Transcript of Inventory of Precognition regarding the bodies of twelve men found washed ashore in Crossapol on the Isle of Coll on 16 December 1873. The men were the crew of the Sultan of London, a barque which was wrecked at Crossapol on 15 December 1873. The bodies were found by Lawrance Cowan (son of and residing with Charles Cowan, Crossapol).
The crew consisted of: P L Greig (Captain), James Crookshank (32, Huntley), J Edwards (30 Philadelphia), F Devon (30 Belgium), George Messerney (49 Jersey), John James (30 Jersey), Carl Frytag (41 Jersey), Frederick Nelson (35, Ireland), John B Smith (38, Virginia), Daniel Byrom (25, Sweden), Carl [Wilcher or Witchen?] (20, Sweden), William Benjamin McCoy (18, Manchester), William Richards (18, Ardwick), John Foy or Fry (30, Limerick).
The transcript contains descriptions of tattoos found on five of the bodies, and mentions their burial at Crossapol graveyard.
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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.