Up at 6:30 am. go to wharf at Union Steam Ship Co. at 7:30 am. No news of SS. Venture. She arrives at 9:30 am. Mrs. Graham on board. I escort her to Haswell’s & at 1 pm leave for my place.
Mrs. Graham calls at my place at 7:30 pm stays ½ hour & then home. I escort her. I [go] home 10:30 pm
Sunday 27 September 1914
Raining all fore noon.
I go to Captain Purdie’s to hold an examination of non-commissioned officers. I am the examiner
Stay from 2 pm till 5 pm
Haswell calls regarding wire from Mrs. Graham. I go to Haswell’s at 6 pm & stay till 8:30 pm. To Vancouver with her. I stay in town all night.
Saturday 26 September 1914 – rain
Raining all day
Sent letter to Esquimalt (Navy) & receive telegram from Mrs. F. Graham (Bessie) to state she is arriving on the S.S Venture Sunday night.
I buy stove & mattress etc. from Maud
Harvest Festival at St Clements
Friday 25 September 1914 – rain
Working on Keith Road School.
Drill night for Home Guard
Non Commissioned Officers are examined for vocal powers.
Thursday 24 September 1914 – rain
Examining Non Commisioned Officers with Captain Purdie at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday 23 September 1914 – rain
Examining Non Commissioned Officers with Captain Purdie at night.
Tuesday 22 September 1914
Working on Keith Road School all day.
The Germans sink three of our Battleships in the North Sea by Submarines
Names are ÷ HMS Aboukir , also Hogue and Cressy
Also the Pegasus in Zanzibar Harbor with 25 men & two officers killed.
* SMS Königsberg and the Battle of Zanzibar– SMS Königsberg was a German light cruiser named after the capital of East Prussia. On September 20th 1914 the SMS Königsberg surprised the British ship Pegasus as it was in Zanzibar Harbor for repairs. The resulting attack sank the Pegasus. After the battle, one of the SMS Königsberg’s main engines broke down and the ship went up the Rufiji River to wait for repairs. The ship was discovered by the British who created a blockade and eventually attacked the ship, damaging it beyond repair.
Monday 21 September 1914 – fair
Fine all day & worked full time.
I loan my Balaclava cap to Mr. Whipps.
German Battleship Koenigsburg [sic] captures 6 British steamers and sinks 5 in the Bay of Bengal
*Probably not the Koenigsburg (see next note) – there may have been confusion in newspapers of the day about the exact location and activities of the Koenigsburg.
Sunday 20 September 1914 – cloudy but later fair
Did not rise till 12:15 noon. The latest I have ever been in bed on a Sunday or any other day. Mrs Wagstaffe is still unwell but slightly better.
I leave for home at 7:50 pm
Arrive home at 10:45 pm
Saturday 19 September 1914
Rain all morning. No work
I leave early for Burnaby & arrive at Ruth’s at 12 noon. At 12:25 noon to Wagstaffe’s. Mrs Wagstaffe is ill with grippe. I to Mrs Wagstaffe’s with Mabel & to theatre also. Back home at 6 pm.
No change in the position of the Germans.
Stayed all night at Wagstaffe’s
*Grippe – Influenza
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