The Disastrous Course of the Monumental City (1853)

The Sydney Morning Herald on the 9th of June, 1853 wrote that the inquiry into the wreck of the Monumental City had opened with an unusual statement by the man presiding over the hearing: “Previous to the commencement of the inquiry, Captain Browne said that the inquiry had been undertaken by the Board at the instance of Captain Adams himself, for the law officers had expressed their opinion that the Board had no legal authority of itself to institute the inquiry; but at the earnest request of that gentleman it had been resolved by the Board to undertake the duty, painful and onerous as it was.” Ship Name: Monumental CityYear Built: 1850Ship Type: Wooden-Hulled Single-Screw Steamship Nationality: United States of AmericaTonnage: 1,000Year Wrecked: 1853Location Wrecked:  Tullaberga Island, East of MallacootaReason for Wreck: Navigational Error Lives Lost: Estimated to be 33Souces: https://www.academia.edu/1762184/SS_Monumental_City_first_steamship_to_cross_the_Pacifichttps://newspaperarchive.com/adelaide-times-apr-21-1853-p-3/https://newspaperarchive.com/sydney-morning-herald-jul-16-1853-p-9/https://newspaperarchive.com/sydney-morning-herald-jul-30-1853-p-7/https://newspaperarchive.com/sydney-morning-herald-jun-13-1853-p-6/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4793884?searchTerm=monumental%20cityhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12946274https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12946633https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12946546