WRECK OF THE DUNBAR OFF SYDNEY HEADS, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY LIVES LOST.
The melancholy news has reached us via Melbourne of the total loss of the Dunbar, a fine ship of about 1200 tons,belongin° to Messrs.Dunbar of London, and commanded by Captain Green. The ■wreck occurred outside Sydney Heads on the 20th ult., and out of the sixty-five passengers, and nearly the same number of crew, only one man, a seaman, was. saved. The circumstances attending the wreck were enveloped in doubt for. two days, but the rescue of James Johnson, the seaman before mentioned, has been the means of removing a portion of the mystery which previously shrouded this awful tragedy. A boy happened to see a man waving something on a ledge of rock, near to what is called the Gap; ropes were obtained and the poor fellow was hauled up in safety. Notwithstanding his having suffered forty-seven hours of exposure without food, he seemed little exhausted. The Dunbar had left Plymouth on the 31st May, and had a prosperous voyage till Thursday the 29fch August, when the light on the South head of Sydney was made about seven o'clock in the evening. It was blowing fresh. The vessel, about eleven o'clock at night, was put before the wind, and shortly afterwards there was aery of breakers a-head, and the ship immediately struck and went broadside on to. the rocks. The sea broke over the ship and carried away the boats, and the masts went by the board. No boats could be launched. Johnson got upon a few pieces of board and drifted ashore. Next morning he found hi,m§elf the sole survivor. It appears that every care was taken, and no apprehensions were entertained of danger, but the ship was making more led way than had been calculated on, and
struck on the Southern head of the harbour. The verdict of the jury attached no blame to the captain or officers. The next Monday the bodies recovered were interred with peculiar solemnities, and the city went into general
mourning.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 510, 23 September 1857, Page 4
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342WRECK OF THE DUNBAR OFF SYDNEY HEADS, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY LIVES LOST. Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 510, 23 September 1857, Page 4
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