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The Argus, 12th April 1864 :
“TOTAL WRECK OF THE I. S. N. Co.’s S. MYNORA. - The Mynora (s.), 100 tons, Captain Barter, left Moruya at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th, bound to Sydney. The women and children travelled from the wreck to the lighthouse at Cape St. George, a distance of five miles, where eevry attention was paid them by Mr. Lee, superintendent. The Mynora was wrecked on a small reef off George’s Head, six miles south of the Cape St. George light. The master says it was very thick at the time (one a.m., Wednesday, 6th). They backed her off, but found she was making water very fast, and to save lives ran her on shore in a small sandy bay, three miles north of George’s Head, where she now lies a total wreck. On the receipt of the intelligence at Greenwell Point, Shoalhaven, the Hunter, Captain Sullivan, being there started on the following morning to the scene of the disaster, and took off the male passengers; then proceeded to the lighthouse, station Jervis Bay [sic], where she took off the females, and left again for Sydney, at eleven a.m. The passengers are well, and the crew remained to save what they could of the wreck. This is the second loss in a few months by the same company. The Mynora was a new wooden steamer, built at Pyrmont, for the Ulladulla trade, and is uninsured. - S. M. Herald, April 9.”
The Brisbane Courier, 15th April 1864 :
“TOTAL WRECK OF THE I. S. N. Co.’s S. MYNORA. - The Mynora (s.), 100 tons, Captain Barter, left Moruya at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th, bound to Sydney, with the following passengers : - Mrs. Mears and four children; steerage - Mrs. O’Neil and five children, two natives of India, and one Chinaman. The women and children travelled from the wreck to the lighthouse at Cape St. George, a distance of five miles, where every attention was paid them by Mr. Lee, superintendent. The Mynora was wrecked on a small reef off George’s Head, six miles south of the Cape St. George light. The master says it was very thick at the time (one a.m., Wednesday, 6th). They backed her off, but found she was making water very fast, and to save lives ran her on shore in a small sandy bay, three miles north of George’s Head, where she now lies a total wreck. On the receipt of the intelligence at Greenwell Point, Shoalhaven, the Hunter, Captain Sullivan, being there started on the following morning to the scene of the disaster, and took off the male passengers; then proceeded to the lighthouse station, Jervis Bay, where she took off the females, and left again for Sydney, at eleven a.m. The passengers are well, and the crew remained to save what they could of the wreck. Mr. Lee sent the intelligence to the agent at Shoalhaven, which arrived at Greenwell Pointat 10 p.m. on the 6th. This is the second loss in a few months by the same company. The Mynora was a new wooden steamer, built at Pyrmont, for the Ulladulla trade, and is uninsured. - S. M. Herald, April 9.”
The Argus, 23rd April ;
“The Hunter, s., on her way to Sydney, called at the wreck of the Mynora, s., and has brought up the hands who were left to look after what could be saved. They had succeeded in securing to a floating raft - awaiting one of the Company’s steamers to call - the masts, sails, yards, wheel, ventilators, and sundry other parts of the vessel, when a southerly gale came on and drove the whole construction ashore. One of the boats has come up by the Hunter. - Sydney Morning Herald, April 18.”
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