On February 18th, 1876 Mrs. Wordsworth sat down and wrote a letter to her daughter, which was later published in The Sailors’ Magazine and Seaman’s Friend, it included the following statements: “I was sick the whole way, and if the sickness stopped, I had nausea. I could not eat, I loathed everything; and when we got to the line, ‘low fever’ set in. In short, I thought I should never reach New Zealand, though Captain McDonald showed great skill in medicine and was exceedingly kind and attentive. On one occasion, curiously enough, he jokingly threatened that if I did not get better soon, he would land me on the “Twelve Apostles”, little thinking then, poor man, how soon his words were to come true.”

Ship Name: Strathmore 

Year Built: 1875

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Sailing Vessel 

Tonnage: 1551

Nationality: United Kingdom 

Year Wrecked: 1875

Location Wrecked: Apostle Islands Crozet Archipelago 

Reason for Wreck: Navigational Failure in Fog 

Lives Lost: 45 

Sources:

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