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Title: Death Records
Post by: mudmonster on Friday 21 March 25 12:18 GMT (UK)

Hello again,I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction to find a death record for Harriet Louisa Hughes & son who  died in the 1896 Drummond Castle tragedy in 1896 off Molene .just wondering where the  records would be,Cape Town ,France  or any other records
Thanks
Mud

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: KGarrad on Friday 21 March 25 13:12 GMT (UK)

For those, like me, who are wondering where the heck is Molene:

Molène or Molene is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern France.

And SS Drummond Castle sank on 16 June 1896 off Ushant.

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: KGarrad on Friday 21 March 25 13:26 GMT (UK)

From: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?275108
Passengers on board:

89. HUGHES, CHILD, Drummond Castle SS, †16/06/1896, Second class passenger from Cape Town
90. HUGHES, MR., Drummond Castle SS, †16/06/1896, First class passenger from Natal
91. HUGHES, MRS., Drummond Castle SS, †16/06/1896, Second class passenger from Cape Town

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: KGarrad on Friday 21 March 25 13:29 GMT (UK)

FindMyPast has Maritime Deaths, 1781-1968

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: AlanBoyd on Friday 21 March 25 13:40 GMT (UK)

Snippet from a longer article.

19 June 1896: South Wales Echo

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: mudmonster on Saturday 22 March 25 14:08 GMT (UK)

Thanks for all the replies,Mrs Hughes was not from Mold ,she was in fact from Weston Favell Northamptonshire, her maiden name was Morris ,she married in  Kimberley Northern Cape their child was  a son  ,I have found his birth registration in December 1895 but cannot find his name.The Mr Hughes  mentioned  was not the husband  of the above
Thanks to everyone
Mud