The Brighton Gazette of 10th November 1825 had the following one-liner:
The Ogle, East Indiaman, was lost on the Goodwin Sands in the storm of Thursday Last, and the whole of the crew perished.
That was it. Not even a mention of the captain or of how many the crew numbered. In fact, the Ogle Castle, was homeward bound from Bombay to London with a cargo of cotton and silk when she was stranded on the Goodwin Sands, a notorious sandbank about 6 miles off the Kent coast. Over 100 people died that night including all officers, crew, passengers and the Captain, James Weynton.
The cargo fared a lot better, a report of the time stated that “Bales of cotton marked "G.G. and Co. F.L." landed at Broadstairs; 300 bales of cotton, 14 bales and 4 boxes of silk, a case of tortoise shells, 3 cases of beeswax, 3 hogsheads of madeira, a pipe of sherry, a case of gum, and some "trifling articles" landed at Ramsgate, Margate and Dover.”
But wouldn’t it have been better to have listed those who had perished…
The Ogle, East Indiaman, was lost on the Goodwin Sands in the storm of Thursday Last, and the whole of the crew perished.
That was it. Not even a mention of the captain or of how many the crew numbered. In fact, the Ogle Castle, was homeward bound from Bombay to London with a cargo of cotton and silk when she was stranded on the Goodwin Sands, a notorious sandbank about 6 miles off the Kent coast. Over 100 people died that night including all officers, crew, passengers and the Captain, James Weynton.
The cargo fared a lot better, a report of the time stated that “Bales of cotton marked "G.G. and Co. F.L." landed at Broadstairs; 300 bales of cotton, 14 bales and 4 boxes of silk, a case of tortoise shells, 3 cases of beeswax, 3 hogsheads of madeira, a pipe of sherry, a case of gum, and some "trifling articles" landed at Ramsgate, Margate and Dover.”
But wouldn’t it have been better to have listed those who had perished…
