The Age on July 15th, 1909 announced the arrival of the survivors of the Errol: “Striking evidence of the terrible privations the men had gone through was given when they landed from the Tofua at Druitt-street wharf. They had to be carried ashore, being too weak to sit up. They were placed on mattresses and conveyed to a van, which took them to the Scandinavian Home, where the Norwegian consul (Mr. Olav E Pauss) had them comfortably quartered.”
Ship Name: Errol
Nationality: Norway
Year Built: 1868
Ship Type: Iron Hulled Barque
Tonnage: 1500
Year Wrecked: 1909
Location Wrecked: Middleton Reef
Reason for Wreck: Struck Reef in Storm
Lives Lost: 17
Sources:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198474616/18532360
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76903309?searchTerm=errol%20shipwreck
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170777914?searchTerm=shipwreck
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19090716.2.54.4
https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=1921
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/maritimeheritageapp/ViewSiteDetail.aspx?siteid=2099
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19090726.2.51
