Person:Peter Harcus (1)

He drowned off the coast of Pharay with a young Drummond cousin on 13th October 1887, at age 48. It was said he was transporting a cow when his yawl sank. The bodies were not immediately recovered.

There were some sad happenings in Faray. One was concerned with Peter Harcus. i.e. the father of Faray Jack. He, James and Robert Allan were boating a cow to Eday. The cow put her foot through the boat, the boat sank and Peter Harcus and James Allan were drowned. Robert was saved. He married a Drummond wife, a cousin of my mother and they had a shop in Victoria Street,Kirkwall. Robert was a docker at Kirkwall pier. The Island off Faray, Part 2 by the late Robert Leslie sometimes known as Robbie o' Swartiback. [1]