all her coal, but she fell in with the Karlsruhe, and was set on her feet again. It is also said that once she was chased by H.M.S. Berwick, which fired twice at her, one of the shells passing between the funnels and the other hitting and partly demolishing the bridge.

‘The Scotsman’ (18 January 1918)

MISSING BRITISH STEAMER

LLOYD’S AGENCY states that nothing has been heard of the British steamer Umgeni since she left Liverpool at the end of October, and subsequently sailed from the Clyde at the beginning of November, excepting that several bodies, supposed to be those members of the crew, are reported to have been picked up.

‘Yorkshire Post’ (18 January 1918)

Lloyd’s Agency states that nothing has been heard of the steamer Umgeni since she left Liverpool at the end of October, and subsequently sailed from the Clyde at the beginning of November, excepting several bodies, supposed to be those of members of the crew, are reported to have been washed up. The Umgeni, owned by Messrs. Bullard, King, and Co., London, is of 2,662 gross tons, and was built in 1898.

‘Western Times’ (7 February 1918)

Shipping News

Lloyd’s report that the schooner, Lapwing of Arbroath, 95 tons, Waterford for Cardiff, and the Umgeni, of London, 2,522 tons gross, the Clyde for Lagos, are considered very much overdue.