During a long passage between Port Pirie and Newcastle,
the ship’s crew of the Agnus Oswald, experienced a very unpleasant incident
just southward of Jervis Bay.
The ship passed the dead body of a woman a little to the south of Jervis Bay
on the 3rd April 1893
The women's body was above the ordinary height
clothed in a nightdress. One hand was under water, and seemed like something
was biting at it. Alongside the body a large albatross alighted just prior to
the time the vessel passed. A little way behind the carcasses of several cattle
were also passed, which would lead to the supposition that the recent floods in
these parts might be accountable for these undesirable sights.
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