'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [31r] (66/570)
The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1936-4 Oct 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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BAHHAH BI St'KN JAHYl
January 30 tn, 1937
EPICAL HKPORT * I
PSTTH OF QKDAR 30Ji OF YOU3XF. (HEAD RIGMAfl
x jh i 1 e playing loot ball tiu# deceased lelt a sudden* severs
pain in nis heart* He rested lor a fee moments on the football
ground and eas then carried to his quarters* I wae called and
reached the man at approximately 51 IJ p.g. or five minutes
alter 1 received the message*
£hen 1 reached him he was in bed* tossing violently abeut
with an agonizing pain in nis heart* His pulse was irregular
and faint* abeut ICO per minute* ana his respiration was
shallow and difficult* I nao him taken by oar to tne dispens
ary immediately and administered one drachm Spirits Aumionia
Aroraatis in water, vhile the cup was still at his lips he
vomited undigested rice and other foods and then went limp
with no respiration or pulse* with his he&d resting on his
shoulder and his eyes wide open. This all ocoured witnin two
minutes of his arrival a t the dispensary*
Alter the above reaction I administered artificial reepi-
ration to which he responded feebly. His brother and the
dispensary furrash continued the artificial respiration while
I gave him a lew wills ol capsule Ammonia inhalations and
oi a & r ain of Strychnine from an ampoule. Although,
at first, he responded to the artificial respiration, the
respiration became gradually weaker and finally ce a «ed
entirely, e continued the artificial respiration for another
live minutes but it was useless as the man was already dead.
The whole treatment lasted about fifteen minutes but I am
ol the opinion that death occurred immediately al ter he
dispensary * P9roximaLtel * %wo *i»*te 8 after nia arrival at the
ASSISTANT SUhaSOfi.
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This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait by the Kuwait Oil Company. The majority of the papers relate to operational matters from workers contracts, buoying and navigation, to plans for the construction of refineries.
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- 1 file (281 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-278; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- Title
- 'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 20r:24v, 29r:29v, 31r:37v, 40r:57v, 69r:70v, 72r:78v, 80r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:95v, 99r:99v, 102r:105v, 107r:109v, 125r:131v, 135r:135v, 137r:140v, 142r:149v, 151r:154v, 156r:158r, 158r, 159v, 159v:180v, 197r:198v, 200r:214v, 217r:244v, 246r:255v, 258r:258v, 263r:272v, 275r:275v, 277r:282v, back-i
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