Overview
Fri. Nov. 27.
Howling gale from west + the heaviest driving rain I've ever seen. Stencilled 15 bales of hoggart [sic] fleeces in afternoon for Father. Mr. Field's meeting in Century Hall in evening [Reform candidate]. Fearful explosion on HMS Bulwark at Sheerness - 15000 tons - magazine blew up - ship sank in 3 minutes + all but 12 of the 780 men perished.