Kapunda shipwreck, 1887: names of Clare persons saved

[Paddy Casey]

The Newcastle Weekly Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, February 4, 1887 reports the shipwreck of the Kapunda which sailed on 11-Dec-1887 from London for Freemantle, Australia, and was rammed by another ship and sunk.

Here are some Clare names from the list of passengers saved by the French barque Ulysse and landed at Bahia:

James Bourke, 40; Mary, his wife, 43; and five children. A miller's labourer from Clare Castle, County Clare.
Thomas Flannagan, 24, farm labourer, Ennis
James Frost, 26, and Joseph Frost, 24, farm labourers, Ennis.
Henry McInerney, 22, tailor, Ennis.
Patrick McMahon, 24, baker, Ennis.
Bridget Moylan, 20, domestic servant, Cree, Co.Clare
Hannah Warkham, 17, servant girl, Labasheeda, Co.Clare
Michael Russell, 28; John Russell, 32; farm labourers, Ennis.