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a clerk in the chief commissioner ' s office , perished while defending the garrison of Mr . Sago ' s house from an attack by the enemy . He had nobly done his duty at Ghinhutt , and survived the dangers of that disastrous day . There , however , Bro . McAulifle had fallen . Bro . Deprat's exploits I ha ^ e in my book largely commented on -but he too died , after suffering for
twenty days the most agonising pain , borne with manly fortitude . Our : Bro . Sinclair , the Junior Warden , still lives and is now in this country , but he was twice wounded , the last time in September , when he gallantly made one of a sortie on the enemy ' s position . Bro . Clare Alexander , captain in the Artillery , ^ fter having escaped a severe burning , died in consequence of an amputation of his arm , fractured by the enemy ' s round shot . He had indeed been an ornament to his branch of the service , and of him and the
mdeMigable Gapt . Fulton , the engineer officer , to whom in a great degree our lives are owing , we have certainly reason to be proud , in being able to claim them as having belonged to our brotherhood . The leader of th £ volunteer cavalry at € hinhutt C apt ; Eadcliffe , 7 th Light C a ^ alry , who , at ohr dinner had looked at the fo a similarfate to that ctfjour Bro . Alexander . Bro , Erith , the corporal of the volunteer guard in Innes outpost v was shot through the head ; Gaptaih McCabe died , sword in handj while leading his fourth sortie ; Bro . Blenman
was wounded by the fall of a wall , shattered by the insurgents' round shot ; while Bro . T . Eavanagh , who afterwards , with almost unexampled daring , carried despatches to Sir Colin Campbell ' s camp through the crowded streets of a , hostile town and the well guarded posts of a , vigilant enemy—who afterwards added to his glory by killing with his own hand three of the rebel ' miners under ground , and by accompanying our troops as a guide and as volunteer in almost every sortie—was , a few days later , stretched on a sick couch .
^ I only remember Bros . Fitzgerald and Forder who both survived the siege , having likewise been present at our festivities , at which every health was drank with Masonic honours . Bro . Geoffrpy , a French gentleman , who subsequently did great service as a miner , a labourer , and a volunteer soldier at Anderson ' s garrison , I also recollect as having assisted at our party .
It was impossible to hold a closely tiled Lodge in the Post Office , where we commemorated St . John ' s day . A very large room in the centre of the building was the scene of our feast , but to our right and left were the chambers of a few families , and apartments then set aside for the accommodation of the gallant detachment of the 84 th , which Sir Hugh Wheeler
had sent to our assistance . Our Brethren of Lodge Harmony , in Cawnpore , No . 614 , who were present at the time of the outbreak at that station , all fell victims to the fury of that villain the Nana of Bithoor ; and I fear the original documents connected with it are lost . The Lodge itself was roofless when I passed through , and had been converted to the most disgusting use . But it is , I am glad to learn , now in progress of re-building .
The Lodge at Allahabad was more fortunate ; it escaped the storm which had burst over that unhappy station also , and when I saw it , its appearance presented not the least vestige of violence . This is all I can tell you . Though the details arc perhaps meagre and insufficient for your purpose , they will yet , I am confident , be read with
interest by our Masonic friends in Great Britain , who , we in India well know , are so solicitous for our welfare , so happy at our prosperity , and so full of sympathy with our adversity . I remain , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours , 10 th Dec 1858 . L . E . iW-rz Bkrs .
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a clerk in the chief commissioner ' s office , perished while defending the garrison of Mr . Sago ' s house from an attack by the enemy . He had nobly done his duty at Ghinhutt , and survived the dangers of that disastrous day . There , however , Bro . McAulifle had fallen . Bro . Deprat's exploits I ha ^ e in my book largely commented on -but he too died , after suffering for
twenty days the most agonising pain , borne with manly fortitude . Our : Bro . Sinclair , the Junior Warden , still lives and is now in this country , but he was twice wounded , the last time in September , when he gallantly made one of a sortie on the enemy ' s position . Bro . Clare Alexander , captain in the Artillery , ^ fter having escaped a severe burning , died in consequence of an amputation of his arm , fractured by the enemy ' s round shot . He had indeed been an ornament to his branch of the service , and of him and the
mdeMigable Gapt . Fulton , the engineer officer , to whom in a great degree our lives are owing , we have certainly reason to be proud , in being able to claim them as having belonged to our brotherhood . The leader of th £ volunteer cavalry at € hinhutt C apt ; Eadcliffe , 7 th Light C a ^ alry , who , at ohr dinner had looked at the fo a similarfate to that ctfjour Bro . Alexander . Bro , Erith , the corporal of the volunteer guard in Innes outpost v was shot through the head ; Gaptaih McCabe died , sword in handj while leading his fourth sortie ; Bro . Blenman
was wounded by the fall of a wall , shattered by the insurgents' round shot ; while Bro . T . Eavanagh , who afterwards , with almost unexampled daring , carried despatches to Sir Colin Campbell ' s camp through the crowded streets of a , hostile town and the well guarded posts of a , vigilant enemy—who afterwards added to his glory by killing with his own hand three of the rebel ' miners under ground , and by accompanying our troops as a guide and as volunteer in almost every sortie—was , a few days later , stretched on a sick couch .
^ I only remember Bros . Fitzgerald and Forder who both survived the siege , having likewise been present at our festivities , at which every health was drank with Masonic honours . Bro . Geoffrpy , a French gentleman , who subsequently did great service as a miner , a labourer , and a volunteer soldier at Anderson ' s garrison , I also recollect as having assisted at our party .
It was impossible to hold a closely tiled Lodge in the Post Office , where we commemorated St . John ' s day . A very large room in the centre of the building was the scene of our feast , but to our right and left were the chambers of a few families , and apartments then set aside for the accommodation of the gallant detachment of the 84 th , which Sir Hugh Wheeler
had sent to our assistance . Our Brethren of Lodge Harmony , in Cawnpore , No . 614 , who were present at the time of the outbreak at that station , all fell victims to the fury of that villain the Nana of Bithoor ; and I fear the original documents connected with it are lost . The Lodge itself was roofless when I passed through , and had been converted to the most disgusting use . But it is , I am glad to learn , now in progress of re-building .
The Lodge at Allahabad was more fortunate ; it escaped the storm which had burst over that unhappy station also , and when I saw it , its appearance presented not the least vestige of violence . This is all I can tell you . Though the details arc perhaps meagre and insufficient for your purpose , they will yet , I am confident , be read with
interest by our Masonic friends in Great Britain , who , we in India well know , are so solicitous for our welfare , so happy at our prosperity , and so full of sympathy with our adversity . I remain , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours , 10 th Dec 1858 . L . E . iW-rz Bkrs .