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Surnames/tags: Disaster Australia Shipwreck
Queensland's worst shipping disaster occurred February 1890 when the ship struck a rock in the Torres Strait, while navigating the Adolphus Channel, with the loss of 134, out of 292 passengers and crew.
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Biography
At about 9:15 pm on the 28th of February 1890, as the Quetta was sailing from Brisbane, through the Torres Strait, on her way to England, a slight grating sound was heard, and within three minutes, the ship and 134 passengers were underneath the waves.
Some of the lost and saved. |
The names of the lost:
Research Notes
- Quetta Brown, unnamed baby, adopted by Edmund Brown and his wife...named Cecil Lechmere "Cissy Quetta" Brown died 1949.
Sources
See Also:
- RMS Quetta, wikipedia
- Foley, John C. H. and Quetta (Ship). The Quetta / John C.H. Foley Nairana Publications Aspley, Qld 1990. Personal Collection.
- Adolphus Channel, wikipedia
- Quetta article, by Michael Mcfadyen.
- Edmund Brown, article
- Australian Disasters, wikipedia
Acknowledgements
- Wikimedia Commons for Images of the Quetta.
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