List of shipwrecks in 1868
31 July

List of shipwrecks in 1868

Section Title: 31 July
Table Section Text: None

Ship	Country	Description

Curlew	United Kingdom	Carrying a cargo of lime she had taken on at the jetties of the Nessend Quarry to Castle Point tramway on Lindisfarne, the vessel was in the North Sea off the May Light on the coast of England when water came into contact with the cargo and the heat generated set fire to her.

Sentence(s)

Curlew suffered an occupational hazard of carrying lime at sea – water came into contact with the cargo.

final_sentence: Curlew suffered an occupational hazard of carrying lime at sea – water came into contact with the cargo.