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SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 999 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT BY BARCLAY, CURIE & CO IN 1867.

 SHE LEFT NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA FOR TIMARU IN 1882 WITH A CARGO OF COAL. SHE COMMENCED DISCHARGING CARGO WHILE AT ANCHOR. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF WORK A STORM BLEW UP, SHE DRAGGED HER ANCHOR, AND HER RUDDER BROKE, CAUSING HER TO ROLL HEAVILY, THE SHIFTING BOARDS IN THE HOLD ( TO KEEP THE CARGO IN PLACE ) WERE DIS-LODGED AND THE CARGO SHIFTED. SHE WAS SENT ASHORE AND SOON BECAME A TOTAL LOSS, BEING DEEMED NOT WORTH REFLOATING AND HER HULK WAS SOLD FOR  150 POUNDS