Jack Sheridan log book 1918

25 Monday At Western River. Took Balance lead oar & 7 bales wool 1 bundle sheep skins small 1 bag wool change dingys 7.45 pm. Left towards Port Price. Moderate SE Barr 30-34. One hand sick. Landed 3 tins paint & one aside drum 26 Tuesday 2 am Passed Pondalowie Bay. Moderate SE. Bar 30-30. Noon passed Corny Point Light. N E & variable. 3 hours calm sea smooth 1 hand sick 27 Wednesday 1 am passed Liperan Light. Light SE Passed Wallaroo noon pleasing. Middle Bank Lighthouse 4.30 PM stearing Nley E Light SSE Bar 30-34 One hand very lazy and won’t work.

28 Thursday 3 am arrived up near Eastern shoal. Light SE & went shifted to WNW. Glass gradually falling arrived up at the wharf. 2.30 pm Light airs North. Bar 30-20. Made fast to wharf outside bay. Js got meat at Pulman 5 lbs. Paid for 3 bread 10/12 1 March 1918 8.30 am started discharging. worked up to 4.45 pm. Not all out about 3 [illegible text] left dis with our old [illegible text] 2 Saturday At Barrier Wharf. 8.15 am started dis put all out by 9 am. Wash & clean up decks. Bar 30-10. Paid 2 hands off 26 days. Pay at five pounds. 1 man paid 19 days pay at 5 pounds the [illegible text]. J draw 16 pounds out of Bank to pay crew up. Filled tank up. Paid for water 2/6. Cash George £1-0-0 3 Sunday 7.30 shifted ketch up the Wharf. Threatening Rain & cloudy. Bar 30-00.

4 Monday At Barrier Wharf Port Pirie. Cheque crew wages £16-0-0 Cash Earney 10-0. 5 Tuesday Cash George £1-0-0 Cash Erni 10 shillings George absent 6 Wednesday 2 hands started at 8 pounds per month Cheque Earny 25-0-0 Cheque Mr Sheridan 5-0-0 Got all store on board Paid [illegible text] Butcher 4-0-0 shipster Paid Butcher cheque 4-0-0 George absent

7 Thursday Paid up Baker 1-0-0 Sailors 2 tobacco matches Got stores for men to work on the Island. George absent 2//2 days on Board Salt & Jerman [illegible text] 5 shilling. 8 Friday 7 am Got tug towards Sir Joseph Banks group. Light NE all sail set sea smooth. 2 Italians came on contract work. Midnight passed Middle Bank Light. Calms & variable. Bar 30.20. 9 Saturday Noon passed [illegible text] by jetty Wallaroo. Wind SW stored jib beating south EA Painting dinghy. Moderate SW. Bar rising 30.28. Came to anchor 5 pm. 3 hundred yards north of Bird rock. Fresh SW. 10 Sunday 6.30 am Left Bird rock towards [illegible text]. Beating up to noon. Moderate SSE. Stop Reevesby Island for the night. Fresh SE.

11 Monday 6.30 am got under weight stop at the Island & landed two hands for Guano. Took off 1 Boattload 26 Bags. Fresh south all hands reaBagging up to 6 pm. Bar very high 30-47. 2/1/4 tons. Men on shore 1 Candles. 12 Tuesday Shifted ketch to Northward. All hands on shore reabagging guano & whealing same. Leak good. Got water over the skin 24 hours since pumped out. Bar 30 – 25. Bar Gradually Falling. 13 Wednesday E A surveyed Ina & Took up Graphal & shifted the other side east side & took one long plank to east side & took off one Boatload aboard 26 Bags. All hands on shore reaBagging. Blowing hard WSW. Bar 30-20. 2/1/4 tons.