https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Patrick_CairnsPatrick Cairns - Revision history2026-06-04T09:15:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.2https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Patrick_Cairns&diff=129873&oldid=prevTCDE-Team: Created page with "Patrick Cairns ([[Collier's, 27 february 1904)]] Fictional character. == In the Sherlock Holmes stories == * Patrick Cairns was a harpooner who came to Baker Street as a job applicant (one of the three men Sherlock Holmes summoned as Captain Basil) (BLAC {{refcanon|BLAC|429}}). The other harpooners were James Lancaster and Hugh Pattins. * He did twenty-six voyages (BLAC {{refcanon|BLAC|432..."2025-10-22T20:07:45Z<p>Created page with "<a href="/wiki/File:Colliers-1904-02-27-blac-5.jpg" title="File:Colliers-1904-02-27-blac-5.jpg">thumb|250px|right|Patrick Cairns ([[Collier's</a>, 27 february 1904)]] Fictional character. == In the Sherlock Holmes stories == * Patrick Cairns was a harpooner who came to Baker Street as a job applicant (one of the three men <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> summoned as Captain Basil) (<a href="/wiki/BLAC" class="mw-redirect" title="BLAC">BLAC</a> {{refcanon|BLAC|429}}). The other harpooners were <a href="/wiki/James_Lancaster" title="James Lancaster">James Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Pattins" title="Hugh Pattins">Hugh Pattins</a>. * He did twenty-six voyages (<a href="/wiki/BLAC" class="mw-redirect" title="BLAC">BLAC</a> {{refcanon|BLAC|432..."</p>
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== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br />
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* Patrick Cairns was a harpooner who came to Baker Street as a job applicant (one of the three men [[Sherlock Holmes]] summoned as Captain Basil) ([[BLAC]] {{refcanon|BLAC|429}}). The other harpooners were [[James Lancaster]] and [[Hugh Pattins]].<br />
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* He did twenty-six voyages ([[BLAC]] {{refcanon|BLAC|432}}).<br />
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* He directly witnessed [[Peter Carey]] kill [[J. H. Neligan]] on the ''Sea Unicorn'' ([[BLAC]] {{refcanon|BLAC|492}}).<br />
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* He came to blackmail ("squeeze") [[Peter Carey]] for hush money over the crime and the tin box ([[BLAC]] {{refcanon|BLAC|498}}), but he killed [[Peter Carey]] in self-defense with a harpoon when Carey attacked with a knife ([[BLAC]] {{refcanon|BLAC|475}}).<br />
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