["Port Wallaroo", The South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA), Thursday 05 June 1862, page 4]
PORT WALLAROO.
[From our own Correspondent.]
Port Wallaroo, June 3.
Since my last communication regarding the ship Schah Jehan, which vessel, you will remember, was beached by the master, she has been hauled off and brought alongside the jetty, but during the night and all next day the gale blew from the south-west, and she consequently sustained some little damage, besides injuring the wharf. The master thought it prudent under the circumstances, in order to protect the ship and prevent further injury to the jetty, to scuttle the vessel that she might lie quietly until the gale was over. He accordingly did so on the night of Thursday; but as she did not fill fast enough during the night and the next day, it became apparent that she had better be hauled to the end of the jetty, as where she then lay would prevent other vessels coming to the wharf. She was therefore hauled across the end of the jetty, under the directions of the Harbour Master, and lies there now full of water. It is intended to stop the holes made in her and pump her out, but the master is waiting for further directions from the owners. The past week has been a most boisterous one, with heavy rains, but the weather has cleared up and is now beautifully fine.
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