| Austalian gold lost at sea... |
The "Blue Jacket"
- By Pascal Kainic -
Foundering and loss of the First class Australian clipper ship "Blue Jacket" of 1442 tons, Captain White, from Queenstown (Austarlia) to London and a cargo of 4646 bales of wool, 51 bales cotton, plus 16.000 ounces of gold in specie and gold bullion shipped by the Bank of New Zealand.
4000 £ sterlings of specie has been saved by the master and the missing boat contains the same amount each.
Only 84 persons in all have been landed here; 31 seamen are in the missing boats.
The vessel was burnt and lost on 9th of September 1869, and abandoned by 50 degrees south, 47 degrees west.
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