On Friday morning, 11 year old William Harvey
awoke in his cottage by the sea. When the mist lifted at 7.30
AM he was amazed to see a ship in full sail hard and fast on the
reef. A big sea was running then and the sails were beginning
to shred as the waves broke relentlessly over her. Oh! What a
thrilling sight for a young imaginative lad!
News soon spread and townspeople gathered on the
high cliffs to take in the sight of a ship, with most sails set,
apparently at anchor offshore. It appeared that some effort had
been made to lower sails but the exercise had been quickly abandoned.
That afternoon a boat was seen heading towards the
wreck crewed by four Anglesea men - Messers Brearley, Letallec,
Sichlau and Neilson. They tried unsuccessfully to board, but reported
that there was not a soul to be seen!
A ghost ship? And so the mystery deepened.
