The editor of the Albany Mail could not deny that the passenger’s account of the wreck of the Indus, as originally published in the Times of Ceylon, would be of interest to his readers, but the statements made in it were full of frustration and allegations made against Captain Breeze that the editor put in an unusual disclaimer for 1885 ahead of the article. “We are not, of course, responsible for the opinions of our correspondent”. He need not have worried about the impact of the inflammatory words of the account of passenger, the following inquiry would agree that Captain Breeze had indeed been negligent. 

Ship Name: Indus 

Built: 1871

Tonnage: 3462

Nationality: British 

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steamer 

Year Wrecked: 1885

Reason For Wreck: Went 30 Miles Off Course, Hit Sand Bar 

Lives Lost: None

Sources:

https://newspaperarchive.com/brisbane-courier-nov-13-1885-p-5/

https://newspaperarchive.com/albany-mail-and-king-georges-sound-advertiser-dec-29-1885-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/adelaide-south-australian-weekly-chronicle-jan-23-1886-p-19/

https://newspaperarchive.com/albany-mail-and-king-georges-sound-advertiser-dec-15-1885-p-3/

https://ignca.gov.in/mausam/Cunninghams_Lost_Treasures_Sanjay_Garg.pdf

https://www.dawn.com/news/1117820

http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000829IC/P001688/M021975/ET/1504071269P07-M27-ShipwreckArchaeologyofIndiaProgressandProspects-ET.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27138529?seq=5

https://www.linerwrecks.com/po/wrecks/indus_2.html

http://www.themua.org/collections/files/original/c74cd043c12638725b66b414f8de9e2c.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27138528?seq=4

https://www.poheritage.com/our-history/timeline