First Hand Accounts From Those Who Were There
The Australian News for Home Readers 27 August 1866
The official report of Captain Owen Owen.
Also: His letter to the editor of The Age regarding assistance for his crew, and the reply from John Shillinglaw of the Netherby relief Fund. Articles regarding the court case against Capt. Owen and other letters to the editor, shipping notices etc
Captain Owens gave this photo of he and his family to the ship surgeon Marshall H Webster. Copy provided for this site by Pene Svensson.
Admin note: I haven't personally done any of my own research on Captain Owen Owen. Don Charlwood writes in his book The Wreck of the Netherby:
"Owen was born in Wales in 1821 and was on his first voyage on the Netherby. He returned to England on the Black Ball ship Flying Cloud and lost his job with the Black Ball Line on 7 November 1866. He was the captain of the Samuel 1867-74 and the Pegasus from 1874-83. He died on 24 January 1893 and is buried in Morfa Nefyn, Wales."
The below article written in 1934 refers to his brother also captaining a ship.
Various articles and letters to the editors by and regarding Captain Owen
The Age. 7 August 1866.
Captain Owen departed from Melbourne on 9 August 1866 on board the City of Brisbane. It arrived in Sydney on 11 August 1866 where Captain Owen disembarked. He then boarded the Flying Cloud on 15 August 1866, disembarking in London, UK 9 November 1866.
