| Henry James Stanley
Captain
Loss of Boat Crew H M C S Victoria
[full report, page 2]
Commissioner of Trades and Customs received a letter from Captain J S STANLEY R.N., dated 25th April, giving particulars of loss of five of his men who had been sent ashore to Goose Island to bring off mails. John NORGATE, who was rated as coxwain in charge of stores, was sent ashore in charge of the survey gig, having with him as a crew Wm. BOGDON, Edward PRICE, Thos. KING, and George LEGGATT. Boat was found capsized. Captain STANLEY says that every effort was made to discover the bodies and concludes by asking for any information obtainable about the relatives of William COGDON and Edward PRICE.
Hawke's Bay Herald, 17 May 1877
See profile in Leading Lights, The Story of Warrnambool Lighthouses & Lighthouse Keepers, by Elizabeth Douglas, Collett, Bain & Gaspars, Warrnambool, 1998 |