Shipping Catastrophes.
1 Per Press Association | Stjwey. December 28. The oyster bank at Newcastle may not be inaptly termed the Goodwin sands of Australia. The wreck of the Durjsdeer this week awakens memories of the terrible days of July, 1866, when during a fierce south easterly gale the steamship Cawarra -was battered to pieces in a few ■minntes, the passengers and crew, with the exception of one man, perished at three o'clock on the afternoon of 11th July. The Cawarra struck and twentyfive minutes later not a vestige of her remained. Seventy or eighty human beings were hurled into eternity in the presence of hundreds ashore who were powerless to render assistance. The same night the steamer Seagull foundered with all hands. On the next day the dreaded bank claimed other victims in the shape of the barque Williaa Watson, from Nelson, two of the crew perishing, and the ketch Caroline capsizing and drowning all bands. Coming to more recent years, the most noteworthy wrecks on the same treacherous spot are the barques Susannah Godfray and Mar- " garet Caswell and the steamer Colonist.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 153, 30 December 1895, Page 3
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