Philip Octavius Scutt ca 1833-ca 1918

Athugasemdum [P O S - Census 1851, groom 17yr., Vicarage House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. P S living in 1871 in Shalford, Surrey and in 1901 in Aldrington. Census 1891 - Adur Hotel.] [hovehistory.blogspot.nl -By 1890 P. Scutt was the landlord and the following year he was doing all he could to help some shipwrecked survivors. On 11 November 1891 a fierce gale was blowing and two vessels were wrecked within a short space of time and at a distance of around 100 yards of each other. It was thought they were trying to find shelter at Shoreham but mistook the entrance to the harbour. The Ville de Napoleon was the first vessel to be wrecked but the five-man crew were rescued, taken to the Adur Hotel and placed before a roaring fire to warm them. John Roberts was driven ashore east of the Gasworks. Unhappily there was only one survivor and Mr Scutt placed him in a warm bedroom to recuperate. The basement was used as a mortuary where the three drowned men were placed. They were William Williams, 45, from Carnarvon (now spelt Caernarfon), his son William aged 14 and John Griffith Thomas of Llanwnda aged seventeen. They were buried in St Leonard’s Churchyard.] [P S 87yr.]