Mrs.S.,of New Town,Leeds,wrote to say that ROBERT R.left England in July 1889,for Canada to improve his position.He left a wife and four little children behind,and on leaving said that if he were successful out there he should send for them,but if not he should return.
As he was unsuccessful,he left Montreal in the Dominion Liner "Oregon,"on October 30th,but except receiving a card from him ere he started,the wife and friends had heard no more of him from that day till the date they wrote us.
They had written to the "Dominion"Company,who replied that "he landed at Liverpool all right,"so,thinking he had disappeared upon his arrival,they put the matter in the hands of the Liverpool Police,who,after having the case in hand for several weeks made the usual report --"Cannot be traced."RESULT.
We at once commenced looking for some passenger who had come over by the same steamer,and after the lapse of a little time we succeeded in getting hold of one.
In our first interview with him we learned that Robert R.did not land at Liverpool,but when suffering from depression threw himself overboard three days after leaving America,and was drowned.
We further elicited that upon his death the sailors rifled his clothes and boxes,and partitioned them.
We wrote the Company reporting this,and they promised to make enquiries and amends,but as too often happens,upon making report of the same to the family they took the matter into their own hands,dealt with the Company direct,and in all probability thereby lost a good sum in compensation which we should probably have obtained for them.
A LOST WIFE.
ENQUIRY.
F.J.L.asked us to seek for his wife,who left him on November 4th,1888.He feared she had gone to live an immoral life;gave us two addresses at which she might possibly be heard of,and a description.
They had three children.
RESULT.
Enquiries at the addresses given elicited no information,but from observation in the neighbourhood the woman's whereabouts was discovered.