Jessie Blair left New Zealand's shores in August 1899 for Poona, India, arriving in October. She worked as a missionary for the Zenana Bible Mission, spending some months at Mahabeleshwar, and dying in Poona a year later in 1900 of Typhoid. This blog is about a journey to 'find' Jessie.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The "SS Karlsruhe" on which Jessie travelled Melbourne to Colombo departing 12 September 1899
SS Karlsruhe
She had accommodation for 44 first class passengers, 36 second class passengers (Jessie travelled in this class) and 1,955 third class passengers. Launched in August 1889 she was scrapped in 1908.
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