Looks as if East London itself was the desination. Reported passing Deal 6 Jul 1874 for East London. also reported at East London 27/11, putting out to sea. David On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Albie via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I need some help in my effort to summarise the outcome of a court of > inquiry > about the wrecked "James Gibson" O/N 19881 barque, near East London, South > Africa on the 6th of December 1874. I will be grateful for an explanation > of > what happened here in laymen's language: > > > > 1. Louis Klein reports that while they were in the boat running the > "surf > lines" the "James Gibson" broke adrift (anchor stock missing).They missed > the "Lighter" and let go of the surf line and apparently joined a passing > ship. ( surf lines and Lighter?) > > 2. It seems that the "James Gibson" to be en route from London but I > cannot find the intended destination in the British Paper archives. Any > advice where I can search for this information? > > > > Regards, > > Albie Gibson, South Africa > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks David! Albie From: David Asprey [mailto:davidjasprey@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:04 PM To: Albie; mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] Terminology and understanding Looks as if East London itself was the desination. Reported passing Deal 6 Jul 1874 for East London. also reported at East London 27/11, putting out to sea. David On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Albie via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: Hi All, I need some help in my effort to summarise the outcome of a court of inquiry about the wrecked "James Gibson" O/N 19881 barque, near East London, South Africa on the 6th of December 1874. I will be grateful for an explanation of what happened here in laymen's language: 1. Louis Klein reports that while they were in the boat running the "surf lines" the "James Gibson" broke adrift (anchor stock missing).They missed the "Lighter" and let go of the surf line and apparently joined a passing ship. ( surf lines and Lighter?) 2. It seems that the "James Gibson" to be en route from London but I cannot find the intended destination in the British Paper archives. Any advice where I can search for this information? Regards, Albie Gibson, South Africa ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message