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The Argus, 5th March 1873 :
“SYDNEY, TUESDAY.
“The steamer Coolangatta was wrecked at Shoalhaven Heads.”
The Brisbane Courier, 8th March 1873 :
“SYDNEY.
“March 7.
“The hull of the steamer Coolangatta has been found near Jervis Bay, and was towed into Shoalhaven.”
The Australian Town and Country Journal, 8th March 1873 :
“WRECK OF THE COOLANGATTA.
“The Sentinal reports that this steamer, the property of the I.S.N. Co., had been laying on Pig Island all last week, undergoing repairs to her boiler, by a man from Sydney. She was taken off and made fast to the Terrara wharf on Friday last. On Tuesday night at 10 o’clock, she broke away from the wharf, with Captain Avis and three men on board. The night was so dark that the parties could not see and the consequence was that she got out into the current and became unmanageable. From what we have gleaned she was taken down the river at a terrific pace towards the heads. When on nearing the heads the men thought it high time to clear out; they had only done so some thirteen minutes when she struck the rocks, and was totally wrecked. To add to the catastrophe Captain Avis and another man placed all the clothing of their respective families on board, which have been totally lost, as also about L10 worth of tools belonging to the man who was engaged fitting her boiler.”
The Argus, 18th March 1873 :
“ONE of the effects of the severe floods in the southern districts of New South Wales, was the loss of the river steamer Coolangatta, at Shoalhaven, on the 25th ult. She was anchored at a spot where it was supposed she would be out of the current if the river rose. Three anchors were let go. The river rose in the night with great rapidity. For eleven hours the crew were in a state of great anxiety. At 3 a.m. one chain parted, and the others were dragged out, and the steamer drawn into the current and swept down the harbour. The captain and crew, to save their lives, abandoned the steamer at Shoalhaven Heads - she was unmanageable. They got into a boat, and pulled under one of the islands. No more was seen of the steamer, but in the morning the engine-house clock was picked up on the beach. From the time at which it had stopped, they supposed the steamer encountered a heavy sea eight minutes after they quitted her, and went down. Several portions of the deck-house were strewn on the beach.”
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