Date18-Jun-1909
TypeSea Disaster
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationMiddleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane
Activity1446-ton Norwegian barque Errol, bound from Peru to Newcastle with 22 on board wrecked. Survivors shelterd on the wreck of the Annasona. Subsequently the Master, his wife & 4 children perished along with several crew. Survivors (5) were rescued 7/12/1909
InjuryFATAL, only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered
VictimMaster of the Errol, Male
SourceAustralian Zoologist, viii., 1937, p.207
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