A sad calamity fell upon us yesterday (Wednesday 20th Nov 1872). J. Harvey a TB in the Upper Shell up Rigauds incautiously played in the football match v the Norwood club last Saturday, having at the time an absess on his right elbow, after the match he showed no sign of pain & attended Abbey both morning & afternoon the next day, but on Sunday night he seemed seedy & did not appear in school on Monday, & the poison, having spread through the whole system gave him such intense pain that in the evening he became unconscious & in spite of every effort got worse & worse & finally passed away on Wednesday afternoon without ever having recovered his senses. He was a universal favourite on account of his quiet demeanour, & his death has cast quite a gloom over the whole school. On Saturday we had a lecture from Canon Conway about the suddeness of poor Harvey’s death, & on Sunday afternoon Scott preached on the same subject; after service the “Dead March” was played. Harvey’s body was taken away on Sunday morning to Wales (where he lived), & on Tuesday it was buried; Scott read over the Burial Service up school after 8 o-clock prayers on Tuesday morning.
H.J.R