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'The Wreck of the 'Sea Breeze' 1864, contemporary 6-page…
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22-Oct-2013
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'The Wreck of the 'Sea Breeze' 1864, contemporary 6-page manuscript report on the loss of the Barque 'Sea Breeze', written by an unknown correspondent in December 1864. Bound in dark brown leather, with inserted green leather title disk. The 'Sea Breeze', a Barque of 341 tons had been built at Waldboro, Maine, USA, in 1854; registered at Melbourne in 1862. In a gale, she dragged her anchors and went ashore at Stanley, on the north-west coast of Tasmania, 21 November 1864. She had previously struck the reef off North Point, Circular Head, and was waiting to get underway for Launceston for repairs. After some difficulty, ten crew were rescued, but the carpenter was swept away and drowned. Captain Rae and the other survivors reached Launceston on board the schooner Jane Elizabeth.
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