Shipwreck of the 'Young Australia' off North Point, Moreton Island,. The Brisbane Courier 1 June 1872 Wreck of the Young Australia 1300382 ) MESSRS J. AND G. Harris received a telegram from Cape Moreton yesterday, to tho effect that the ship Young Australia had gone ashore and that all the passengers had been landed on Moreton Island, and were badly off for provisions and other necessaries. Messrs Harris, on receipt of the news, at once dispatched the Francis Cadell, s., to the scene of the wreck, with an ample supply of necessaries of all kinds. We telegraphed to Superintendent Brayden, a
Shipwreck of the 'Young Australia' off North Point, Moreton Island,. The Brisbane Courier 1 June 1872 Wreck of the Young Australia 1300382 ) MESSRS J. AND G. Harris received a telegram from Cape Moreton yesterday, to tho effect that the ship Young Australia had gone ashore and that all the passengers had been landed on Moreton Island, and were badly off for provisions and other necessaries. Messrs Harris, on receipt of the news, at once dispatched the Francis Cadell, s., to the scene of the wreck, with an ample supply of necessaries of all kinds. We telegraphed to Superintendent Brayden, at Cape Moreton, for further particulars, and at half past 6 o'clock last night received the following reply - Cape Moleton, May 31 The Young Australia is on shore on the north point of the island. She went ashore about 11 o'clock this morning. All the passengers and crew are on shore at the North Point. The vessel is breaking up, and it is very uncertain whether any of the cargo will be saved. The Young Australia, Captain Cooper, cleared at the Customs for London on Thursday, May 23, and on Saturday, the 25th, the Nowra, steamer, took down her passengers. At that time Captain Cooper anticipated that he would be detained for some days in consequence of the desertion of several men who had been engaged in Sydney and brought to Brisbane to complete his complement of hands to work the vessel. Whether this was the cause of his detention in the Bay we are not yet in a position to state. The weather has been very rough outside for the last few days, and it might be that he was weather bound. At any rate, the ship was reported at the Pilot Station on Thursday evening, and as she went ashore at the North Point at 11 o'clock on Friday morning, the probability is that she was going out to sea at the time. Our shipping reporter went out in the Francis Cadell yesterday afternoon, and on his return we shall probably be able to give a more circumstantial account of the disaster. [The repo
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