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The SS ''Cawarra'' was a paddle-steamer that sank on 12 July 1866 in
The Great Gale and Wreck of the Steamer 'Cawarra': Newcastle's Greatest Shipping Disaster
(includes list of the deceased) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cawarra Shipwrecks of the Hunter Region 1866 in Australia Maritime incidents in July 1866 History of Newcastle, New South Wales 1864 ships Paddle steamers of Australia Ships built in Glasgow 1851–1870 ships of Australia Coastal passenger vessels of Australia Water transport in New South Wales 1864 establishments in Scotland
The SS ''Cawarra'' was a paddle-steamer that sank on 12 July 1866 in Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
harbour, New South Wales
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, Australia sending sixty people to their deaths. The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters in Australian history.
Owned by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company
The Australasian Steam Navigation Company (ASN Co) was a shipping company of Australia which operated between 1839 and 1887.
Company history
The company was started as the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company in 1839. In March 1851, the comp ...
, the Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
-bound passenger vessel had become caught in rough seas off the east coast of Australia during storms that sank 14 other ships and resulted in 77 deaths between Port Stephens in the north and Sydney in the south. As the ship entered Newcastle harbour to take shelter it was overwhelmed by huge waves and sank, bow first, before thousands of onlookers who had gathered along the harbour shoreline to watch the stricken passenger ship. Its wreckage was recovered and, after removal of items of value, it was dumped on the Oyster Bank.
While only one passenger survived the sinking, 60 people were already dead. "Several hours later, the lighthouse-keeper sighted a survivor and with his assistant James Johnson, who had been the sole survivor of the Dunbar wreck, launched a boat and brought the man ashore... Ordinary seaman rederick VHedges had grabbed a plank as the ship sank and was eventually washed more dead than alive against a harbour buoy."Loney J KThe wreck today sits beneath the wreckage of three more vessels that have since foundered in the harbour. Along with other wrecks they were used in the construction of the
Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast
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Stockton Stockton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Stockton, New South Wales
* Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
New Zealand
*Stockton, New Zealand
United Kingdom
*Stockton, Cheshire
*Stockton, Norfolk
*Stockton, Chirbu ...
breakwall where plaques commemorate the loss of each of the ships including the ''Cawarra''.
See also
*Dunbar (ship)
The ''Dunbar'' was a full-rigged ship designed and built from 1852 to 1853 by James Laing & Sons of Deptford Yard in Sunderland, England and used for maritime trade, as a troop ship and transport. The ''Dunbar'' was wrecked near the entrance t ...
* List of disasters in Australia by death toll
This is a list of disasters in Australia by death toll.
100 or more deaths
50 to 99 deaths
20 to 49 deaths
Between 10 and 20
Gallery
Image:Port arthur outside.jpg, The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when Martin Bryant ...
References
External links
The Great Gale and Wreck of the Steamer 'Cawarra': Newcastle's Greatest Shipping Disaster
(includes list of the deceased) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cawarra Shipwrecks of the Hunter Region 1866 in Australia Maritime incidents in July 1866 History of Newcastle, New South Wales 1864 ships Paddle steamers of Australia Ships built in Glasgow 1851–1870 ships of Australia Coastal passenger vessels of Australia Water transport in New South Wales 1864 establishments in Scotland