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Clipper Ship the Gresham (1869)

Shipping Intelligence.

The clipper ship Gresham, which anchored at the Heads on Monday afternoon, from London, via Plymouth arrived in the bay yesterday afternoon, She brings about 380 Government immigrants, who have come into port in excellent health, under the medical supervision of Dr. J. S. Ireland, who has had long and successful experience in bringing out emigrants to these colonies. The Gresham Is a fine roomy ship for the purpose for which she was chartered by the emigration commissioners at home, and she has been fitted up with due attention to the requirements of so large a number of passengers.
The classification of these is as follows:- twenty eight married couples, 183 single women, 73 single men, and 60 children. Three Infants died and two were born on the voyage.
Captain Boniface states relative to the passage that the Gresham left Plymouth at three p m. on March 27, and had moderate variable winds to the line, which was crossed on April 22, in lon, 27 deg, W. Light and scant winds were met with in the S.E. trades, and the passage to the Cape of Good Hope, the meridian of which was crossed on May 22, in lat 38 deg. 13min. S., was particularly tedious, From the Cape to long. 86 deg. E. strong westerly winds prevailed, and afterwards easterly and N.E. winds, which continued for eleven days, the ship's position then being in 30 deg S. and long. 189 deg. E. From this point until the day before entering Port Phillip Heads, S.E. to N.E winds predominated.

On the night of May 20 Thomas Chittenden, a seaman, fell from aloft, and was drowned ; and although the ship was then going at ten-knot speed, she was rounded to, and every exertion made to save the poor fellow, who, however, was never seen again.

The Gresham, after landing her passengers, will discharge cargo at the Victorian railway pier. Her agents In port are Messrs. Fenwick Brothers.

Source: The Argus, Melbourne, Wednesday 23 June 1869 p. 4

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