Chart of Tramore Bay

Chart of Tramore Bay

Saturday 31 October 2015

Mystery, December 1847

Waterford, Dec. 16- The Mystery, from Ibraila to Galway, struck between this town and Rabbit-burrow, this morning and has since become a total wreck. Several deals and some bags of guano have been picked up in Tramore.[1]
Shipwreck
On Thursday morning last, a large brig sailed into the bay of Tramore, the Captain having evidently mistaken his course It was high water at the time the vessel came in, and about nine o’clock in the n=morning she stranded near the borough. It appears in the haze of the morning the captain mistook his reckonings and only discovered his mistake when within a short distance of the shore. The vessel is named Mystery, of Portmadock, laden with Indian corn, and was homeward bound to Liverpool, from Ibrailla. The Captain’s name is Williams. We are glad to be able to state that all the crew were saved. It is quite likely the greater part of the cargo will be lost, as we find the vessel has gone entirely to pieces in the storm of Thursday night.[2]





[1] London Evening Standard, 20 December 1847.
[2] Waterford Chronicle, 18 December 1847.

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