1889

departed Newcastle on 30/5/1889 for Hong Kong with 1278t of coal. Struck Bellona Reef, Coral Sea at midnight 7/6/1889, becoming a total loss; Master's account of wreck and lifeboats' voyage to Qld coast, as told to Brisbane Press, recounted by Lance Peterson, Wreck Researcher, 15 Boolagi Drive, Wurtulla, 4575, published in Sunshine Coast Sunday, 1995;