EVERTON.
The Everton, in charge of Pilot Twine, left the anchorage in the Brisbane Roads on Thursday, the 19th March, 1863, and crossed the Bay to the spot where she was passed by the Clarence on that evening. She anchored for the night. At daylight on Friday morning a gale commenced, and by eleven o'clock in the forenoon the wind was so violent that another anchor was let go. The Everton was then riding with two anchors down; one with seventy and the other with ninety fathoms of chain. As the day advanced the wind increased to a hurricane, and the ship dragged her anchors and drifted across the sandbanks to the "Ship patch" on Moreton Island. At first she struck lightly, and sustained little or no damage; but she continued to drift inshore, and presently struck again and again, and in a short time after unshipped her rudder. After that she struck nearly every time she was in the trough of the sea, and so heavily that it was deemed advisable to beach her to save the lives of the crew. Accordingly one of the cables was slipped, and the other kept fast until sufficient sail could be got on her to run her ashore. The other cable was then slipped, and the ship was stranded on the beach between the "Ship patch" and the water holes. The Everton now lies broadside on the beach, and is half full of water. It is feared that her back is broken, as when she was bumping heavily over the sand bank her bow was observed to rise with every blow as though she had given way in the centre. She has on board a large quantity of railway plant, being part of her original cargo from England, which was shipped for Newcastle, New South Wales. Fortunately all hands are safe.

EVERTON. (1931, March 26). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), p. 13. TROVE

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