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 South African Commercial Advertiser (1826-1840)
| Date transcribed | 2009-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Sue McKay - Marianne Mansfield | | Comment | Sue McKay has kindly authorized us to publish her transcriptions of Family History-related data from the Announcements in the South African Commercial Advertiser. This is because they include very many references to personnel in the service of The East India Company en route to or from India or on furlough in S. Africa, which offered a more temperate climate. Also included are many officers and soldiers of the British Army regiments who may well have served in India shortly before or after serving in South Africa. |
| | Publication Date | 3 February 1838 | | | Event Date | February 1838 | | | Surname | Adair | | | Rank or Occupation | Captain of the Cape Mounted Rifles (late of 72nd Highlanders) | | | Event | Death | | | Full Entry | Saturday 3 February 1838:MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT: We deeply regret to announce the death of Capt. ADAIR of the Cape Mounted Rifles (late of the 72nd Highlanders) under the following distressing circumstances. Deceased was stationed at Fort Brown, and was out on Wednesday se’nnight in that neighbourhood shooting. He had fired off one barrel, and was standing with the butt of his piece on the ground, with one hand holding the muzzle; whilst in this position, and with the head gently inclined forward, in the act of taking a pinch of snuff, the charge in the loaded barrel, from some cause which has not been explained, exploded – entering the head of this lamented officer between the eyes, and shattering in the most frightful manner the face and scalp. The deceased was in the prime of life and highly esteemed by his brother officers. His remains were deposited with military honors in the burial ground at Graham’s Town on Saturday – the funeral being attended, we believe, by all the officers in the garrison. | | | Reference ( National Archives - Kew) | CO53/4 |
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