Ref NoLDGSL/75
TitleDespatch on a peat landslide at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Date1 Jan 1879
LevelSeries
Extent6pp
FormatDocument
DescriptionManuscript copy of a despatch from Acting-Governor Arthur Bailey to Governor Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, giving an account of a landslide, which was caused by the overflow of a peat bog, affecting Port Stanley, Falkland Islands on 29 November 1878.
Administrative HistoryArthur Bailey was appointed surveyor general of the Falkland Islands in 1848, a post which he held until 1873. He was then appointed coroner, registrar general and receiver of wrecks in 1875 and police magistrate in 1878. During Governor Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan's leave in 1878-1879, Bailey served as acting governor.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NotePaper was read before the Society, 26 February 1879, and published in full in: 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London', vol 35 (1879), Proceedings p96.
ArchNoteSource: 'The Dictionary of Falkland Islands Biography' Tatham, 2008. Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam.
CreatorNameBAILEY | Arthur | 1819-1833 | colonial administrator on the Falkland Islands
TermLandslides
Natural disasters
Previous referenceLDGSL 75
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/200BAILEY; Arthur (1819-1833); colonial administrator on the Falkland Islands1819-1833
Places
CodePlaceName
NA96Port Stanley
NA97Falkland Islands
NA389South America
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