The Tamar steamer, which arrived on Sunday from Moreton Bay, brought intelligence of the loss of the schooner Coolangatta, which vessel was driven ashore from her anchors in a gale of wind a short distance to the northward of the River Tweed. The captain and some of the crew were ashore for a supply of water, when a gale from the S.E. suddenly sprung up, and in attempting to pull off, the boat was stove, which precluded them from having any access to the vessel. Captain Steele, and the crew, after the vessel had stranded and bilged, stripped her, and leaving the rigging, &c., in charge of the second mate, repaired overland to Amity Point, a distance of seventy miles, where they fell in with the steamer Tamar, on board of which they were kindly taken by Captain Allen. It is considered that the schooner might be got off and repaired, but it would be attended with considerable expense.

SG & SGTL 5 Sep 1846

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