Maritime · Evidence-led place record

James and Margaret

Telowie Beach

James and Margaret was a cutter built in and lost on 06/12/1878. Sparks From Nearby Cooking Fire Ignited Paper Causing A Fire. The Vessel Was Completely Destroyed

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationTelowie Beach
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1878
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Sparks From Nearby Cooking Fire Ignited Paper Causing A Fire. The Vessel Was Completely Destroyed

The oddity, explained

Why is James and Margaret unusual?

James and Margaret appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as James and Margaret was a cutter built in and lost on 06/12/1878. Sparks From Nearby Cooking Fire Ignited Paper Causing A Fire. The Vessel Was Completely Destroyed. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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